The in-built Widget platform of Windows 11 is an excellent feature that enhances its appeal significantly. However, this helpful feature might use too much CPU. That, in turn, will cause an overall ...

High CPU usage can significantly slow down your computer, causing frustration and impacting productivity. This issue can arise from various sources, including background processes, malware, and system ...

The recent rollout of Windows 11 Insider build 25163 (released June 5th, 2024) has introduced a significant performance issue for some users. Reports indicate that the new Phone Link app, designed to ...

Sometimes, the computer shows high CPU and RAM usage when some system files become corrupted. If this is the case with you, running an SFC scan may fix the problem. The System File Checker is an ...

HWiNFO, which is a popular free, and one of the best hardware monitoring utilities, brings legacy CPU usage reading on Windows 11 with its latest version 7.46. For those not aware, HWiNFO reports CPU ...

Microsoft's new DirectStorage API could help revolutionize PC gaming. We already know DirectStorage will lead to faster loading times, but combined with Windows 11 and an NVMe SSD, Microsoft says that ...

The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart times, and CPU usage. The big 24H2 update improves the Windows Update stack and reduces install times, restart ...

Just a few days ago we published AV-TEST's and AV-Comparatives' findings regarding system performance impact by various anti-malware products. In the article, we covered how Microsoft Defender, AVG, ...

In the latest update to Windows 11 24H2—patch KB5058411 which rolled out earlier in May—Microsoft made a quiet change to how Task Manager calculates CPU usage in the “Processes” tab, reports Windows ...

Windows 11 now accounts for over 30% of PCs worldwide that connect to Valve's Steam gaming platform. Steam is one good indicator of how many PCs are using different versions of Windows. It is skewed ...

A bug that was first spotted almost two weeks ago in a recent Windows 11 build is still there, and while Microsoft has acknowledged it, there have been no updates as to when a fix might be released.