At the Speed Up My PC Free blog, we’ve written plenty of articles about how to solve various Windows 8-related problems. The thing is – many of these ‘problems’ should not be problems at all. They’re minor issues that could easily be solved on any operating system. For whatever reason, Microsoft has limited customization options for Windows 8 users. And one of the victims of its custo

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Dealing with frozen PC programs can be annoying. But you know what’s more annoying? When you can’t end a process through the Windows Task Manager. As you may already know, you can open the Windows Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. From that menu, you can end all sorts of processes on your computer. But some viruses and processes are smart enough to detect your Windows Task Manager t

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Gmail is widely regarded as one of the most secure free email services in the world. You never hear about Google experiencing security leaks or losing user data. But as secure as Gmail may be, it’s not perfect. It doesn’t automatically encrypt all of the emails you send, which means that somebody can intercept your emails and read them. Or, somebody could hack into your recipient’s Gmail

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Once again, it’s time to write another Windows 8 tutorial about a task that should be simple. If you weren’t using Windows 8, changing the color of your sign-in screen would be a relatively simple process that could be accomplished without downloading any additional programs. But since you’re using Windows 8, it’s not that easy to accomplish simple tasks. And that’s why we’re here t

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Phishing emails are a popular way for hackers to steal your information. While most PC users don’t fall for them, even tech-savvy users have been falling for a recent phishing scam. That scam involves a security update from a payroll processing company called ADP. If you don’t use ADP, then you might not get the email. But if you do use ADP, then you’re probably used to seeing important m

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