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Step by step to create a Windows 11 installation USB drive with Microsoft’s official tool, boot the PC from it and do a clean install, plus what to check first so you don’t lose your files or your activation.
Windows 11 already zips and unzips files without installing anything, and opens RAR and 7z in the latest versions. Here’s how to compress files to send by email, extract them properly and fix the “compressed folder is invalid” error.
By default, Windows hides the end of file names (.pdf, .docx, .exe). Here’s how to show extensions, what the most common ones are for, how to change an extension safely and how this helps you spot fake files.
Here’s how to back up your WhatsApp chats on Android (Google Drive) and iPhone (iCloud), restore them on a new phone, move from Android to iPhone and what to do when the backup is slow or never finishes.
Forgot your Gmail password, lost your phone number or had your account hacked? Here’s how to use Google’s official recovery, what improves your chances, what to do after you get back in and the “account recovery” scams to avoid.
The @ and " keys are swapped, quotes and apostrophes don’t appear until you press another key, or letters turned into numbers? It’s almost always the keyboard layout that changed because of a shortcut. Here’s how to get back to the US layout and keep it from changing again.
The taskbar disappeared, keeps hiding and coming back, lost its icons or moved to another monitor? Here’s how to turn off auto-hide, restart Windows Explorer, exit full screen and repair the system.
You click Start and nothing happens, or you see “Critical Error — Your Start menu isn’t working”? Here’s how to restart Windows Explorer, repair system files with sfc and DISM and test with another user.
File Explorer is slow to open, shows “Not Responding” or closes on its own? Here are the most common causes — history pointing to network folders that no longer exist, thumbnails, the preview pane and programs in the context menu — and how to fix them.
The printer is on, but Windows says “offline”? Here are the most common causes — for HP, Epson, Brother and other brands — and how to get your printer back online, step by step.
A slow phone can almost always be fixed without replacing it. Follow this order: restart, free up space, update, review your apps, check the battery and, as a last step, factory reset with a backup.
Your printer prints, but the scanner doesn’t show up on your PC? Here’s how to add the scanner, install the right software from the manufacturer, check the WIA service and get a network scanner to show up again.
