To prepare for removing driver files, double-check your installed software in Programs and Features and uninstall any program that correlates to the printer driver you wish to remove. After this, open Devices and Printers and if still present, remove the printer driver by right-clicking it and choosing “Remove device.” Not doing this before attempting to […]
Category: Windows Workstations
How to Use Windows 8 or 10’s Storage Spaces to Mirror & Combine Drives
“Storage Spaces” is a new feature in Windows 8 and Windows 10 that can combine multiple hard drives into a single virtual drive. It can mirror data across multiple drives for redundancy or combine multiple physical drives into a single pool of storage. You can even create pools of storage larger than the amount of […]
How to Create a Software RAID Array in Windows
Windows has built in functionality to set up a software RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) without any additional tools. This makes it easy to turn your existing spare hard drives into massive storage or even redundant backups. In this example we are going to set up a spanned disk that takes three 2 GB […]
How to Install Windows 10
If you need to install or reinstall Windows 10, you can use the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft to download a Windows 10 ISO file that you can use to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD. This tool provides the best download experience for customers running Windows […]
How to Roll Back or Uninstall a Problematic Windows Update
Once you get into Windows you can just head to Programs and Features and then click on “View installed updates” in the left-hand pane of the window. You could also search for that text if you prefer. Then you can select the problematic update and click the Uninstall button. If you aren’t sure what update […]
Free Up Hard Disk Space On Windows
Hard drives are getting larger and larger, but somehow they always seem to fill up. This is even more true if you’re using a solid-state drive (SSD), which offers much less hard drive space than traditional mechanical hard drives. If you’re hurting for hard drive space, these tricks should help you free up space for […]
Redirect your Documents folder to another Location.
NOTE: The following steps need to be repeated for each user account in your Windows 7 system for which you want to move the My Documents folder. To move the My Documents folder in Windows 7, click on the Start button and select Documents from the list. In the left panel of the Explorer window, click on […]
Remove a Printer Driver from Windows
If you’re like me, you probably install printers on your Windows 7 laptop whenever you need to print and you’re not at home. This is fine, but I recently noticed I had 10 printers installed that I never use because they were one time printers installed while traveling. I also realized that just because you […]
Change the Windows Login Screen Background Image
When you login to your Windows 7 computer (assuming you haven’t used something like this tutorial to turn on automatic login), you’ll generally see a login window with a background looking something like this. It’s fine; there’s nothing wrong with it. But sometimes a change is good so in this article we’ll show you how […]
Remove Windows.old Folder in Windows
If you have upgraded Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 to Windows 8, you may find that you have a large Windows.old folder on your system. You can also get a Windows.old folder if you end up doing a refresh of your Windows 8 PC. Lastly, if you do a custom install of Windows […]