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• Kicking the Win10 2004 tires

  Posted on September 20, 2020 at 21:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  Windows 10

  By TB Capen

  The newest Windows is trickling out to a PC near you — or maybe not.

  The mystery with Version 2004 is why it’s been offered to some systems but not others. That was the case on three of my PCs. So to get a look at the newest Windows, I forced an upgrade. Here’s what I found.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.37.0 (2020-09-21).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 10 Releases AskWoody Plus Newsletter, System upgrading issues, Task Manager, Task View, update, Virtual desktops, Win10 2004, Windows Update

• Hard drive runs almost continually

  Posted on March 16, 2020 at 01:15 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  

  LANGALIST

  By Fred Langa

  An AskWoody Plus subscriber’s new PC is bogging down from hard-drive saturation … but why?

  A little spelunking with Task Manager will usually identify the problem.

  Plus: Another reason for “PC screen continually goes dark”

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.11.0 (2020-03-16).

  LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Drive maintenance, PC troubleshooting, Task Manager

• Deciphering Task Manager’s App History

  Posted on July 22, 2019 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  WIN10 TUTORIAL

  By TB Capen

  The most recent versions of Windows 10 feature a Task Manager with new capabilities.

  But some of these new features are, unfortunately, poorly documented. One example is the App History tab, which provides interesting and potentially useful information about system-resource use.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.27.0 (2019-07-22).

  Windows 10 App History, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Task Manager, Tutorial, Windows 10