A system restore point on a Windows PC is usually our safety net but sometimes you may find the system restore failing and giving you the error code 0x81000101 with the words The creation of a shadow copy has timed out. If you are...
With many people not yet ready to update to Windows 10, there is a large amount of folks out there running Windows 8.1. If you don’t have any intention on upgrading to Windows 10 and you would like to keep Windows 8.1 on all...
Windows as a whole is an enormous ecosystem and not to mention the OS itself is already very complex. That’s why it’s easy to run into problems occasionally. A large number of them is caused by conflicts among third-party programs...
One great thing about Windows 10 as a whole is that Microsoft builds it to run efficiently on mobile devices. This is the concept Windows 8 was based on and Windows 10 takes a step further with all the refinements. If you think of...
The following guide demonstrates how to fix common problems found in Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 operating systems. Finding problems with a Windows operating system is rare due to it being so popular, but they are there for finding ...
Microsoft Edge is a brand new web browser in Windows 10 with a mission to replace the infamous Internet Explorer. It’s greatly improved in speed and performance and packs with new features, however, still lacks important one like ...
We have covered quite a few guides on dotTech regarding problems upgrading to Windows 10. If you decide to upgrade to Windows 10 in the future and have problems doing so, whether with downloading or installing Windows 10, there...
The way in which Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 is designed makes the built-in apps a key focal point in the user-interface. Whether you loved Windows 8-8.1 or hated it, there was a large application boom in mobile technology around th...
In recent years, we’ve seen more and more PC with very high resolution screen on the market like the Surface line or Dell XPS 13. This is great but usually you don’t have the screen real estate out of the box. For instance, Micros...
When it comes to browsing online, most want to do it as conspicuously as possible. Most privacy protection options you will have can be directly related to your browser. For those who don’t already know, the browser is your ...
It’s not every day you walk past someone saying anything along the lines of “I need to know how to disable password caching in Internet Explorer browsers on Windows operating systems,” but it is an important feat...
No, this isn’t 2013 when Candy Crush Saga was the biggest app going around in mobile gaming. Yes, it is the year when Microsoft decided to have Candy Crush Saga come pre-installed in Windows 10. I was never a massive Candy C...
Managing printers in Windows has been straightforward for the most part. However, in recent builds of Windows 10, Microsoft has tested a new method to manage your device’s default printer. It now automatically sets the last used p...
Windows 10 comes with many new features over Windows 8. One of the new features you’ll find when using Windows 10 is the audio enhancements brought to you by Microsoft and other third-party developers. The audio enhancements...
Since many of our readers are evidently not yet upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8 or Windows 7, I thought it was only fitting to create a post with reference to what features you will lose when upgrading to Windows 10 from Wi...
