Over the years, there has been quite a deal of discussion over which order the two system repair commands, sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth, should be run when trying to resolve issues. First, you’ll need to understand what each command does. Both commands […]
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I am not a Microsoft basher by nature, but in all my years of working with Windows, I cannot recall a more infamous period. Why didn’t Microsoft stick with its statement that Windows 10 would be the last Windows operating system? Did we really need
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Users often ask in which order the two commands to fix system file corruptions – sfc /scannow and Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth – should be run. To know the answer to this question you first need to understand what functions these two commands perform. Please read: How
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What Is Windows DISM The information in this article may sound like a difficult undertaking but it is a very easy step-by-step process used to correct several different types of Windows errors without doing a full reinstallation of Windows. The following paragraphs contain abbreviations for
DISM according to Microsoft’s own site, and I quote: DISM: Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is a command-line tool that can be used to service and prepare Windows images, including those used for Windows PE, Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and Windows Setup. DISM can be used to
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In March 2016, DCT author Daniel Banks asked Are Smartwatches Just A Fad? Then, in September 2021, I wrote, I Just Bought My First Smart Watch!, followed by my most recent opinion in I Underestimated The Power Of Smart Watches, where I made mention of
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In all my years of witnessing the introduction of new tech, I’ve never seen anything to match the rapid uptake of AI. The fact that AI is as yet far from perfected doesn’t seem to bother the tech giants as they continue to battle it
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Last week, we had a lesson on Google Photos, which we have been covering for many weeks. If you missed that one, here it is: How To Create Collage In Google Photos This week I want to change subjects and talk about Facebook. Many of
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It’s almost Christmas time again, which means it’s gift time, and many of you will be looking to purchase online. The scammers are well aware of the increased activity at this time of year and crawl out from under their rocks to do their worst.
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I previously wrote about the “Activity History,” but it wasn’t the original article I planned to write. I was originally going to write about “how to delete the activitiescache.db file manually”, but I had some issues with it on one of my computers. When I
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