Steve C

Sometimes I do wonder why they change things that have nothing to do with security or real noticeable improvements other than trying to...

This latest Chrome update follows the software developer's rule - If it ain't broke then break it!

Good news until Spotlight stops working as it inevitably will and shows a blue screen.

I make the backup partitions on my laptops larger than the system / data partition so I can save several full backups. You also need to...

I completely agree with some of the others...restoring an image to the new drive is the way to go. Macrium does it all for you. Remove...

As you are using Reflect already, the simplest way would be to make one last image of the system with its HDD, replace it with the SSD...

I always do HDD to SSD transfers in Reflect using imaging rather than cloning as discussed in post 2.

Haven't seen anything about having to pay for Microsoft Security/Windows Defender, it's included with my Windows, 7, 10, 11 Home and...

This is because search engines now use Artificial Idiots!

You can try it of course. I would do what @Steve C suggested and set the temperature limit to 85c. That works well. I do the same.

Just set the maximum CPU core temperature to a reasonable level - I set 85C. The performance hit by throttling is minimal and I only see...

For my Asus BIOS this setting is under the AI Tweaker options under Internal CPU Power Management. I set 85C. In practice my PC never...

The latest BIOS update for my Asus Z790 board states "The update introduces the Intel Baseline Profile option, allowing users to revert...

I'm impressed by all this sophisticated script writing but why don't you folks simply delete the Defender history folder at...

Try limiting the max CPU temperature to say 85C as I did in my Asus Z790 board BIOS? The performance hit is minor.