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What to do when your PC won’t stay asleep

9 February 2026 at 03:43
WINDOWS 11 By Mary Branscombe If your computer keeps turning on when you aren’t using it, here’s how to find out what’s waking it up β€” and then put it to bed. Recently, I looked at my September article Control power to your display, which described how to keep your PC from going to sleep […]

Delete your user profile to clean up Windows Settings and defaults

12 January 2026 at 03:43
WINDOWS 11 By Mary Branscombe You can quickly reset Windows settings and defaults without reinstalling or losing data β€” but here’s what you need to do first. If you’re thinking of starting off the new year by spring-cleaning your PC β€” or maybe sorting out some long-term annoyances with your setup β€” there are several […]

What’s your preference?

7 January 2026 at 04:00
Sometimes browsers give us too many choices or don’t make defaults obvious. Edge wants to display β€œpretty URLs” and hide the actual URL For example, if you go to YouTube and copy a URL to another browser window, it puts in the title rather than the raw URL. But you can change that behavior. To […]
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