Partition Hard Drive in Windows 7 Without Formatting

With the advent of the technical world comes new operating systems each with some more facilities than its predecessor. The same happened with Windows. Recent operating systems like Windows 7 and also Windows Vista has a great dexterity in them that the hard disk can be partitioned, re-sized without formatting your computer. Here, we discuss … Read more

Windows 11 Media Creation Tool + Rufus: Bootable USB

Rufus main window creating Windows 11 bootable USB

The last time I counted, I had four bootable USB sticks in my desk drawer: current Windows 11, Windows 11 with TPM bypass, Ubuntu 24.04, and a multi-boot Ventoy stick. They rotate through every PC I touch, and maybe 80% of Windows install jobs start with plugging one in and hitting F12 at boot. The … Read more

Disable Thumbnail Preview in Windows 11 File Explorer

Windows 11 File Explorer Options View tab showing Always show icons never thumbnails checkbox

So my little brother dropped a folder of 3,800 RAW photos from a wedding shoot onto my old laptop last month, and File Explorer basically died for about 40 seconds every time I opened it. Just sat there. White screen. Spinning. Nothing. I’d hit this same wall years ago on Windows 7 and Vista, and … Read more

10 Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

The New Windows 7 OS is out and running on a lot of new computers. If you installed it on your old computer or just bought a new computer with Windows 7, I have some cool tips and tricks to help you out. You will find Windows 7 has a lot of new enhanced features … Read more

How to Bootable USB Flash Drive

Bootable USB Flash Drive: USB Flash Drives are hot right now and cheap. Take a look at all the ads on the Internet and from you local computer store. You can buy a 1Gb USB Flash Drive for as little as $10. and as high as $250 for a 64 Gb’s Flash Drive. If you watch … Read more

Sticky Notes Windows 11: Shortcuts, Sync, Backup Tips

Sticky Notes app Windows 11 desktop with active note

I’ve got 14 sticky notes on my desktop right now. Project to-dos, a Wi-Fi password for a cafe I visit once a week, SQL queries I don’t want to retype, and at least three grocery lists from different weeks that I forgot to clear. Sticky Notes is probably the most underrated app Microsoft ships, and … Read more

Shrink Volume in Windows 11: Fix Small Shrink Space (2026)

Windows 11 Disk Management showing partitions ready to shrink

I needed to dual-boot Ubuntu on my work laptop last month without losing the Windows 11 partition or the 1.2TB of project files already on it. The answer, as it has been since Windows Vista, is just Disk Management’s built-in Shrink Volume command. No third-party tools, no data loss, no reformatting. The operation is boring … Read more

How To Automate Disk Cleanup using Task Scheduler in Windows

Automate Disk Cleanup using Task Scheduler in Windows.Configure the tasks: WebTechGeek Support Tips. Windows Tech Support. For Windows 7 & Vista Scheduling Maintenance Tasks: You can automate any routine task that you perform. To do this, you can use the Task Scheduler service to schedule the task to run automatically. Not only can you schedule … Read more