Normally, I shy away from writing in the first person at TechNorms, but I recently had the weirdest Windows scenario in my 10+ years of using the operating system that I want to share with our readers. I woke up one morning and all of a sudden my Windows 7 Ultimate PC told me Windows wasn’t a genuine copy. I’d been using Windows ...

If you're experiencing internet connection problems or if you're curious you're really getting the internet speed you're paying for, Speedtest.net is the free site to use where all will be revealed. It can tell you everything about your real-time connection - the connection itself, your current speed, your upload and download speed and the ping to your server, and you may be surprised at what you discover. Our guide will outline the basics of how to use Speedtest.net and using it for troubleshooting internet connection issues. Go to ...

Metro apps in Windows 8 often can cause issues with PCs running just enough RAM to get by. If this is your current setup or even if you just notice Windows is running slow, the new Runtime Broker may be able to tell you where the problem lies. Windows 8 introduced a process called Runtime Broker that is utilized whenever you use Metro apps. This helps monitor the RAM associated with running those apps. ...

Did you know that Windows has always had a built-in recorder that allows you to document what you are doing? Let's say you're having an issue with Windows. You can open the Steps Recorder, previously known as the Problem Steps Recorder in earlier versions of Windows, and document each step to recreate it for troubleshooting purposes or to show someone how to do something. Our guide will show you ...

Remotely accessing a PC can be tricky. Especially if you are trying to help a less than tech savvy person. Luckily Google has come up with a way to help with only an extension for Google Chrome. Being that most people are familiar with and trust the web browser they are using, walking them through adding an extension to an application they already use daily is easier than teaching them to use a whole new application. There are ...