Despite all the well-known tips, tricks, and best practices, I don't always do things the "right" way. It's confession time.

Modern Windows PCs slowly lose speed as apps pile up, updates stack in the background, and settings remain untouched for years. Even newer systems can feel sluggish when startup tasks, temporary files ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7. If you install programs ...