How to Make Windows Shut Down Faster

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Read This Article → How to Make Windows Shut Down Faster Windows PCs should shut down fairly quickly—unless there’s a problem causing a shutdown delay. Here’s how to make your computer shut down faster. Read This Article → How Do I Make the “Open With” Menu Available When Selecting Multiple Files? If you work with lots of files on a daily basis, you want the process to work as smoothly and quickly as possible, and being able to add some new menu options can make the experience even better. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some great solutions to a reader’s context menu woes. Read This Article → How to Install the Google Play Store on the Amazon Fire HD 8 Amazon’s slightly-larger Fire HD 8 tablet is a bit more expensive than the entry-level Fire Tablet, but it comes with a faster processor and a higher-resolution display that’s well worth the cost. However, it still comes with the same Fire OS interface and restrictions that only give you access to the Amazon Appstore. Here’s how to install the Google Play Store on the newer Fire HD 8 and get access to a lot more apps and games. Read This Article → How to Make Windows Clear Your Page File at Shutdown (and When You Should) Windows uses a paging file, also known as a page file, as additional virtual memory when your RAM fills up. Windows can clear your page file every time you shut down, ensuring no sensitive data is left in the page file on the drive. Read This Article → How to Use Your MacBook’s Keyboard to Type on All Your Devices If you have all manner of devices—iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, even Android—then you know that in order to easily type on them, you probably need a Bluetooth keyboard. But if you don’t have a Bluetooth keyboard, a simple app lets you use the integrated keyboard on your MacBook with lots of other devices. Read This Article → How to Disable Fast User Switching on Windows 7, 8, or 10 Fast User Switching can be handy, but also comes with downsides. Here’s how to disable it on all versions of Windows, if you want to. Read This Article → How to Delete the Search History in Windows File Explorer As you type into the Search box in Windows’ File Explorer, a list of suggestions displays below the box. These suggestions are from the history of previous searches you've typed. Read This Article → How to Stop Windows from Adding “- Shortcut” to Shortcut File Names When you make a new shortcut in Windows, it automatically adds “- Shortcut” to the end of the shortcut’s file name. This doesn’t seem like a big deal, but they can be bothersome. Sure, you can remove the text yourself when you create the shortcut, but why not stop it from happening in the first place? Read This Article → What Is the “System Volume Information” Folder, and Can I Delete It? On every Windows drive—even external USB drives—you’ll find a “System Volume Information” folder. You’ll only see it if you have Windows set to show hidden files and folders, but it’s always there. So what is it for? Read This Article → Advertisement Download Business Networking For Dummies ($12 Value) FREE For a Limited Time Grow your business, build your career, find more customers, and build a valuable support network of likeminded business people. Click here to download