Category: Laptops & PCs

Windows and Mac troubleshooting — boot problems, overheating, slowdowns and drivers.

Laptop Plugged In But Not Charging? Work Through These Fixes

The machine runs on mains but the percentage never climbs. Usually the charger, the port, or a battery driver that needs resetting.

Pages crawl while speed tests fly. Extensions, a bloated profile and too many tabs are the usual culprits.

Startup programs, a mechanical hard drive and fast startup quirks are the usual suspects. Here is what to change, in order of…

A few dead keys is usually debris, a driver, or a stuck modifier rather than a failed keyboard. Here is the order…

Updates that sit at the same number for an hour are usually still working. Here is how to tell the difference between…

A drive that spins but never appears is usually a power, cable or partition problem. Here is how to find your files…

Full cartridges and blank paper usually means dried nozzles, a protective strip left on, or the wrong paper setting. Here is the…

You close the lid at 80 percent and open it at 20. Sleep settings, wake timers and USB power are usually responsible.

Sudden reboots with no blue screen are usually power, heat or memory. Here is how to narrow it down methodically instead of…

A completely dead laptop is often a drained battery, a failed charger or a stuck power state. Here is the sequence that…

A fan that never stops spinning is a symptom, not a fault. Here is how to find what is keeping your laptop…

One test in Task Manager tells you whether a flickering laptop screen is software or hardware, and it takes ten seconds.