Windows Update uses Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) to generate diagnostic logs in Windows 11/10, and save them in the .etl file format. The reason why this has been done is that it reduces disk space ...

Your Windows operating system and many third-party applications create hundreds of Temporary files on your system in one single day. Normally, these files do not cause any issue, but when they ...

Extracting .tar.gz files on Windows 10 is not a daunting task. You don’t need extensive technical skills to get the job done. In this article, we’ll show you a simple and straightforward method to ...

I'm trying to trouble shoot a crazy installation issue installing a published app on WTS. For the life of me I cannot figure out why the Microsoft Installer keeps rolling back and the only thing I can ...

After your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows ...

On the Windows platform, the C++ language offers several ways to process a file. We'll look at four approaches for serial IO access. Reading and writing to a file is one of the most required features ...

You can back up and restore files with Windows’ built-in File History tool — but there are key limitations you should know. When Windows 8 made its public debut in October 2012, one of the new ...