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I used my usb stick with windows 10 to do a clean reinstall of my maybe compromised dell xps laptop. So wanted to wipe it clean. I did the clean reinstall of windows 10 pro. But when the screen turned ...

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Sometimes, we may find that our Windows10 runs very slowly. In most cases, the culprits are the file junk, defragmentation, etc. If the issue persists even you have tried to clean and defragment hard ...

People who upgrade to Windows 10 for free during the first year of its release will be able to erase and restore their devices later and keep the free operating system. Gabe Aul, an engineering ...

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