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• Spring cleanup — 2025

  Posted on May 5, 2025 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Deanna McElveen

  My irises are in bloom, baby squirrels are taunting my dogs from the trees, and thunder rumbles in the west. I adore spring and I love spring cleaning. Today we’re not going to clean out a garage or shed — we’re going to clean out your computer.

  There are lots of things that can slow down a computer — everything from junkware to temporary files to startup programs. We’re going to tackle all of it with some free software! These three programs may seem familiar to you because I have featured all of them over the years.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.18.0, 2025-05-05).

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• Reset Windows Update Tool — but you might never use it for that

  Posted on October 21, 2024 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

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  By Deanna McElveen

  Like naming your entire toolbox “hammer,” sometimes a name does not do a computer tool justice.

  Reset Windows Update Tool (RWUT) is a free and open-source creation by the Colombian developer Manuel Gil that does so much more than its name suggests. Sure, it will fix things when Windows refuses to update, but it will fix some of other the big issues your Windows 10 or 11 install might face.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.43.0, 2024-10-21).

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