Enabling Shadow Copies in Windows 7

Curiously, Windows Protection is turned on for the system drive (C:) in Windows 7, but the Shadow Copy service is not running by default. To ensure that VSS service operates whenever the computer is on, change the service Startup type to Automatic (Delayed Start). By default, Windows shadow copies are created whenever a restore point …
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Give a Sluggish Laptop or Desktop a New Lease of Life.

Background I have a Samsung notebook with 8GB RAM, i7 processor and 1TB HDD running Windows 10. With those basic specs, you might think that the machine would perform reasonably well, Nothing could be further from the truth. The machine ran like a dog Investigation A closer look suggested that the system disk appeared to …
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