Fix Can’t Adjust Brightness after Upgrading to Windows 8.1/10 Sometimes an older driver comes in handy After upgrading an older Lenovo laptop to Windows 10 recently, I ran into a very annoying problem. For whatever reason, the ability to adjust the brightness stopped working. Pressing the brightness keys on the keyboard would show that the brightness level was going up or down, but nothing actually changed on the screen! It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen....

Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide for Windows 10 Not Going to Sleep Everything short of reading it a bedtime story Previously, I had written an article aboutWindows 7 not going to sleep modeproperly. One would think this problem would be fixed in the latest version of Windows operating system: Windows 10. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Actually, it seems to be an issue with certain versions of Windows 10. Once I upgraded to the newest version of Windows 10, the computer simply wouldn’t sleep!...

Fix Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Missing from Services You can’t download Windows updates without it Back in the day, I wrote an article about theBITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) service not startingand how you can go about fixing that problem. Without this service running in the background, you can’t download any Windows updates. It causes all kinds of other issues too, but the main problem that affects most people is when they can’t download updates....

Refresh, Reinstall or Restore Windows 8 Save yourself time by choosing the right recovery method In Windows 8, you actually have three main options for recovering the operating system: refresh, reinstall and restore. While all of these options can be used to recover Windows, they all operate a bit differently. Each of the following Windows 8 recover methods performs a specific type of operating system reset: By choosing the according recover method for your particular scenario, you may be able to save yourself some time and also reinstall Windows properly....

20 of The Best TV Streaming Devices There are now more than ever to choose from While smart Internet enabled TVs are becoming more popular, there are still a lot of homes that don’t have them. However, with technology advancing so rapidly, the demand for smart TV functionality will continue to increase. Right now, there are more options and devices than ever to stream Netflix, Hulu, games, apps and more to a TV....