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bwcW10X64.sys is the driver file for Killer Networking network cards. While used in a number of premium PC builds, as well as integrated on a number of high-quality motherboards, this driver is known to cause some issues with Windows. You may experience this issue out of the blue, and it …

The api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll is a dynamic link library file, and a part of a Windows Update for Universal C Runtime. This file is known to cause problems, the most notorious of which is Microsoft Office failing to start. The program can’t start because api-ms-win-crt-heap-I1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling …

Some computers and laptops come with more than one display adapter, also known as a graphics card. There are plenty of graphics card types, ranging from low-budget ones for the most basic work to those for the latest video games and graphic design and everything in between. The reason for …

Software for Apple’s OS X platform comes in package files, and these packages make installing software extremely simple. This was one of the advances that came with the Unix-core OS X is based on. Users should always check to make sure that they know what’s in a package they’ve downloaded …

Bluetooth is a wireless data transmission standard. It typically has a range of about 10 meters (30 feet), meaning it’s most suitable for home use. It’s very useful when it comes to wireless peripherals, but can also cause trouble when being set up for use. Windows 10 can sometimes forget …

Man pages in all versions of Linux are stored as specially formatted and compressed text files, so it’s difficult to share them or read them on other devices. These files are stored in such a way that only the man or xman command issued at a command prompt in a …

The term swappiness probably sounds absolutely ridiculous to you, but it’s actually a real Linux kernel parameter that controls how readily the system swaps out runtime memory from RAM pages over to the swap file or partition. Swappiness is expressed as a percentage out of a possible 100. The code …