After your computer applies a Windows patch, the patch file along with other files related to the installation are cached in the hidden system folder C:\Windows ...

There's something inside your PC that's quietly gobbling up space. It's not evil. But just a hidden Windows folder that can ...

The Windows Installer cache folder is a hidden system folder located at C:\Windows\Installer. Whenever you install software using the Windows Installer, a copy of the changed system information is ...

The Windows Installer Patch (.MSP) files on Windows 11/10 are located under the C:\Windows\Installer\$PatchCache$ root directory. In this post, we will attempt to ...

No more DLL hell. That was just one of Microsoft Corp.’s goals when it introduced the Windows Installer service along with Windows 2000 nearly four years ago. The service, which now runs on Windows XP ...

Businesses frequently need to install application updates or upgrades or, in some cases, new programs. The Windows Installer Service is an integrated Windows function that allows you to install new ...

Windows users often encounter high CPU usage due to some background processes, which can cause the system to slow down or become unresponsive. One such process responsible for this is the Windows ...

Microsoft has made Windows 10 version 2004 available to the developer community, a couple weeks ahead of its release to the general public. Like many IT pros with a Visual Studio (formerly MSDN) ...

One key technique in the Windows repair playbook involves wiping out everything on the storage device (typically C:\) from which Windows boots and on which that OS resides. Prosaically enough, this ...

An unofficial patch is available for a zero-day vulnerability that is actively exploited in the wild to gain administrator privileges. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code that works out of the box has ...

It may be a very long time since some readers have installed a copy of Windows, but it appears at one point during the installation there’s a step that asks you which OS version you would like to ...

High usage of the CPU often leads to overheating or excessive fan noise, which ultimately leads to poor computer performance, including program freezes, lags, and other problems. Although any program ...