Category: Windows

The file history periodically backs up the versions of your files to the Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop folders and OneDrive files available offline on your PC. Over time, you will have a complete history of your files. If the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted, you can restore them.

If you have a problem opening Microsoft Store, you can run the Winreset.exe command. However this command may fail sometimes.

A clean install of Windows 8.1 causes the uninstall of the existing operating system installed on a partition (a previous installation of Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows 10, Linux, Windows 7 ...), then the install of Windows 8.1. from scratch on the same disk. A clean install is sometimes called a "custom installation".

For a desktop PC, sleep settings are simpler because you are not limited by a battery. Laptops and mobile devices are different, requiring custom standby settings to maximize battery efficiency.

When you delete a file, it is not really erased - it still exists on your hard drive, even after emptying it from the Recycle Bin. This allows you (and others) to recover the files you have deleted.