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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When your company is looking to roll out new software for use in corporate computers, installer programs are vital. Windows Installer, alternatively known as Microsoft installer or MSI, is a type of ...

If you are getting the error code 0x80240017, Unspecified error when trying to install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...