There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem. This advice is usually the first tip you get from friends, family, and tech support.

You would think that in this day and age, there would be a more advanced way of fixing a device's technical issues than the old "turn it off and turn it on again" technique, but for so much hardware, ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

Emergency Restart is a 'last resort' method that forcefully resets your computer when it's stuck in a loop. Here's how to find it.

It’s probably the first thing you try when your computer is acting up: turn it off and back on again. But should you restart or shut down? Well that actually depends on what kind of computer you are ...

Is your Windows 11/10 PC stuck on the Restarting screen and not restarting properly after an Update, Blue Screen, Black Screen, or at any time? If you face this issue, this post will help you resolve ...

Your PC Ran Into a Problem and Needs to Restart is one of the most annoying errors you will ever encounter when using Windows OS. It’s also more commonly known as BSoD (or Blue Screen Of Death) and is ...

Windows computers offer two options for turning off the system. One is a system shutdown, and the other is a restart, but few people know the difference between the two. If you are using a Windows ...

There are few certainties in life: Death, taxes, and turning your computer off and on when there’s a problem. This advice is usually the first tip you get from friends, family, and tech support.