Articles by Philip Celasco

Find a memory leak in Windows 11/10 with Task Manager and Performance Monitor, trace it with PoolMon or UMDH, then fix it by updating or removing the leaking app.

Fix the Windows cannot find javaw.exe error by reinstalling Java, finding javaw.exe, adding the Java bin folder to PATH and pointing .jar files back to Java.

Outlook email stuck in Outbox? Work offline, remove the large attachment, then reconnect and resend. Fixes for classic and new Outlook, Outlook.com and Workspace.

Windows Live Mail not working? Fix Hotmail and Gmail sign-in errors with app passwords, repair crashes and Windows Essentials 2012, or move to a supported app.

Create a bootable Windows 10/11 recovery USB with Recovery Drive or the Media Creation Tool, boot from it, and run Startup Repair, bootrec or a reinstall.

View photos as a slideshow on Windows 11/10 in the Photos app, as a rotating desktop background, or as a Photos screen saver, with fixes when photos won’t show.

Sum a table column in Microsoft Word with Table Layout > Formula and =SUM(ABOVE). Steps for Windows and Mac, other directions, updating totals and fixes.

Connect two monitors to a laptop in 5 steps: check the ports, plug in each screen, pick Extend with Windows + P, arrange them in Display settings, and fix detection.

Use Microsoft Store to install, update, pause, reinstall and remove Windows apps and games, plus fixes for error 0xC002001B and a Store that will not open.

Clipchamp now saves personal projects to OneDrive. What changed on Windows 11, how much storage you get, what stays local, and how to fix save errors.

USB Ethernet driver missing? Install Apple Devices or iTunes for an iPhone, or use Windows Update or the maker’s driver for an adapter, even with no internet.

Turn off an Android phone: hold the Power or Side button (with Volume up on Pixel, Volume down on Samsung) and tap Power off. Fixes for phones that won’t shut down.