For Windows' BitLocker drive encryption, performance has been a long-standing pain point, especially as high-speed NVMe drives have become more dominant in the market. Fortunately, Microsoft has taken ...

Microsoft is trying to put an end to the long running trade off between full disk encryption and fast solid state storage by shifting BitLocker’s heaviest work into dedicated silicon. Instead of ...

Forward-looking: Originally introduced with Windows Vista in 2006, BitLocker is Microsoft's own solution for managing fully encrypted volumes and storage units. The technology is also notorious for ...

Windows 11 looks polished out of the box, but the default setup leaves performance, privacy and reliability on the table. I ...

Various factors can lead to high or excessive usage of system resources for the SearchFilterHost.exe file, as detailed below: The SearchFilterHost.exe file is generally stored in the ...

Microsoft is working on some low-profile but important tweaks to the Windows 11 File Explorer that could finally curb its hunger for system memory. Currently being tested in the latest Windows Insider ...

Serious question from a very committed Linux user: "Google Drive works as well as it does on Windows"? Can you confirm what client you're using for that, and what you find effective? (Not that I think ...

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