Bothered by programs that start when you boot your computer, or want to add a new one? You need to know how to change startup programs. It's quick and easy.

You can easily stop programs from running at startup on your Mac computer using your System Preferences.

To figure out why your PC is slow, try eliminating startup programs, using fewer browser tabs, and changing the way you schedule scans and syncing.

Patrick Marshall answers your tech questions. This week's topics cover programs appearing miniature on a laptop, Windows Update notifications on an older computer, and ways to edit photos after ...

Q: A program called MyPCBackup is installed on my computer, though I didn't add it knowingly. I want to get rid of it but am unable to remove it with the Windows 7 Remove/Change Programs tool.

Windows users see file management being handled by Windows Explorer or My Computer and might conclude that Windows uses separate programs to organize files.

My Computer Is Freezing and the Speed Is Slowing Down. A computer that starts to slow down can be overloaded with temporary data or programs using up its memory.