Recently, I’ve come across an annoying problem in Windows 7. There seems to be a service, named PresentationFontCache.exe, that hogs CPU power for an extended period of time – which can be extremely annoying when playing games or using CPU-intensive applications. From research, the service seems to be part of the ‘Windows Presentation Foundation service’ …
Category Archive: Guides
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Jul
04
2011
Control RailWorks with an Xbox 360 controller (Windows)
If you own the popular rail simulator RailWorks, you might be interested in this guide which shows you how to run the controls from an Xbox 360 controller. By default, you play RailWorks with a keyboard and mouse. Whilst this is relatively playable, it does seem to get boring and tiresome after a while – …
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Jun
15
2011
Encrypt Your Hard Drive for Free with Truecrypt
Article first published as Encrypt Your Hard Drive for Free with Truecrypt on Technorati. It’s worrying to think that the computer you’re using right now could be holding all of your personal documents, photos and videos. If your computer was stolen tomorrow, would any of the data on your hard drive be safe? Backing up …
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