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Buried in Chrome’s settings is a way to enable hardware acceleration, which may or may not improve Chrome’s performance on your computer. Hardware acceleration allows the CPU to offload some page-rendering and loading tasks to your system’s GPU. Should hardware acceleration be on or off Chrome? Although hardware acceleration speeds things up and is a great feature to have, it …
Explaining Chrome’s CPU Usage As TechStacker explains, there are many possible explanations for high CPU usage in Chrome. These typically relate to your browsing behavior, including having too many tabs open at once, too many apps or browser extensions running and streaming high-quality video. Why is my CPU usage so high with Chrome? Explaining Chrome’s CPU Usage As TechStacker explains, …
Do I really need to uninstall Adobe Flash Player? Why does Adobe want me to uninstall Flash? Should I uninstall Flash Windows 10? Over the years it was riddled with security issues and had to constantly be patched. And modern up-to-date browsers no longer support it and will block Flash content. You might have Flash Player still installed on your …
Double-click the first Adobe inbound rule. In the new window, under the General tab, select “Block the Connection.” Click “OK,” close the window and repeat this process for every Adobe process you find. How do I block Adobe Creative Cloud? Right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager. Go to the Startup tab. Select Adobe Creative Cloud and click on …
Lots of programs come with an option to run automatically at boot. This is useful if you’re going to use the program whenever you’re on your computer, but if there are too many programs that run on startup it can seriously slow down your boot time as well as reduce your performance when they run in the background. Do startup …
is there a 64-bit edition of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC ? I want to install on Win10 64bit, and want to have the 64 bit version app if available. No, there is not. You do not need 64 bit apps, in case you thought this was a rule of 64 bit Windows. Does Adobe Acrobat DC come in 64-bit? You …
Adobe Acrobat Updater keeps your Adobe software up to date. This program is not necessary to startup, but as there are frequent security updates for Adobe programs it is wise to keep this enabled so you are notified when a new update is available. Can I end Adobe Acrobat update Service? Use the Services. Find the Adobe Acrobat Update Service, …
Click “Edit” from the menu bar at the top of the Adobe Reader window and then click “Preferences” from the list of options displayed. Click the “Updater” category on the list of options displayed on the “Preferences” submenu. How do I stop Adobe update from popping up? Click “Edit” from the menu bar at the top of the Adobe Reader …
Check all google.com outages. Google.com is UP and reachable by us. Why has Google Chrome stopped working? Uninstall and reinstall Chrome. There could be something wrong with your Chrome profile that’s causing problems. Uninstall Chrome and make sure to check the box to delete browsing data. Then reinstall Chrome. Is Chrome server down today? Chrome.google.com is UP and reachable by …
Software Reporter Tool is a safe application and does not pose any threat to your PC or data. However, it can cause high CPU usage issues on some computers. Like antivirus programs, the Software Reporter Tool may sometimes flag legit add-ons as malware causing app conflict. Do I need Google software Reporter tool? It is certainly an important tool for …