#Windows

How to tell whether your PC is really frozen on the Restarting screen, power it off without corrupting anything, and repair it from the Windows recovery menu.

Lock a PDF with a password using Word on Windows, free LibreOffice, Adobe Acrobat, or a browser - plus what Windows and Android cannot do for you.

Chrome crashing on a PC or a phone? Work through memory, extensions, graphics acceleration, low storage and a damaged profile in the order that fixes it.

Your PDF viewer's rotate button only spins the page on screen. Learn to permanently rotate a PDF and save it with free web tools, PDF24, or Mac Preview.

Copy one picture with a snip tool, or extract every embedded image at full resolution using iLovePDF, PDF24, or the free pdfimages command.

Chrome crashing on Windows is usually a bad extension, the cache, graphics acceleration, or a damaged profile. Fix it in order with these steps.

ERR_CONNECTION_RESET means Chrome's connection was cut mid-request. Clear the cache, flush DNS, reset the network stack, and rule out VPN and antivirus.

Excel keeps freezing or showing not responding on Windows? Fix it fast: Safe Mode, add-ins, hardware acceleration, Office repair, and heavy files.

Mark up, fill, or rewrite a PDF at no cost using Microsoft Edge, Acrobat online, LibreOffice Draw, or Google Drive, matched to what kind of edit you actually need.

Every way to reach Safe Mode on Windows 11: from Settings, from the sign-in screen with Shift+Restart, and from a black screen that won't boot at all.