Microsoft's Component Store Cleanup utility will undergo improvements for Windows 8.1 users. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a ...

Microsoft is planning to improve its Component Store Cleanup utility in Windows 8.1. A future Windows 8.1 release will add the ability to carry out "deep clean operations without requiring a reboot," ...

Microsoft released an optional update last week that adds a Disk Cleanup Wizard to Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1. The Disk Cleanup Wizard removes the update files that pile up in the WinSxS ...

Reboot a computer, and chkdsk runs at startup. Fixes a bunch of things, not exactly sure what as I wasn't really paying attention.<BR><BR>However, when it's done booting, I'm left with a desktop and ...

Microsoft's new patch lets you clean up Windows bloat from earlier patches and quickly reclaim 1GB to 3GB of space Think of the WinSxS folder as a Windows elephants’ graveyard. When Microsoft patches ...

If you're using an SSD, where 60 or 120 GB is already pretty expensive, 22GB is quite significant. About the only thing I've heard of that will reduce the size if winsxs is to remove the Service Pack ...

An architecture in Windows starting with Windows XP that stores OS components in related groups. Instead of updating and distributing a single DLL, the updated DLL is distributed along with all other ...