On the odd occasion, you might find that you need to roll back or uninstall an automatic update that arrived on your computer from Windows. These events will prove rare due to Microsoft always rolling out updates slowly for the sa...
Windows comes with a system tool called Check Disk (know as Chkdsk for short) that can periodically check the integrity of your computer’s disks. That advice comes directly from Microsoft themselves, just in case you need to...
Most things that you view on the internet have some type of cache supporting them. On the web, that can help with what you are viewing being delivered quicker among other things. The Windows Store has a cache also that can be clea...
The Command Prompt has been around in Windows for a long time. It’s worth getting to know many of the different ways you can open it because it is a useful tool that can help make your time with Windows a lot easier. Most te...
Every time you use Windows, certain processes are started up. Some of those processes are essential to the Windows operating system and its functionality while others are programs you can choose to disable. Back in the day when ve...
If you’re anything like me, you won’t typically enjoy hearing the computers fan kick at all because you’ll understand that means the CPU is under stress. But apparently, there is some upside, after all, to put yo...
The Fast Startup feature that comes with Windows 10 is also known as a few other names—some call it the Hybrid Boot or the Hybrid Shutdown. You might have already noticed your computer that runs Windows 10 shuts down pretty ...
Your WiFi network automatically is given a name when you first set it up. The network typically includes the name of the internet service provider that is providing for your network (likely for taking advantage of the self-adverti...
As soon as you get used to staring at that desktop of yours after installing Windows 10, you’ll probably want to get your WiFi connection working. Not only is WiFi required before you can start browsing the web, but even the...
One of the diagnostic tools that is built into Windows 10 is the Driver Verifier. The Driver Verifier verifies Microsoft drivers as well as third-party drivers. The way the verification process works is an interesting one. Windows...
The Start menu in Windows 10 comes with a “Most used” section. The idea here is to be able to show you the apps you use the most with the assumption that it might be doing you a favor by displaying that again, preempti...
Most of us who have been using Microsoft products for a long time remember how welcomed the added inclusion of a spellchecker was to Microsoft Word. You don’t need to open up Microsoft Office these days to have the bonus of ...
The taskbar has been around in versions of the Windows operating system for a long time. It’s the bar that is always there at the bottom of the screen—whether or you have the Settings open, a browser or anything else. ...
If you have ever bought a new device and thought twice before turning on the Location Serves when the software asks if you would like to allow it to know where you are in the world, your gut instincts were probably right. There ar...
Part of what makes Windows such a great operating system is its ability to manage groups. No other operating system has managed to do it quite as well (although some might argue Linux has). Through my years of living, one thing I&...
There’s significant evidence mounding up that Microsoft might want to get away from the old Control Panel that people weren’t able to use very easily. The new version of the Settings app that was initially available in...
All versions of Windows 10 come with universal apps out of the box called default or stock apps. You’ll notice many of these default apps available from Windows 10’s Start menu in the All Apps section. Apart from the S...
It happens to the best of us: we lose focus for a split second, or the environment around us causes us to panic and temporarily lose our minds. And then before you know it, you’ve accidentally closed the web browser. Upon op...
Everybody who wants to use the Windows 10 operating system needs to have a user account. Users can choose between creating a Microsoft account or a local user account. Back when Windows 10 was new, the Microsoft account had a huge...
The Local Users and Groups in Windows 10 is an area where you can secure and manage user accounts or groups. These user accounts or groups must be stored locally on Windows 10 for you to be able to manage them. The Local Users and...
Through no fault of your own, sometimes the Windows Store can let you down. If you are signed up to be a Windows Insider, you might think that it has something to do with you running an unstable version of the operating system, bu...
If you are finding an issue with Windows 10 and don’t know how to fix it, you always have the option of resetting Windows 10 instead. Think of the Windows 10 reset as like a factory reset on your Android or iOS mobile device...
Windows operating systems have historically had the Control Panel made available to give you most of what you need for adjusting settings. In the most recent version of Windows (Windows 10) there is a new Windows Settings hub avai...
The Windows 10 Creators Update, otherwise known as the Windows update with codename Redstone 2, is now slowly rolling out to all Windows 10 operating systems. It’s expected that the Creators Update will take a good couple of...
The Game bar is a new feature that you can bring up on the computer’s display when you are in the middle of playing games so you can get access to general settings, game DVR settings and record or take screenshots of your ga...
More often than not, people who use a computer regularly like that same computer to start up as quickly as possible to help save time. As time goes on, versions of Windows get better at this automatically thanks to the developers ...
Many of you might have been around yesterday and watched the launch of the new Windows 10 S version of operating system that is going to be available on the new range of Microsoft Surface laptops. The new Microsoft Surface laptops...
Every time you create a new Microsoft user account you get a bunch of folders available by default from the File Explorer. It is possible to change the location of these personal folders to suit your needs better if the default la...
The Windows 10 login screen is a relatively straightforward place: you can pick your Microsoft account and then sign in with its username and password and then your session is underway. That describes what most people do each time...
When you setup your version of Windows 10 for the first time, you get a first sign-in animation playing on the screen. You would be forgiven if you thought that this animation on the computer’s display was only there to fill...
The Local Group Policy Editor is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in that provides an area where administrators can manage all of the settings that are available for the computer’s configuration and user configuration. Th...
All versions of the Windows 10 operating system are free to upgrade for many people to install. One of the ways they are making money from all of those free copies is by putting in advertising in parts of the operating system. The...
Changing power plans in all versions of the Windows 10 operating system running on desktop computers is still one of the more confusing and complicated areas of the Windows settings. To get there, you need to head to the Start >...
If you use the Windows operating system enough, there might come a time when a Windows image becomes unserviceable. For example, if you try executing the sfc /scannow command to try to fix corrupted or modified system files, and i...
With roughly 100 million monthly subscribers around the world, Netflix is the name that everyone knows as the leader in premium streaming services. While Netflix has just recently made it clear that they do not have any plans to b...
