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...
