Windows 10 is a lot different to older versions of Windows since Bill Gates is no longer in charge; however, you’ll still find many of the same features available that you have known for a long time—one of those is Sys...
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...
