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...
