The Mail and Calendar applications that come with Windows 10 are designed to make your life more efficient. Most adults who use computers are now using email. You can always get access to your email by heading to the nearest web browser, opening it, and then heading to the website of the company whose mail […]
December 2018
How to Rename Account in Windows 10 Mail App [Tutorial]
The Mail and Calendar applications that come with Windows 10 are designed to make your life more efficient. Most adults who use computers are now using email. You can always get access to your email by heading to the nearest web browser, opening it, and then heading to the website of the company whose mail […]
How to Change Background Picture of Mail App in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
The Mail app in Windows 10 looks pretty good right off the bat, partially thanks to the background image that you see when the window is expanded and then as an overlay to the transparent menu in the left. If however you don’t like the transparency—or the mage—you can turn off the background picture so […]
How to Open Website in Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer [Tutorial]
If you’re using the Microsoft Edge web browser, you can open webpages with the older Internet Explorer 11 still directly from the same window. Microsoft Edge is the newest web browser from Microsoft, which was designed to take over from Internet Explorer and be more compatible with the modern Web. Internet Explorer 11 (or what […]
How to Import and Export Bookmarks via HTML in Firefox [Tutorial]
All modern web browsers offer you a way to import and export bookmarks as HTML files, but the way in which you would do it between brands varies. You could argue that Firefox’s perhaps needs some revising even though Quantum is still new. Regardless, you can still get either importing or exporting as HTML files […]
How to View Downloads in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
All good modern web browsers have a download section where you can locate downloaded files. The same area can be used for pausing downloads that are yet to complete and restart them again if you haven’t closed the browser. Since web browsers can’t copy each other and must offer something different, finding the location of […]
How to Make Web Note on Webpages in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Microsoft Edge is the new default web browser to use in Windows 10. It has been specifically designed for cutting edge performance over Microsoft’s older web browser, Internet Explorer. Microsoft Edge gets its name from the new Edge rendering technology under the hood, though that is soon about to change when Microsoft switches to Chromium […]
How to Use Cortana with Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Cortana is a cloud-based virtual assistant that was first introduced in Windows 10 and has similarly been made available for Windows 10 mobile, Windows 8.1, and some other Microsoft associated services such as Xbox One, Surface headphones, the Invoke smart speaker, Microsoft band and Windows mixed reality. You’ll also find her available for other operating systems […]
How to Enable/Disable Quick Find in Firefox [Tutorial]
A feature that has gained some hype over the last few years is the ability to find out where certain words are on a webpage. Google Chrome hasn’t added this feature, but you can install extensions developed by third-parties that do offer a solution. In Firefox it’s a bit different, and there is a feature […]
How to Enable/Disable AV1 Video Codec Support in Firefox [Tutorial]
If you thought MPEG was just a file format, you would be wrong. It turns out that MPEG is short for Moving Picture Experts Group, and it means that there is big business behind the use of these MPEG files. There are now some nonprofit groups coming along to offer an alternative to the big name […]
How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
The Windows Photo Viewer was the default photos application in past versions of the Windows operating system. In Windows 10 that all changed. The Windows Photo Viewer application has now been replaced with the more modern Photos app. The Photos app is the default photos viewer that Windows advises you use, but that doesn’t mean […]
How to Set Network Location to Private or Public in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
A network location is what identifies the type of network—whether it be public or private—that is connected to a PC (provided it has a network adapter). If all that sounds too confusing, don’t worry, Windows has simplified things for when you first set up your computer. It doesn’t try to get you to understand what […]
Add Remote Desktop Connection in Remote Desktop app on Windows 10 PC [Tutorial]
One of the selling points for Windows 10 Pro is the Remote Desktop app coming on your device natively. What many Home and Pro users don’t know, however, is that anyone can actually install the Remote Desktop application from the Microsoft Store and start using it. Microsoft commercials suggest that the Remote Desktop app is […]
How to Erase Disk Using Diskpart Clean Command in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
The Windows operating system comes with “clean” and “clean all” Diskpart commands which will wipe a disk, so it is not allocated or initialized. There are some differences between the “clean” and “clean all” commands that you may wish to note before getting started. The “clean” command removes all partition and volume formatting from the […]
How to Collect System Specifications in Windows [Tutorial]
The Windows operating system can run on a deluge of different computers and hardware configurations. This is necessary since Windows isn’t just software for Microsoft but rather oodles of different manufacturers that each want Windows running on a whole range of various devices. Naturally, that’s going to mean that Windows being perfect for every device […]
How to Change Default Sound Input Device in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Windows automatically assigns a default input device so the computer can record and hear sounds. You can also change what that default sound input device is if you don’t like Windows’ default choice. When you have multiple recording devices set up on the computer Windows will continue using the original default option unless you tell […]
How to Turn On/Off Allow Pen to Act as Mouse in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Some computers that run Windows 10 comes with a stylus pen (it started with the Surface Book and has since expanded to be included with some of the higher end computers from leading manufacturers such as Dell and HP). The stylus pen became popular once Windows computers started to arrive with touchscreens—a feature that is […]
How to Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
As of Windows 10 build 17093, Microsoft has created a new graphics settings page where you can see details for multi GPU systems. One of the upsides of having multiple GPUs is you get to choose which programs will utilize which GPUs and tweak things, so they’re just right for your setup. The new graphics settings […]
How to Change Operating System Name at Startup in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Windows 10 offers you the chance to boot up more than one operating system for the times when you have more than one installed on your computer. If more than one OS is installed, then you’ll see the Windows Boot Manager screen, where it shows you in a large heading the option to “Choose an operating […]
How to Turn On/Off Mouse ClickLock in Windows [Tutorial]
Clicklock is the feature in Windows that allows you to use single-clicks to act as though it is giving you double click functionality with some features around the operating system. For example, you would usually have to double-click on a window to drag that window around the screen. But with ClickLock turned on, you can […]
How to Open Elevated Command Prompt in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
The Windows operating system comes with a set of Win32 console commands built in. For each of them, it means you can automate tasks and run scripts just by entering the commands into the command line. A lot of Windows’ features require you to navigate around the operating systems—this was considered the user-friendly way to […]
How to Enable/Disable Automount of New Disks and Drives in Windows [Tutorial]
In Windows, the automount feature is enabled by default. This means Windows will automatically mount the new disks or drives that you create and thus make it possible for you to use them effective immediately once they’ve been created. Should you choose, it’s also possible to have the automount disabled which will stop Windows from […]
How to Reset Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Windows still doesn’t come with the best backup solution one could ask or, but one thing they have made up ground on is giving users the chance to troubleshoot common problems much easier. Desktop operating systems have struggled in this department for as long as we can remember, and it only made matters worse when […]
How to Install Windows 10 Virtual Machine in VirtualBox [Tutorial]
If you’ve got another operating system such as one of the Linux distros or MacOS running as your primary OS on a computer, you can install Virtual Box and run either a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 10 on the same computer if you like. VirtualBox is a virtual machine application that lets you […]
How to Change Time to Display Operating Systems at Startup in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
You can have a computer that has more than one operating system installed, and Windows 10 will offer you a way to choose which operating system you want to boot up at startup. By default Windows 10 offers you 30 seconds to choose which operating system you want to boot before it boots one up […]
How to Change Account Used to Get Insider Builds in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
For the first little while, you didn’t have a choice of what Microsoft account you were to accept Windows Insider builds with. Now, ever since Windows Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10547 released, that has changed, and Microsoft now makes it possible to select which Microsoft account you want to receive the Insider updates. Here’s what […]
How to Upgrade Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise [Tutorial]
As of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352, you no longer have to reboot the computer when updating from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise. According to Gabriel Aul, Microsoft received a lot of user feedback about the annoyance of the computer needing to reboot, and as such, they’ve acted on it so that it […]
How to Choose Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell on Power User Menu in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
In Windows 10 you can choose between having the Windows PowerShell or the Command Prompt on the Quick Links (Win+X) menu. As of Windows 10 build 14971, the default option is set to show the Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell (Admin), but you can still swap them for the Command Prompt and Command Prompt entries […]
How to Change Product Key in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
For Microsoft to understand that your copy of Windows is genuine, they ask for you to activate the product key. This also prevents you from installing Windows on more computers that your license allows. There are generic product keys that can be used so you can start using your version of Windows without it officially […]
How to Open Power User Menu in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
Windows 10 comes with a menu often referred to as the Win+X or the Quick Links menu that offers a series of shortcuts to some of the most used places around the operating system. You can bring up the Win+X menu by clicking on the Start button or by using the keyboard shortcut. Either way, […]
