Windows 10 has Task Manager—a feature you can get access to directly from your taskbar—to help manage your processes and process details, performance statistics, users, app history, and services. There have been some changes made to Task Manager since Windows […]
December 2018
View Storage Usage of Drives in Windows 10
When you notice that a considerable amount of your drive space is used up you may wish to investigate what is taking up that space. That way you can choose to delete certain files that you no longer need and […]
Change ‘Turn Off Display After’ Time in Windows 10
Windows 10 lets you choose how long your display—and any other displays you might have connected to the computer—stay on before they turn off after the PC goes into idle. Once the computer’s display has turned off, you need to […]
Manage Power Plan Options in Windows 10
With the use of hardware system settings, the Windows 10 operating system can create a power plan to manage how your computer uses its power. These plans can be more geared toward offering your computer a longer battery life when […]
Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana
Cortana is a virtual assistant created by Microsoft for the Windows operating system and its associated services such as the Invoke smart speaker, Microsoft Band, Surface Headphones, Xbox gaming console, iOS, Android, Windows Mixed Reality, and Amazon Alexa. The data […]
Sign In/Out of Cortana in Windows 10
Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant that is designed to help make your life more efficient than it could be just by using the operating system without her. Efficiency is always the main objective of operating systems as we move forward […]
Open Settings in Windows 10
The Settings application is your cornerstone in Windows 10. The idea behind it is to eventually completely replace the Control Panel that you’ve known from earlier Windows versions. The Control Panel still exists in Windows 10, but much of what […]
Change Windows To Go Startup Options in Windows 10
Windows To Go is a feature you can find on Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. The point behind it is to offer an option for your compatible edition of Windows 10 to be bootable from a USB-connected external drive […]
Properly Change Product Key of Office 2016/2013
Today the Windows operating system has been a free install for many people, and Microsoft has instead turned its attention to profiting by getting people to pay for services that branch off of the operating system itself, such as with […]
Choose Default Operating System to Run at Startup in Windows 10
All versions of Windows 10 allow for you to have more than one operating system installed on the computer and it’ll automatically choose to run the operating system of your choice. Windows 10 will automatically choose an operating system by […]
Install Windows 10 from USB Flash Drive
If you’ve got multiple computers that you want to install Windows 10 on, you might prefer creating a USB flash drive that has the Windows 10 installation media on it so you can simply insert it into your computer and […]
Move Location of Game DVR Captures Folder in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a built-in tool for recording videos of computer games. It’s all part of the package found in the Game Bar which is part of the Xbox app and Game DVR feature. When you record a video […]
Create System Information File in Windows 10
You may at one stage or another want to upload a system information file to your manufacturer or a help site online so others can help diagnose and solve problems to do with your computer. The MSINFO.nfo is included in the […]
Exclude Folders from File History in Windows 10
Love it or hate it, Microsoft has made a lot of changes to the Windows operating system editions over the years. Most people would be inclined to agree that many of those changes were for the better while other changes […]