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 […]
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 […]
Turn On/Off Windows Features in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system comes with scores of features available to you without having to install anything extra, but only some of them are turned on by default when you start using your computer. Windows 10 has a hidden […]
Change Desktop/Windows Mixed Reality Input Switching in Windows 10
The following tutorial demonstrates how to change between the desktop PC and Windows Mixed Reality input when using a version of the Windows 10 oeprating system. Mixed reality is the result of blending the physical world with the digital world. […]
OneDrive Updated to Include Dark Theme
Microsoft had recently updated Windows 10 to include new Light and Dark Themes for the default theme for things such as the taskbar and settings app. Microsoft also included the option to integrate either the Light or Dark Themes into […]
Flush DNS Cache in Windows 10
The DNS (Domain Name Resolver) cache, or sometimes called DNS resolver cache, is a record of all visits and attempted visits to websites from a computer that runs on a computer’s operating system. All commonly used operating systems—Windows, Mac, Linux […]
Microsoft May Split Cortana and Windows Search in Windows 10 19H1
Some screenshots provided by Albatross, a reliable source for Microsoft news, show that the upcoming feature update for Windows 10, codenamed 19H1, may be looking to split up the Cortana integration from the Windows Search box. Cortana has always been […]
Download: QPST Flash Tool [Links]
The Qualcomm product support tool, otherwise known as the QPST flash tool for short, is an application you can use to install firmware files onto smartphones that come with a Qualcomm chipset. Numerous flashing tools are designed to work for […]
Turn On/Off ‘Show All Folders’ in Windows 10 Navigation Pane
File Explorer’s navigation pane is designed to show you the items and places that you visit the most so you can get to them easily. The navigation pane is always running down the left side of File Explorer’s window of […]
Open Control Panel in Windows 10
The Control Panel is a hub of applets that allow you to find all the settings that you need when using the Windows operating system. The Control Panel has been around since Windows 2.0 and with each new release of […]
Change Power Plan Settings in Windows 10
Windows 10 has many unique settings all related to the power that you can tweak. Windows also comes by default with groups of these settings called Power Plans so you can quickly select one of the Power Plans that best […]
Find Bluetooth Version in Windows
Bluetooth is a standard for wireless connection of computers and other electronic devices that are within close proximity of each other. Modern versions of the Windows operating system come with Bluetooth support, but before you can use it, you’ll also […]
Turn On/Off Bluetooth in Windows 10
Bluetooth is a relatively new wireless standard for exchanging data over short distances. Bluetooth is commonly used these days to connect wireless headphones to the computer so you can listen to the music stored on the computer or played through […]
Open Settings in Windows
Most of the settings that you used to change in earlier versions of Windows are now available from the Settings app in Windows 10. While the Control Panel still exists in Windows 10, most experts believe, in large part thanks […]
Open Win+X Quick Links Menu in Windows 10
The Win+X menu is just another way that Microsoft aims to make your browsers around the Windows 10 operating system more efficient. The Win+X menu—also referred to sometimes as the Quick Links menu—offers a series of shortcuts that help you […]
Clear Cache in Google Chrome
Every half decent web browser is going to have a browser cache system in place. This is because gathering data from your hard drives is quicker than from the internet. As soon as you visit a web page at least […]
Reset DNS Cache in Windows 10
The DNS cache, aka the DNS resolver cache, found in Windows 10 is a temporary database that is, in most cases, managed and maintained by the Windows operating system. There may be times, however, when you need to flush the […]
Show Hidden Files in Windows 10
Windows allows for you to manually make any file of your choice hidden by setting the hidden attribute for them. It also hides other files by default—these are referred to as hidden files by Windows and they’re usually hidden for […]