The Task Manager is an application that allows you to view all the running processes, as well as monitor the computer’s performance. The Task Manager has been around in Windows for a long time, but it has only been since Windows 10 that you get detailed graphics for checking the performance of important hardware such […]
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Microsoft Outlook Spaces is Board to Help Organize Emails, Documents, and Meetings
Microsoft Outlook Spaces is a new feature that brings Google Keep-styled tabs that you can pin to the backdrop. You can use Spaces to bring together your most important subject matters within Microsoft Outlook and pin them together in one place. One of the best-kept secrets for managing your daily tasks is Google Keep, an […]
How to Enable Windows Mobility Center on a Desktop Windows PC
The Windows Mobility Center is a feature found within the Windows operating system that gives you quick access to some of the most commonly used features. The name “Windows Mobility Center” alluded to these features being undeniably the most common for mobile devices. For that reason, you won’t find it available for desktops unless you […]
How to Reset Windows Mobility Center Default Open Position in Windows 10
The Windows Mobility Center is a feature found within the Windows operating system that gives you quick access to some of the most commonly used features. The name “Windows Mobility Center” alluded to these features being undeniably the most common for mobile devices. For that reason, you won’t find it available for desktops unless you […]
Vivaldi 2.11 Released: Improves Pop-out Video, Match OS Themes, Quicker Navigation
The Vivaldi web browser has been updated to version 2.11. This version of the browser comes with the added ability to pop-out videos independently of the webpages in which you have found them easier than before. Other features include the chance to match the operating system’s theme (light or dark modes) easier, and quicker general […]
How to Open Windows Mobility Center in Windows 10
The Windows Mobility Center is a feature found within the Windows operating system that gives you quick access to some of the most commonly used features. The name “Windows Mobility Center” alluded to these features being undeniably the most common for mobile devices. For that reason, you won’t find it available for desktops unless you […]
How to Turn On or Off Presentation Mode in Windows
One of the reasons Microsoft Windows is such a popular operating system is because people love to use Microsoft Word and other applications that make up the Microsoft Office suite, such as Windows PowerPoint. Windows PowerPoint has been helping people give presentations for decades. If you have a presentation you need to give, the Windows […]
Final Update to Windows 7 Blackens Desktop Wallpaper
The last software update rolling out for Windows 7 is removing the wallpaper and replacing it with a black screen. While it sounds alarming, the new black screen is thought of as a bug rather than Microsoft turning out the lights on a version of its operating system that it has been trying to get […]
‘Google SeachLiaison’ Suggests Desktop Favicons May Still Change
A couple of weeks ago, Google rolled out an update to the desktop search results to include the website favicon (icon) next to the text. The move was made to mimic further mobile search results, which have been using the favicons for some time already. The favicons offer a way for Google to be more […]
Windows 10 Mobile No Longer Supported By Microsoft
As of January 14—the same date Microsoft put an end to Windows 7 support—Windows 10 Mobile has come to the end of its support life, with Microsoft preferring to recommend users still use Windows apps but to get them from Android and iOS app stores instead. Like with Windows 7, it also means you’ll want […]
Windows 7 Users Issued Final Windows 10 Upgrade Warning
The end of Microsoft support for Windows 7 happened a few days ago, on January 14 (2020). As a final reminder to those still using Windows 7, Microsoft has sent out an upgrade warning. The screen Windows 7 users will begin to see is titled “Your Windows 7 PC is out of support,” and it […]
How New Microsoft Edge Will Roll Out for Windows 10 Users
In December of 2018, Microsoft publicly announced they were changing course from the EdgeHTML Microsoft Edge was developed on, and it would be succeeded by a Chromium-powered Edge browser instead. Microsoft never publicly announced why the change would be occurring, but some publications did suggest Microsoft had accused Google of purposefully preventing some websites from […]
How to Use Xiaomi MI Flash Tool
If you have a Xiaomi smartphone or tablet that runs Android, you may eventually wind up finding yourself in a situation where your device is stuck in a bootloop, or you have somehow, not through any fault of your own necessarily, wound up with some bugs in the software that need removing. You do not […]
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