The processor is like the heart of your hardware. It’ll receive lots of different messages from the programs that travel to the processor (kind of like blood would travel through veins) and then the processor needs to divvy up how it is going to handle those requests. Some computers have more than one processor, with […]
About Mathew Diekhake
About the author: Mathew is a former Microsoft student and became a certified server administrator. He later decided to try his hand at writing much of what he learned instead. You can find some of his work at <a rel="”nofollow”" href="https://dottech.org/author/mdiekhake/">dotTech</a>, a lot of the rest here at <a rel="”nofollow”" href="https://consumingtech.com/author/administrator/">ConsumingTech</a>, and more scattered around the web. If he isn't writing online, he's probably reading another Pynchon book on Kindle.
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How to Turn On/Off Automatic Device Driver Installation in Windows 10
Drive updates for devices happen automatically with Windows Update if you continue to use the Windows 10 operating system with its default settings. So, when Windows 10 installs updates, some of those updates will be related to the device drivers. Windows 10 offers you a way that you can turn on or off these device […]
How to Show/Hide Folder Merge Conflicts in Windows 10
You’ll create a folder merge conflict anytime you try to copy or move a folder to another destination that already has a folder with the same name. Instead of automatically removing the older folder and its content, you’ll get a message asking if you want to replace the older folder with the newer one that […]
How to Backup and Restore System Images in Windows 10
Windows 10 includes many different backup and recovery tools. We won’t run through them all here in detail, but the list includes File History, Backup and Restore (Windows 7), OneDrive, and System Images for backing up, plus System Restore, Advanced Startup Options, Recovery Drive Creator, and Reset This PC for the recovery side of things. […]
How to Open Win+X Quick Link Menu in Windows 10
The Quick Links menu is a menu that’s accessible from the Start menu or by pressing a two key combination on your keyboards. It brings up a bunch of various links like the Event Viewer, Device Manager, Command Prompt, Task Manager, Control Panel, File Explorer and most of the other everyday things that people want […]
How to Restart Computer in Windows 10
There will be times when using the Windows 10 operating system that it makes sense to perform a reboot instead of shutting down and then booting a computer back up again. Though both will lead you to the same outcome of having been signed out of the user account and all applications now closed, a […]
How to Change Compatibility Mode Settings for Apps in Windows 10
In the world of IT, they say that you should become a developer because that’s where the money is. That is true. The developing side of information technology makes far more money than the technician side of things. Developing also isn’t something that you need to be incredibly smart to do. There’s plenty of people […]
How to Change Windows Backup Settings in Window 10
Windows Backup was first introduced in Windows 7 under the different name of “Backup and Restore.” It then was taken away from Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows 10 allows you to retake the backups with the new Windows Backup feature. There’s even an option to link you through to taking the backups the same […]
How to Cast Media to Device in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
Windows 8 had a feature called “Play To” that allowed you to stream video and picture content from applications to Xbox or other devices. The idea behind it was to make the same content that you see from your smaller tablets, laptops or desktop PCs viewable on larger screens, like that full-sized TV many people have […]
How to Remove Windows 10 PC from Local Active Directory Domain
Local Active Directory Domains are commonly used in the workplace or schools. A group of computers all connected to the same network on a domain gives administration access all computers from a single computer. That single computer that can roam anywhere in the network is called a server. The domain allows for single user login […]
How to Join Windows 10 PC to Local Active Directory Domain
Local Active Directory Domains are commonly used in the workplace or schools. A group of computers all connected to the same network on a domain gives administration access all computers from a single computer. That single computer that can roam anywhere in the network is called a server. The domain allows for single user login […]
How to Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows 10
Anyone who knows what System Restore is would know about Windows 10 automatically taking restore points whenever something of significant changes on the operating system. Windows 10 also does something else when it thinks something of significance has happened, and that is to record event logs. You can view the event logs that have been […]
How to Choose Default Apps in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with many default applications. A default application is one that was preinstalled on your computer before you started using it and was available to you the first time you started using it without you having to install anything from the Windows Store or any other location. Some applications can open files on […]
How to Add/Remove PIN From Your Account in Windows 10
If you’ve got a computer that has a chance to run with Windows Hello, it will let you know about it when you got to set up your account. You’d be crazy to pass up the opportunity to use Windows Hello. I’m yet to come across anyone who doesn’t prefer using it over what the […]
How to Clear and Reset Store Cache in Windows 10
The Windows Store sometimes doesn’t allow people to install new or update existing applications. If you are experiencing issues with either of those two things, you can try clearing your Store cache and see if that helps. There are occasions when the Windows Store has problems, and it’s through no fault of your own. There’s […]
How to Have “Create System Restore Point” Desktop Shortcut in Windows 10
System Restore is many people’s favorite Windows feature of all time that sadly might not be around for much longer on some devices that don’t offer enough storage space to support it. As long as you can spare a few GB’s of space, System Restore can save restore points which are like snapshots of past […]
How to Enable/Disable Windows Script Host Access
Do you need to fix a “Windows Script Host access is disabled on this machine. Contact your administrator for details.” error message when trying to open a file on your Windows operating system? The message can be a bit confusing because you can still see it when you are logged into a user account that […]
How to Get Full Access to Files and Folders by Taking Ownership in Windows 10
Before a user can edit or delete a protected operating system file, they would first need to take ownership of that file. Windows 10 is good at many things but quickly allowing users to take ownership of files isn’t one of them. It is possible to run some commands from the Command Prompt to get […]
How to Switch User Accounts in Windows 10
Windows 10 has a new feature that allows for fast user switching, so you don’t have to restart the computer and then log in to a different account. There are some mixed feelings with the fast user switching as it stands today. Everyone agrees that it is fantastic for getting logged in to another account […]
How to Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10
Instead of bookmarking or adding things to your favorites as you do with web browsers, the Windows 10 operating system will intelligently remember the things you have done lately as well as the things you like to do most. These two features are appropriately defined as “Recent items” and “Frequent places” in Windows 10. Some […]
How to Import Favorites from Microsoft Edge to Chrome in Windows 10
Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are two of the front runners in web browser market share. Chrome is currently the most used browser by a long way, but it’ll change over the next few years as people start using the new Microsoft Edge browser more. Edge and Chrome are two very similar web browsers. Edge […]
How to Backup and Restore Microsoft Edge Favorites in Windows 10
Microsoft Edge is Microsoft’s new web browser that takes over from where Internet Explorer left off. Some Windows fans aren’t too happy when you call Edge a rebrand of Internet Explorer, but there aren’t too many other reasons for changing the name that had been along for the ride with so many Windows operating system […]
How to Create a Microsoft Edge Shortcut in Windows 10
Windows 10 gives you a Microsoft Edge web browser icon available from the taskbar at the bottom of the computer’s display. You can also right-click on that Edge icon and have it removed from the taskbar if you prefer by unpinning it. If you would prefer the Microsoft Edge icon be on your desktop rather […]
How to Change Desktop Background in Windows 10
Windows operating systems have always had pretty compelling desktop backgrounds already set up for you as soon as you create an account. Some of you might remember the “Bliss” desktop wallpaper that came with Windows XP and ended up being quite a big deal—both financially for Charles O’Rear who took the photo and for Microsoft who managed to capture […]
How to Track Windows 10 Computer if It Gets Stolen or Lost
The first November after Windows 10 was released saw an update that included a new feature that helped people track their lost computers called “Find My Device.” Much like the feature that was first around in smartphones, Find My Device uses the computers GPS signal to precisely locate where your lost or stolen computer has […]