The default media player in Windows 10 is very good. It is similar to the other media player options out there but comes with some improvements. For instance, if you’re someone who likes to click and drag the scrollbar to […]
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How to Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10
If you’ve got a computer that has yet to upgrade to Windows 10, you don’t have to rush out and buy a new computer to start using it. There’s the Media Creation Tool that you can download free of charge […]
How to Remotely Lock Windows 10 Device with Find My Device
Lots of people aren’t too chirpy about giving away privacy to Microsoft when it comes to using their operating systems such as Windows 10. However, if ever there was a time those people might be willing to look the other […]
How to Add/Remove Default Items on Power User Menu in Windows 10
If you want to use Windows as efficiently as possible, then you’ll need to get to know the Power User menu. Included in Windows 8 and Windows 10, the Power User menu is the quickest way you can get access […]
How to Hide/Show Windows Security Notification Area Icon in Windows 10
Windows Defender started off as spyware protection in Windows XP. By Windows 8 it had turned into reliable full-fledged antivirus for your computer. In Windows 10 many people regard Windows Defender to be up there with the best protection your […]
How to Open Windows Security in Windows 10
Windows Defender has been developed by Windows ever since Windows XP. Back in those days, it wasn’t anything more than a spyware solution, and you had no choice but to look for alternatives for an antivirus that would keep your […]
How to Automatically Finish Setting Up a PC After an Update or Restart
When you hear critics for Microsoft’s Windows operating system, you’ll likely hear about untimely updates as being one of the issues that they’re yet to get right. Microsoft once would give you an option to “Update and shutdown” whenever you […]
How to Change Video Playback Settings in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a built-n video platform. Many of the applications that you get preinstalled with Windows 10—Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, Microsoft Edge, Movies & TV, Photos, et cetera—as well as third-party applications that you install from the […]
How to Enable/Disable Sync Your Settings in Windows 10
Most people prefer using a Microsoft account because it allows for them to open the user account in another location and expect to find all settings the same way they had them before on another computer. This includes the sharing […]
How to Enable/Disable AV1 Video Codec Support in Google Chrome [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 […]
How to Mark OneDrive Files as ‘Always keep on this device’ in Windows 10
OneDrive is a file hosting service and synchronization service from Microsoft. First launched in August 2007, OneDrive allows users to store files and personal data like Windows settings or BitLocker recovery keys in the cloud, share files, and sync files […]
How to Open Windows PowerShell in Windows 10
Windows PowerShell has been around for 13 years now. Windows 10 comes with Windows PowerShell 5.0 included. Most Windows users are aware of the Command Prompt which has been around for nearly as long as Windows itself. The Command Prompt […]
How to Allow/Block Desktop Notifications in Google Chrome in Windows [Tutorial]
Push notifications are the latest craze to help some websites gain subscribers. What started as a fairly deceitful bit of technology has now got some of the largest sites in the world, including YouTube and Facebook, using it to get […]
How to Create Elevated Shortcut without UAC Prompt in Windows 10
Many people’s favorite version of Windows is Windows XP, but there are some significant security advancements since that infamous version of Windows that make it not the number one choice for those who are well educated within the Windows environment. […]
How to Run as Administrator in Windows 10
There are some applications that you may try to run from the Windows 10 operating system that will give you an “Access Denied” or “No Permission” message if you aren’t running them as the administrator. This is because some apps […]
How to Add/Remove Folders from Favorites in Windows 10 Mail App
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 […]
How to Rename Account in Windows 10 Mail App
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 […]
How to Change Background Picture of Mail App in Windows 10
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to View Downloads in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Make Web Note on Webpages in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Use Cortana with Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How to Restore Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Set Network Location to Private or Public in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Add Remote Desktop Connection in Remote Desktop app in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Erase Disk Using Diskpart Clean Command in Windows 10
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 […]
How to Collect System Specifications in Windows
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 […]