Operating Systems

You can change the number of icons available to you in the Microsoft Edge toolbar. This means you can have quicker access to all the icons available or you can hide some icons and keep them available from the Settings […]

Sync Center is a relatively new feature in Windows that allows you to sync data between your computer and files that are being stored on servers on your network. Files that are on your computer when you are not connected […]

Windows 10 comes with its own Advanced Startup Options (ASO), a menu where you can recover, repair, and troubleshoot the Windows operating system. You may also hear Advanced Startup Options be referred to as the Boot Options menu. ASO isn’t […]

Active hours identify the period of time when you expect the device to be in use. Automatic restarts after an update will occur outside of the active hours. By default, active hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM on PCs […]

Formatting a drive, whether it be a hard disk drive, solid state drive, or a flash drive et cetera, is the process of preparing the partition on the drive to be used by the operating system. If the drive is […]

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 […]

System administrators can set disk quotas to limit certain aspects of the file system usage of the Windows operating system. There are two types of quotas that can be used. The first, known as usage quota or block quota, limits […]

The microprocessor frequency of a CPU specifies the frequency that the CPU’s core will be. The higher the frequency the faster the processing speed. The frequency that the CPU operates at is not the only thing that affects the performance […]

Every application that you have installed on Windows 10, whether it be a default app or one that you’ve installed from the internet or Microsoft store, will appear in the All Apps list in the Start menu unless you’ve otherwise […]

Windows always assigns a drive letter to any internal or external connected storage devices. This is so the devices can be identified and interacted with automatically and without the need for you to create an identifier manually. Windows reserves drives […]

The print spooler is the component of the printer that stores the information on what the printer is going to print. The print spooler is the software that makes it possible for you to queue printing jobs and the printer […]

AutoPlay handles what Windows 10 does with your media types (pictures, music, video) when a hot-plug device is connected to the computer based on what actions the user has chosen. This includes displaying/playing media automatically or taking no action. It […]

As of Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10547, you can now choose to have notifications regarding problems with USB devices. The following tutorial demonstrates how to turn on or off the receiving of notifications regarding any issues you might be […]

When looking for a new monitor, one of the things you’ll want to consider is the screen refresh rate. Generally speaking, the higher the refresh rate the better for your viewing. The refresh rate is the number of times the […]

Having a microphone on the computer allows you to make Skype video calls et cetera where the person you’re connecting with on the other end can hear you speak. The mic is also useful if you’re recording video and want […]

From Windows 7 and up, the TRIM command is already enabled to help optimize your SSDs by default, so there shouldn’t be any reason for you to need to enable it yourself. However, if you want to double check that […]

Many types of Bluetooth devices can be used with Windows 10—mice, keyboards, wireless headphones, speakers, so forth. Before you can use them, though, you will need a Bluetooth enabled computer. Most modern computers, including all different types of laptops and […]

As part of the updated security that you get with newer versions of Windows, critical files are now digitally signed. Only Microsoft can sign these files, and when they do, it is a sign that Microsoft trusts them. Only digitally […]

To help simplify the woes of getting a printer to work, Windows 10 has an option turned on by default called “Let Windows manage my default printer.” This means you should find Windows automatically remember the last printer that you […]

The Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) is a print-to-file driver that allows a Windows application to create XML Paper Specification (XPS) document files on versions of the Windows operating system. The Microsoft XPS Document Writer has been around since Windows XP with Service […]

Windows 10 users can sign up to be Windows Insiders and receive preview builds of future versions of the Windows operating system. These preview builds offer users the chance to use upcoming features and design tweaks, but the builds are […]

Windows 10 automatically downloads and installs software updates on your computer (although you can also sometimes hurry the process along by checking for the updates manually by heading to Start > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for […]

The computers that come with or are compatible with the stylus pen, such as the Windows Surface Book, have to always come with touch-screen also. A touch-screen means you can touch the computer’s display with your fingers, which can sometimes […]

The Maps app comes preinstalled in Windows 10. Maps was initially designed for the Windows 10; however, since the usage of Windows Phone has declined and Windows 10 is a universal operating system, Maps has been available for all computers […]

Windows 10 handles a lot more maintenance tasks automatically than previous versions of Windows ever did, but there still may be times when you want to venture into Disk Cleanup and manually remove any files that no longer need to […]