Operating Systems

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Windows automatically assigns a default input device so the computer can record and hear sounds. You can also change what that default sound input device is if you don’t like Windows’ default choice. When you have multiple recording devices set […]

Some computers that run Windows 10 comes with a stylus pen (it started with the Surface Book and has since expanded to be included with some of the higher end computers from leading manufacturers such as Dell and HP). The […]

As of Windows 10 build 17093, Microsoft has created a new graphics settings page where you can see details for multi GPU systems. One of the upsides of having multiple GPUs is you get to choose which programs will utilize which […]

Windows 10 offers you the chance to boot up more than one operating system for the times when you have more than one installed on your computer. If more than one OS is installed, then you’ll see the Windows Boot Manager […]

Clicklock is the feature in Windows that allows you to use single-clicks to act as though it is giving you double click functionality with some features around the operating system. For example, you would usually have to double-click on a […]

The Windows operating system comes with a set of Win32 console commands built in. For each of them, it means you can automate tasks and run scripts just by entering the commands into the command line. A lot of Windows’ […]

In Windows, the automount feature is enabled by default. This means Windows will automatically mount the new disks or drives that you create and thus make it possible for you to use them effective immediately once they’ve been created. Should […]

Windows still doesn’t come with the best backup solution one could ask or, but one thing they have made up ground on is giving users the chance to troubleshoot common problems much easier. Desktop operating systems have struggled in this […]

If you’ve got another operating system such as one of the Linux distros or MacOS running as your primary OS on a computer, you can install Virtual Box and run either a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 10 on […]

You can have a computer that has more than one operating system installed, and Windows 10 will offer you a way to choose which operating system you want to boot up at startup. By default Windows 10 offers you 30 […]

For the first little while, you didn’t have a choice of what Microsoft account you were to accept Windows Insider builds with. Now, ever since Windows Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10547 released, that has changed, and Microsoft now makes it […]

As of  Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352, you no longer have to reboot the computer when updating from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise. According to Gabriel Aul, Microsoft received a lot of user feedback about the annoyance of […]

In Windows 10 you can choose between having the Windows PowerShell or the Command Prompt on the Quick Links (Win+X) menu. As of Windows 10 build 14971, the default option is set to show the Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell […]

For Microsoft to understand that your copy of Windows is genuine, they ask for you to activate the product key. This also prevents you from installing Windows on more computers that your license allows. There are generic product keys that […]

Windows 10 comes with a menu often referred to as the Win+X or the Quick Links menu that offers a series of shortcuts to some of the most used places around the operating system. You can bring up the Win+X […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]