Windows 8 was the first version of the Windows operating system to give you the chance to manage the startup programs from within the Task Manager by providing you a dedicated Startup tab. From within that Startup tab is also another option for you to see the impact each app is having on the computer […]
Tips & Tricks
How to Turn On/Off Aero Snap in Windows 10
Aero Snap is a feature that was first introduced in Windows 7. Not many people used it back then, and most still don’t use it today either, but that’s mostly because people aren’t familiar with it yet. Aero Snap lets you play with your windows in a much more ordered fashion. We all know about […]
How to Reset Notification Area Icons
All editions, versions, and builds of Windows 10 come with the same taskbar at the bottom of the computer’s display, and the right side of that taskbar is always filled with the system tray. Right next to the system tray is where your notification area is—those are the little icons that you can see to […]
How to Pin Apps to Taskbar and Unpin Apps from Taskbar in Windows 10
The taskbar is the black bar you can see running along the bottom of your computer’s display after you sign in to Windows 10. It’s there for all editions and software versions of Windows 10. By default, you have a few icons available directly to the right of the search box. They are the Microsoft […]
How to Change Startup Page in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge hasn’t yet grown to be as popular as Internet Explorer was before Windows 10 arrived, but it should be. Edge has managed to fix many of the problems that the older IE browser had. Edge is available across all devices that can run on the Windows 10 operating system: tablets, phones, laptops and […]
How to Remove Folder from Library in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with the option of using Libraries. A library lets you group folders that might be stored in different locations around the operating system so you can create a new group without having to remove them from their existing locations. Sometimes you might want to remove a folder that you had previously put […]
How to Add Folder to Library in Windows 10
A lot of where the action happens in Windows 10 is from within the File Explorer. If you venture into the File Explorer nearly as much as I do, you might have noticed an option called “Libraries” or “Library” that looks like a funny looking folder. If you look closely (or zoom with your fingers […]
How to Add/Remove Language Packs and Change Display Language in Windows 10
The first-ever release of the Microsoft Windows 10 technical preview offered three different languages for users to choose from, including English, Chinese, and Portuguese. It took a while, but many other languages were then added so most of the rest of the world coming from other countries and speaking other languages could also begin to […]
How to Turn On/Off Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a Recent items list from the Start menu and a Frequent places list from the File Explorer. Both offer a similar thing where you can see stuff that you have previously used. There is one key difference between the two. The File Explorers extra menu is for being able to click […]
How to Hide/Show Notification Area Icons on Taskbar in Windows 10
Windows 10 has somewhat of an emphasis put on notifications. Today’s millennials are often referred to as the connected generation, and those connections continue to mound up still today, nearly a decade on from when people started getting used to social media being the new norm. One of the new trends for keeping people connected […]
How to Enable/Disable Action Center in Windows 10
The Action Center is new to Windows 10 and controls most of the notifications that you see. The notifications are what is called “toast notifications, ” and they can alert you to things that are on your Calendar, other applications, and just general system notifications. The Action Center is designed to store the notification until […]
How to Disable/Enable Internet Explorer in Windows 10
Google has had a lucky break over the last few years. With the rise of ad blocker software blocking out Google’s ad revenue, it would’ve potentially been in lots of trouble of that ad block plugin was coming from Internet Explorer. As it turns out, Microsoft decided to step away from what was comfortably the […]
How to Synchronize Clock to Internet Time Server in Windows 10
As I’ve gotten older I’ve gradually moved away from the idea of wearing a watch on my wrist. I usually like to wear the bare minimum amount of stuff necessary for the occasion. Here in a cold Melbourne winter I usually still wear shorts and a t-shirt and elect to just stay indoors as much […]
How to Change Your Account Picture in Windows 10
User accounts have profile pictures in Windows 10. You’ll notice it when you go to sign in to your accounts from the login screen as well as a few other places when you use your operating system, one of the more familiar places being the Start menu where there’s a little profile picture icon that […]
How to Add/Remove Items in All Apps in Windows 10 Start Menu
The Start menu offers a lot of goodness in Windows 10 just like it did before Windows 8 was a thing. You’ll find tiles for you to get quick access to things like your email and a list of all your applications that you have installed all alphabetically listed in the appropriately named “All Apps” […]
How to Hide/Show Search Box on Taskbar in Windows 10
Earlier versions of Windows operating systems that people loved like Windows 7 came with the search box available from the Start menu, meaning you needed to click on the Start menu before it becomes available to use. The more modern Windows 10 has put the search box in the taskbar instead, so it’s available to […]
How to Turn On/Off Windows Defender Real-Time Protection in Windows 10
Few things are as important as running antivirus on your computers that have Windows 10. Windows often gets a bad wrap for having lots of viruses, but that’s because it is such a popular operating system, so it’s frequently targeted by the bad guys who try to get something out of the masses of people […]
How to Enable/Disable Disk Write Caching in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a feature called disk write caching. It’s a feature that you get the choice between enabling and disabling, but unlike most of the other articles that we write-up, you should make sure you thoroughly research what you’re doing before you play around with these two options. There are positives to both […]
How to Turn On/Off Fast Startup in Windows 10
Windows 8 came with a feature called Fast Boot. In Windows 10 it got renamed to Fast Startup. Microsoft never publicly stated why they decided to change the name, but it might have something to do with fastboot already being a common word within the Android community that has nothing to do with getting Android to […]
How to Use Alarms in Windows 10
You can use Windows 10’s built-in alarm feature to set your alarms if you like so you don’t need to have an alarm clock anymore. It’s not a viable solution for people who don’t keep their computers on when they are sleeping because the alarm only works when the computer isn’t sleeping which is why […]
How to Add/Remove Windows Defender Exclusions in Windows 10
Antivirus has come a long way over the years. It used to be an effort to have to install antivirus on a computer because whatever program you chose would slow the computer down to a point where it was noticeable on the eye and probably the ear as well as your hardware needed to work […]
How to View Windows Update History in Windows 10
Microsoft has made a point to put security at the forefront of Windows 10 by issuing it lots of over the air updates just like you would get with your phones. You might have heard in the news about this ransomware that was going around locking people out of their computers until they paid a […]
How to Optimize Performance of Windows 10
If you want to use Windows 10 as smoothly as possible, I recommend not signing up to be a Windows Insider. Most of the problems I’ve had with Windows 10 have stemmed from wanting to get in on the quicker updates that aren’t ready for prime time just yet. It’s a bit concerning that many […]
How to Run as Different User in Windows 10
There are times when some people use Windows 10 that result in them not wanting to run all files with the same level of permissions that the user account that they are currently logged in with has—like if they were logged in to their Microsoft accounts as an administrator but didn’t want a particular file […]
How to Know Full Path of File Name in Windows 10
Being able to find files from Windows 10’s File Explorer is fairly straightforward once you know where to look. A lot of the files you download end up in the Downloads folder from File Explorer while much of the other stuff on your hard drive is found from the This PC > C: drive path, […]