In earlier versions of Windows 10, you had no choice but to stand by while your Windows operating system sent data to Microsoft. It was perceived by many people, including us when we wrote about it earlier, as polite of Microsoft to show us what Windows would be sending off to the Redmond company. This […]
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The Windows series of operating systems are developed by Microsoft and are the most popular desktop operating systems in the world. While the versions of Windows have differed over the years to try to provide what was best with the current day technology, each one has come with a graphical user interface and a desktop so users can view files and folders.
Part of what makes these Windows operating systems so popular is the wide variety of each version. For example, with the latest Windows 10 operating system, you can buy a Home version, Pro version, Education version, and Enterprise version. The idea here is to offer something for people’s computers at home and the working professionals while coming in at different costs: naturally, the edition with the most features would be more expensive.
Windows operating systems are very popular to use for businesses and companies because of their “Group Policies” that allow administrators to manage lots of different users, the user’s permissions and the overall computer’s configuration.
How to Turn Off Windows 10 S Mode
Microsoft briefly experimented with a Windows 10 S edition of their current flagship operating system. Windows 10 S originally came out with the Microsoft Surface laptop—a device that was aimed at students. There were all sorts of reports about what journalists thought Windows 10 S might be when the news first broke, including some reviewers […]
How to Turn Off and Disable UAC in Windows 10
User Account Control, or UAC, is one of Microsoft’s new fundamental security features on offer in Windows 10. Microsoft has made many security changes over the last few versions of the Windows operating system. To date, Windows XP has been many people’s favorite OS to use, but its security was far inferior in comparison to […]
Microsoft Says No More Unexpected Update Reboots Starting from 2019
Speak to someone who doesn’t know much about tech and one of the main concerns that they’ll have is how often they have to wait around for software updates. Speak to someone who knows a lot about tech and one of the things they’ll say is how important it is to accept the software updates. […]
Add or Remove People Icon from Taskbar in Windows 10
The biggest Windows 10 update to arrive in 2017, codenamed Redstone 3, brought about with it many new features. One of the slightly more peculiar ones is the People icon in the taskbar. The idea behind it is to offer a way for people to get quicker access to contacts that the user wants to […]
How to Enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10
Use of the Windows operating system far outweighs any other. This is in large part because the OS is offered on such a variety of computers ranging from a number of different manufacturers whereas its competition like Apple only allows for its OS to be run on its own devices. Microsoft has been lucky in […]
Download TeamViewer 13 Free For Windows 10
You’ve moved out of the parent’s nest, started your own life, perhaps even with a spouse and kids. Your parents are getting older now, and they never did quite grasp how to use a computer operating system all along. Their vision is fading, their ability to manage complex tasks diminished. For many people, the above […]
Download Windows 10 Latest Version ISO
A glance around the Web will show you a multitude of articles about how to install the Windows 10 ISO, but not many of them are pointing to the latest version of Windows 10. This article shows you exactly what you need to download the latest version of Windows 10 ISO (32-bit and 64-bit) from […]
How to Automatically Login in Windows 10
All modern-day operating systems are emphasizing security. That’s why with Windows 10 you are forced into logging in with one of Microsoft’s login options, consisting of either a traditional password, PIN code, and facial recognition or fingerprint readers that come with Windows Hello. Since newer editions of Windows come with Microsoft accounts that can be […]
Windows 10 Search Not Working? Here’s What You Can Do to Solve It
While those around me continue to poke fun at the Windows operating system, it still remains my all time favorite OS to use. Windows XP will forever be one for the books, and since then we’ve still seen the honorable Windows 7 arrive, and Microsoft’s latest attempt, Windows 10. You could easily make a case […]
How to Zip and Unzip Files in Windows 10
When I was younger but yet had already started studying IT, I can recall a day when my father’s computer lady who used to help him with the computer work for running his business needed to open a file but she couldn’t because the file was zipped. I could tell that at the time of […]
Rebuild Icon Cache in Windows 10
Each of the files that you can see comes with its own unique icon. Sometimes the icons can even be swapped manually for a different one of your choice, like what people often do after creating a desktop shortcut for a particular item. These icons for files come with a cache which makes the icons […]
Create a System Image in Windows 10
If you want to keep your data safe, the obvious choice is to back it up so if you lose it you can restore it again. Most people don’t realize how fragile their data sitting on their hard drives really is when they just don’t bother to back up those important files that they can […]
How to Enable Hibernate Mode in Windows 10
People who have been using the Windows operating system for many years will likely remember Hibernate mode. Similar to Sleep mode, the Hibernate mode acts as an alternative to shutting down the computer entirely so you can boot it back up again quicker than a normal reboot after being shut down completely. In real life, […]
Fix “You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile” Error in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system offers people user account. You always have your own user account when you set up a Microsoft account. These user accounts are excellent because it means each person who uses the computer now has a separate account with only their files that they have used available from their accounts. The […]
What Is Microsoft’s OneDrive, And Why Would I Want to Use It?
When cloud storage first came out, it seemed a little bit too complicated for the average user to bother to try to understand what it was and most of the people I know of who started using it were tech writers and people who were living lives heading toward the closer to geek status that […]
View Telemetry Data that Microsoft Collects on Windows 10
Even though It would be wrong to assume that WikiLeaks knows exactly what its sources are since it’s pretty easy to manipulate, it’s hard to argue that people like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden are doing anything but good things for the world. It’s also made people a lot more aware of privacy, and in […]
Windows Update KB4078130 Removes Spectre Patch
If you follow IT security news, you might have heard about the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities over the past few weeks that have caused quite a stir, both for computers and servers. In short, Meltdown applies to only the Intel and Apple processors and works by taking advantage of a privilege escalation flaw which takes […]
Enable/Disable Log Event when Disk Quota Warning Level Exceeded in Windows
Disk quotas help administrators make sure that the server doesn’t go down or the maximum file storage space isn’t all used up so employees can continue doing their jobs. It does this by no longer allowing everyone to just use up whatever amount of storage space they want or by giving a warning notification to […]
Change Magnifier View in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system offers users the chance to use a magnifying glass as a simpler solution to the problem of not being able to see text and images that are on the computer’s display as well as they had hoped. The magnifying glass in Windows 10 comes with three different views: the fullscreen […]
Change Size of Text in Menus in Windows 10
You can change the menus text size in Windows 10 while still keeping the same screen resolution for your monitor. In the old days, you could have changed the screen resolution to make things appear larger, but it isn’t recommended that you change the computer’s display from its default DPI with today’s types of screen […]
Change Default Audio Playback Device in Windows 10
There is always one default audio playback device that Windows uses to play the sounds that go along with whatever you’re watching on the computer’s display. The Windows operating system will already know and choose what that is going to be. If you have a secondary set of speakers, want to plug in headphones or […]
Enable/Disable Shutdown Event Tracker in Windows 10
You can use the Shutdown Event Tracker to prompt users to have to fill in a reason for why they are choosing to restart or shutdown the computer. Administrators can then view that information from the event log. The Shutdown Event Tracker doesn’t allow users to shutdown or restart the computer without giving a reason […]
Turn On/Off Embedded Handwriting Panel in Windows 10
The touch keyboard that the Windows 10 operating system has always had the handwriting input panel layout. From this panel, you can grab your stylus pen and write with it or just use your finger to write with instead. Both of which are what Microsoft is talking about when it refers to handwriting. Over the […]
Calibrate Display for HDR Video in Windows 10
A computer that runs on the Windows 10 operating system is capable of streaming HDR (high dynamic range) video when the computer’s display is optimized for the HDR video and has the “Stream HDR Video” feature turned on from the Video playback settings. This feature is now available from the Settings application starting from the Windows […]