Windows

Most geeks spend quite a lot of time with games as children and young adults. What better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than sitting on a bed, keeping your body as still as it can be, and then […]

System Restore has been one of the most recognized features to do with the Microsoft Windows environment for many years now. It allows users to revert the computer to an earlier time when things were still working well. This includes […]

Those of you who often used the System Restore feature in Windows 10 may wish to keep its setup wizard pinned to the taskbar for quicker access. System Restore is a bit easier to find in Windows 10 than earlier […]

File Explorer has a simple interface so as to not confuse people with unnecessary clutter. Because of this, there may be a few features around that you are not aware of. One of the extra features that isn’t always noticed […]

They say we live roughly 20 to 30 years behind in time. Whenever I tell people this they don’t care to listen, but it’s true. I’ve seen enough video throughout my IT studies to all but confirm this. Every week […]

The Windows SmartScreen filter is still a relatively new feature for the Windows environment. The idea behind it being to make your computer more secure by not allowing applications and programs that it suspects might be malware to run on […]

Cortana is the name of the Windows 10 virtual assistant. Most people still don’t play around with her all that much, but at the same time, she has quite a stern following and certainly seems to have slowly developed her […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

I want to install Windows 10 on a computer that doesn’t have it already available from the manufacturer’s disk or from a free Windows 10 upgrade that I missed out on. And I want to do it the legal and […]

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 […]

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 […]

The following tutorial demonstrates how to see the resolution of a mixed reality headset when you use the Mixed Reality Portal app in a version of the Windows 10 operating system. Mixed reality is the result of blending the physical […]

Macrium Reflect, one of the best solutions for backing up system images for Windows, has been downloaded more than seven million times and the premium version has been sold on more than 60 countries around the world. It’s gained its […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]