Windows 10 allows for two different kinds of user accounts: a local user account and a Microsoft user account. Both of them come with different things you can do so you should research which one best suits you and your […]
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Microsoft Windows is the desktop operating system that has captured the bulk of the market for decades thanks to its common availability across a beacon of computers brought out by various manufacturers. With a strong foundation headed by Bill Gates and features such as the famous Start Menu, Windows is in a good position to capitalize on progressive web apps and whatever other technological advancements the future demands from a desktop OS.
The Windows series of OSs are developed by Microsoft and are the most popular desktop OSs in the world. While Windows versions differ, 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 OSs so popular is the wide variety of each version. For example, with Windows 10, you can buy Home, Pro, Education, and Enterprise versions. The idea 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 OSs 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.
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Apply Local Group Policy to Administrators in Windows 10
If you only use your Windows 10 operating system at home, then you might not know anything about Group Policies. If your Windows 10 computer happens to be at work, then the likelihood if you or your administrator knowing about […]
Apply Local Group Policies to Specific User in Windows 10
If you only use your Windows 10 operating system at home, then you might not know anything about Group Policies. If your Windows 10 computer happens to be at work, then the likelihood if you or your administrator knowing about […]
Enable/Disable Thumbnail Previews in File Explorer in Windows 10
One of the better features to come out of File Explorer in recent times is the ability to see thumbnail previews. The thumbnail preview makes it easier to identify the images that you are looking for when browsing through folders […]
Apply Local Group Policy to Non-Administrators in Windows 10
If you only use your Windows 10 operating system at home, then you might not know anything about Group Policies. If your Windows 10 computer happens to be at work, then the likelihood if you or your administrator knowing about […]
Add/Remove Network in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10
While not used all that often, there is a “Network” option from the navigation pane in File Explorer that when clicked shows you computers and media devices that are connected to the same network. It’s possible to remove that network […]
Add/Remove “This PC” in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10
When you visit the File Explorer in Windows 10, you automatically get shown everything that sits inside “This PC” which typically includes your default libraries—Desktop, Documents, Downloads Music, Pictures, and Videos—and the “Devices and drives” section where you’ll find things […]
Add/Remove File Explorer Default Context Menu in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system offers numerous context menus when you browse around the place, such as one for the folders, another for the drives, a commonly used one for the desktop, and a separate one for all executable files […]
Enable/Disable Numerical Sorting in File Explorer in Windows 10
File Explorer, the location in Windows where you pluck out your files that have been saved, would naturally get a bit messy if there wasn’t anything in place to help sort your files. You might not know it yet just […]
Add/Remove Libraries in Navigation Pane of File Explorer in Windows 10
Libraries don’t get as much attention as they probably should in Windows 10. If you want to learn more about them, you can read more about how to add and how to remove folders from the libraries that you get […]
Disable ‘Set Up OneDrive’ Popup In Windows 10
There are some not so subtle differences between using a local user account and a Microsoft account, like being able to sign in from only one device or any device right around the world and then there are some subtle […]
Show/Hide Pop-Up Description for Folders and Desktop Items in Windows 10
Windows 10 shows a pop-up description for folders and desktop items so you can identify them easier. Windows 10 also makes it possible to hide that pop-up description if you didn’t want it showing the names of the desktop items […]
Show Encrypted or Compressed NTFS Files in Color in Windows 10
Windows 10 has something called an EFS (Encrypting File System) which is the encryption tool built into Windows for encrypting folders and drives. EFS isn’t available for Windows 10 Home users, and that means most people won’t have heard about […]
Change Storage Save Locations in Windows 10
The File Explorer is where everything that you save ends up—no questions asked, that’s just the way it is with Windows operating system versions. And that’s a great thing. At least Windows offers a way you can easily find your […]
Reset/Restore Power Plans to Default Settings in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can have sets of system and hardware settings bundled together to create power plans. These plans can help you quickly choose a set of settings to either conserve power, give a blend of performance and power, […]
Download: Avast Free Antivirus for Windows 10
All versions of the Windows 10 operating system come with antivirus already running by default called Windows Defender. Microsoft makes Windows Defender, hence why it’s already running without you having to do anything. Windows Defender has been around for a […]
Adjust Processor Resources Between Programs or Background Services in Windows 10
The processor is like the heart of your hardware. It’ll receive lots of different messages from the programs that travel to the processor (kind of like blood would travel through veins) and then the processor needs to divvy up how […]
Turn On/Off Automatic Device Driver Installation in Windows 10
Drive updates for devices happen automatically with Windows Update if you continue to use the Windows 10 operating system with its default settings. So, when Windows 10 installs updates, some of those updates will be related to the device drivers. […]
Show/Hide Folder Merge Conflicts in Windows 10
You’ll create a folder merge conflict anytime you try to copy or move a folder to another destination that already has a folder with the same name. Instead of automatically removing the older folder and its content, you’ll get a […]
Backup and Restore System Images in Windows 10
Windows 10 includes many different backup and recovery tools. We won’t run through them all here in detail, but the list includes File History, Backup and Restore (Windows 7), OneDrive, and System Images for backing up, plus System Restore, Advanced […]
Open Power User Menu in Windows 10
The Quick Links menu is a menu that’s accessible from the Start menu or by pressing a two key combination on your keyboards. It brings up a bunch of various links like the Event Viewer, Device Manager, Command Prompt, Task […]
Restart Computer in Windows 10
There will be times when using the Windows 10 operating system that it makes sense to perform a reboot instead of shutting down and then booting a computer back up again. Though both will lead you to the same outcome […]
Change Compatibility Mode Settings for Apps in Windows 10
In the world of IT, they say that you should become a developer because that’s where the money is. That is true. The developing side of information technology makes far more money than the technician side of things. Developing also […]
Change Windows Backup Settings in Window 10
Windows Backup was first introduced in Windows 7 under the different name of “Backup and Restore.” It then was taken away from Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows 10 allows you to retake the backups with the new Windows Backup […]
Cast Media to Device in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
Windows 8 had a feature called “Play To” that allowed you to stream video and picture content from applications to Xbox or other devices. The idea behind it was to make the same content that you see from your smaller tablets, […]
Optimize Performance Using Virtual Memory in Windows 10
Shopping for a new computer is never easy. Most of us always want that machine that looks the nicest, and we need to work out if the closer-to-the-bottom-of-the-range version of it is going to be able to meet our needs. […]
Remove Windows 10 PC from Local Active Directory Domain
Local Active Directory Domains are commonly used in the workplace or schools. A group of computers all connected to the same network on a domain gives administration access all computers from a single computer. That single computer that can roam […]
Join Windows 10 PC to Local Active Directory Domain
Local Active Directory Domains are commonly used in the workplace or schools. A group of computers all connected to the same network on a domain gives administration access all computers from a single computer. That single computer that can roam […]
Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows 10
Anyone who knows what System Restore is would know about Windows 10 automatically taking restore points whenever something of significant changes on the operating system. Windows 10 also does something else when it thinks something of significance has happened, and […]
Choose Default Apps in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with many default applications. A default application is one that was preinstalled on your computer before you started using it and was available to you the first time you started using it without you having to install […]