Windows 10

If you want to use Windows as efficiently as possible, then you’ll need to get to know the Power User menu. Included in Windows 8 and Windows 10, the Power User menu is the quickest way you can get access […]

Windows Defender started off as spyware protection in Windows XP. By Windows 8 it had turned into reliable full-fledged antivirus for your computer. In Windows 10 many people regard Windows Defender to be up there with the best protection your […]

Windows Defender has been developed by Windows ever since Windows XP. Back in those days, it wasn’t anything more than a spyware solution, and you had no choice but to look for alternatives for an antivirus that would keep your […]

When you hear critics for Microsoft’s Windows operating system, you’ll likely hear about untimely updates as being one of the issues that they’re yet to get right. Microsoft once would give you an option to “Update and shutdown” whenever you […]

Windows 10 comes with a built-n video platform. Many of the applications that you get preinstalled with Windows 10—Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, Microsoft Edge, Movies & TV, Photos, et cetera—as well as third-party applications that you install from the […]

Most people prefer using a Microsoft account because it allows for them to open the user account in another location and expect to find all settings the same way they had them before on another computer. This includes the sharing […]

OneDrive is a file hosting service and synchronization service from Microsoft. First launched in August 2007, OneDrive allows users to store files and personal data like Windows settings or BitLocker recovery keys in the cloud, share files, and sync files […]

Windows PowerShell has been around for 13 years now. Windows 10 comes with Windows PowerShell 5.0 included. Most Windows users are aware of the Command Prompt which has been around for nearly as long as Windows itself. The Command Prompt […]

Many people’s favorite version of Windows is Windows XP, but there are some significant security advancements since that infamous version of Windows that make it not the number one choice for those who are well educated within the Windows environment. […]

There are some applications that you may try to run from the Windows 10 operating system that will give you an “Access Denied” or “No Permission” message if you aren’t running them as the administrator. This is because some apps […]

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 […]