Windows 10

You can have a computer that has more than one operating system installed, and Windows 10 will offer you a way to choose which operating system you want to boot up at startup. By default Windows 10 offers you 30 […]

For the first little while, you didn’t have a choice of what Microsoft account you were to accept Windows Insider builds with. Now, ever since Windows Windows 10 Insider Preview build 10547 released, that has changed, and Microsoft now makes it […]

As of  Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352, you no longer have to reboot the computer when updating from Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 Enterprise. According to Gabriel Aul, Microsoft received a lot of user feedback about the annoyance of […]

In Windows 10 you can choose between having the Windows PowerShell or the Command Prompt on the Quick Links (Win+X) menu. As of Windows 10 build 14971, the default option is set to show the Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell […]

For Microsoft to understand that your copy of Windows is genuine, they ask for you to activate the product key. This also prevents you from installing Windows on more computers that your license allows. There are generic product keys that […]

Windows 10 comes with a menu often referred to as the Win+X or the Quick Links menu that offers a series of shortcuts to some of the most used places around the operating system. You can bring up the Win+X […]

Windows 10 has Task Manager—a feature you can get access to directly from your taskbar—to help manage your processes and process details, performance statistics, users, app history, and services. There have been some changes made to Task Manager since Windows […]

When you notice that a considerable amount of your drive space is used up you may wish to investigate what is taking up that space. That way you can choose to delete certain files that you no longer need and […]

Windows 10 lets you choose how long your display—and any other displays you might have connected to the computer—stay on before they turn off after the PC goes into idle. Once the computer’s display has turned off, you need to […]

With the use of hardware system settings, the Windows 10 operating system can create a power plan to manage how your computer uses its power. These plans can be more geared toward offering your computer a longer battery life when […]

Cortana is a virtual assistant created by Microsoft for the Windows operating system and its associated services such as the Invoke smart speaker, Microsoft Band, Surface Headphones, Xbox gaming console, iOS, Android, Windows Mixed Reality, and Amazon Alexa. The data […]

Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant that is designed to help make your life more efficient than it could be just by using the operating system without her. Efficiency is always the main objective of operating systems as we move forward […]

The Settings application is your cornerstone in Windows 10. The idea behind it is to eventually completely replace the Control Panel that you’ve known from earlier Windows versions. The Control Panel still exists in Windows 10, but much of what […]

Windows To Go is a feature you can find on Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. The point behind it is to offer an option for your compatible edition of Windows 10 to be bootable from a USB-connected external drive […]

Today the Windows operating system has been a free install for many people, and Microsoft has instead turned its attention to profiting by getting people to pay for services that branch off of the operating system itself, such as with […]

All versions of Windows 10 allow for you to have more than one operating system installed on the computer and it’ll automatically choose to run the operating system of your choice. Windows 10 will automatically choose an operating system by […]

If you’ve got multiple computers that you want to install Windows 10 on, you might prefer creating a USB flash drive that has the Windows 10 installation media on it so you can simply insert it into your computer and […]

Windows 10 comes with a built-in tool for recording videos of computer games. It’s all part of the package found in the Game Bar which is part of the Xbox app and Game DVR feature. When you record a video […]

You may at one stage or another want to upload a system information file to your manufacturer or a help site online so others can help diagnose and solve problems to do with your computer. The MSINFO.nfo is included in the […]

Love it or hate it, Microsoft has made a lot of changes to the Windows operating system editions over the years. Most people would be inclined to agree that many of those changes were for the better while other changes […]

The Windows 10 operating system comes with scores of features available to you without having to install anything extra, but only some of them are turned on by default when you start using your computer. Windows 10 has a hidden […]

The following tutorial demonstrates how to change between the desktop PC and Windows Mixed Reality input when using a version of the Windows 10 oeprating system. Mixed reality is the result of blending the physical world with the digital world. […]

The DNS (Domain Name Resolver) cache, or sometimes called DNS resolver cache, is a record of all visits and attempted visits to websites from a computer that runs on a computer’s operating system. All commonly used operating systems—Windows, Mac, Linux […]

File Explorer’s navigation pane is designed to show you the items and places that you visit the most so you can get to them easily. The navigation pane is always running down the left side of File Explorer’s window of […]

The Control Panel is a hub of applets that allow you to find all the settings that you need when using the Windows operating system. The Control Panel has been around since Windows 2.0 and with each new release of […]

Windows 10 has many unique settings all related to the power that you can tweak. Windows also comes by default with groups of these settings called Power Plans so you can quickly select one of the Power Plans that best […]

Bluetooth is a standard for wireless connection of computers and other electronic devices that are within close proximity of each other. Modern versions of the Windows operating system come with Bluetooth support, but before you can use it, you’ll also […]

Bluetooth is a relatively new wireless standard for exchanging data over short distances. Bluetooth is commonly used these days to connect wireless headphones to the computer so you can listen to the music stored on the computer or played through […]

Most of the settings that you used to change in earlier versions of Windows are now available from the Settings app in Windows 10. While the Control Panel still exists in Windows 10, most experts believe, in large part thanks […]

The Win+X menu is just another way that Microsoft aims to make your browsers around the Windows 10 operating system more efficient. The Win+X menu—also referred to sometimes as the Quick Links menu—offers a series of shortcuts that help you […]