Over the years, there have been three main power options to use from a Windows operating system. They are: turning it off, putting it to sleep or using hibernate. Turning the computer all the way off is what people do when they don’t plan on coming back to it anytime soon; it is the one […]
How to Change Color of Start Menu, Taskbar, and Title bar in Windows 10
It seems as though Microsoft has come to the realization that people rate images pretty high up on the “how do things look” scale. What we mean by that is if you don’t have pictures, then people aren’t going to find it very appealing—kind of like the lack of enthusiasm for the front of our […]
How to Turn On/Off Driver Updates in Windows 10
Microsoft has created Windows 10 in such a way that Windows Update automatically installs the drivers when they are ready to download, so you never have to worry about being out of date with anything technical that the average user doesn’t want to have to worry about when they sit down to use their PCs. […]
How to Create System Restore Points in Windows 10
One of the features that has been with Windows operating systems for a long time is the System Restore. With it you can rewind time and go back to an earlier day before you developed a problem that you might have been having on the computer as of today. Doing that means the problem will […]
How to Enable/Disable F8 Advanced Boot Options in Windows 10
Windows operating systems used to have an Advanced Boot Options screen that you could get access to by pressing the F8 key at the right time during the boot up process. It used to be something that technicians and people who knew their way around a Windows operating system pretty well would do. Microsoft has […]
How to Use “Pin to taskbar” to Pin Folder and Drives in Windows 10
While some things have come and gone and come again over the course of time in a version of Windows, one thing that has stayed the same perpetually is the taskbar that you see at the bottom of the screen. There have been some feature variations to do with the taskbar, but the taskbar itself, […]
How to Set Different Screen Resolutions for Dual Monitors in Windows 10
The motives for aspiring to have multiple monitors setup on the computer are not invariably straightforward enough for men and women to be able to know what it is all about off the top of their heads. Having more than one monitor on a workstation (or dual monitors as other people will know them commonly […]
How to Turn On/Off Cortana Personalization in Windows 10
Cortana is Microsoft’s answer to Siri, only where Siri has shined up until now for mobile devices, Cortana is available for Windows operating systems on mobile as well as laptops and desktop PCs. Apple’s newest version of operating system for Mac’s, macOS Sierra, does also include Siri so Apple users can have Siri from laptops […]
How to Hide or Show Taskbar on Multiple Displays in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system gives you the chance of using multiple computer displays all connected to the same motherboard. The taskbar usually will be displayed at the bottom of each screen, so you don’t have a monitor with one and the other without because that would look kind of weird. That said, there are […]
How to Change Product Key in Windows 10
Every edition and version of Windows 10 needs to be activated before it can run on your computer. Activating makes sure that you are legally installing your copy and that it isn’t exceeding the legal limit of installs per the license agreement. Depending on how you activate, there might come a time when you need […]
How to Activate Windows 10
Each copy of Windows 10 needs to be activated on a computer before it will run. The activation is so that you can prove that your edition of Windows 10 is a genuine one and not stolen or already used/goes against the Microsoft license terms agreements, which is one copy of Windows per computer unless […]
How to Turn On/Off Airplane Mode in Windows 10
Airplane mode was designed to help you instantly turn off your WiFi when you’re onboard an airplane. It can be used anywhere to cut the WiFi connection, but most people don’t think about turning off their WiFi for anything other than to abide by airplane rules. Those rules are becoming looser as the years go […]
How to Add and Manage New User Accounts in Windows 10
You always get given a user account when you first setup Windows 10. That account is given the administrative permissions so you can manage the Windows 10 operating system without restrictions. When someone else wants to work on the computer, they can use that same account you already have, or you can generate a new […]
How to Turn On/Off System Protection for Drives in Windows 10
System protection is a feature that Windows 10 has so you don’t lose data if something goes askew in your operating system. System protections allows you to rewind the clock and restore an older snapshot of the computer by doing a system restore. It’s well documented that system protection isn’t always turned on for every […]
How to Find Out If Windows License Type Is OEM, Retail, or Volume
There are three main ways for you to buy Windows 10 and have it up and running. Some people have the OEM license type, while others have retail or volume licensing. The OEM license is when the computer you bought comes preinstalled with the Windows 10 operating system. You can not transfer these types of […]
How to Turn On/Off the Favorites Bar in Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
Microsoft Edge is the web browser you get available from the taskbar in Windows 10. It is Microsoft’s own web browser that they own, having taken over from where Internet Explorer left off. You can still use Internet Explorer in Windows 10 because Microsoft has made it available, but you should be thinking about making […]
How to Turn On/Off Magnifying Glass in Windows 10
There are a few avenues you can take if your eyesight isn’t what it might have been anymore. You can change what the default font is and pick a new one that you find easier to read, change the icon text size, and even change the size of the scroll bars if you like so […]
How to Change Account Type in Windows 10
Everyone who runs a version of Windows 10 on a computer has to have created a user account. That account is automatically assigned the administrative permissions that then allow you to do things like install additional applications that the operating system doesn’t have yet, as well as get access to the things that Windows deems […]
How to Change Mailbox Sync Settings for Mail app in Windows 10
Windows mail applications haven’t been easy to use in the past, but the one that comes included in Windows 10 is a delight. Few people struggle to be able to set up an email account in Windows 10 thanks to Microsoft’s developers making these easier than what they used to be. If there is something […]
How to See Startup Impact of Startup Apps in Windows 10
Windows 8 was the first version of the Windows operating system to give you the chance to manage the startup programs from within the Task Manager by providing you a dedicated Startup tab. From within that Startup tab now if you have upgraded to Windows 10 is also another option for you to see the […]
How to Turn On/Off Aero Snap in Windows 10
Aero Snap is a feature that was first introduced in Windows 7. Not many people used it back then, and most still don’t use it today either, but that’s mostly because people aren’t familiar with it yet. Aero Snap lets you play with your windows in a much more ordered fashion. We all know about […]
How to Reset Notification Area Icons
All editions, versions, and builds of Windows 10 come with the same taskbar at the bottom of the computer’s display, and the right side of that taskbar is always filled with the system tray. Right next to the system tray is where your notification area is—those are the little icons that you can see to […]
Windows Server Insider Preview Build 16267 Announced
Windows Server Insider Preview build 16267 is now available to install for Windows Insiders. Even if you are signed up as a Windows Insider already, you might need to get the build from the Windows Server Insider Preview download page. You will also find the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) packages and matching symbols from […]
How to Pin Apps to Taskbar and Unpin Apps from Taskbar in Windows 10
The taskbar is the black bar (or perhaps transparent if you’ve selected the secondary option Windows 10 offers) you can see running along the bottom of your computer’s display after you sign in to either a local user account or Microsoft account Windows 10. It’s there for all editions and software versions of Windows 10 […]
How to Change Startup Page in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge hasn’t yet grown to be as popular as Internet Explorer was before Windows 10 arrived, but it should be. Edge has managed to fix many of the problems that the older IE browser had. Edge is available across all devices that can run on the Windows 10 operating system: tablets, phones, laptops and […]