The Windows operating system and the varying accounts it has on offer can be confusing. When you’ve sat down and learned what’s happening with them at least once you quite possibly might not have to do it ever again. All […]
How to Create Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive for Installing Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
You can create a bootable UEFI USB flash drive for installing Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 using the Rufus tool. Rufus is one of the easiest methods out there for getting Windows installed, but it’s also not suitable […]
A Cleaner, Safer Web with Chrome Cleanup
Unwanted software impacts the browsing experience of millions of web users every day. Effects of this harmful software are often quite subtle—search results are modified to redirect users to other pages or additional ads are injected in the pages that […]
How to Install Windows 7 Using Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Microsoft offers a version of the Windows 7 operating system that comes with the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. There are several advantages to using the UEFI such as better interoperability, better compatibility with operating systems that support only BIOS, gives […]
How to Create USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive
One of the ways you can install Windows 7 is by creating a bootable USB flash key drive, and then you load the operating system from that drive. It’ll then override whatever version of Windows you were using before, and have […]
How to Change Command Prompt Default Window Size in Windows
Each time you open the Command Prompt in Windows 10 you are given what is known as a default screen size. The default size always resets after you close the window and will go back to that size the next […]
How to Change Command Prompt Screen Buffer Size in Windows
There are things you can do to help make what you see in the command line easier—adjust the colors of the text and background, make the Command Prompt window smaller or larger, change the font and the font size, change […]
How to Turn On/Off Wrap Text Output on Resize of Command Prompt in Windows
The text that you input into the command line, including both the text to run commands and the text that shows up after executing commands, can be wrapped text or unwrapped. When the text wraps, it always sticks to the […]
How to Change Search Options in Windows 10
It’s possible to search most of the places on your computer by using the search index (the search field in the taskbar/Cortana search box), and it’s also possible to search for just the things you would expect to find from […]
How to Open File Explorer in Windows 10
Windows often offers a variety of ways for people to get access to something and the built-in File Explorer is no exception. Sometimes you might find it quicker to open File Explorer a particular way depending on what you are […]
How to Defer/Pause Feature and Quality Updates in Windows 10
Software updates play a much larger role in Windows 10 than they did in earlier versions of the Windows operating system. It would take three to five years before features would change in Windows before and even then that sounds […]
How to Rename a Folder on Start List in Windows 10
The Settings application allows for you to add folders to the Start menu. By default, you only have the Settings gear icon available and nothing else above it. After venturing into the Settings app and turning them on, you could […]
How to Enable/Disable Legacy Console for Command Prompt and PowerShell in Windows 10
In Windows 10 there are two types of consoles you can use for the Command Prompt: the legacy console and the new console. The legacy console is the older console, and it has fewer features than the new console. Apart […]
How to Customize Command Prompt Colors in Windows 10
The Command Prompt is one of the duller areas of Windows 10 and always has had a similar look throughout the years of different Windows operating system versions: it’s always had a black background, and the text has always been […]
How to Enable/Disable Indexing when on Battery Power in Windows
There has never been more focus on searching within a Windows operating system as there is in Windows 10. You get the search field available from the taskbar now and it also offers a way for you to quickly open […]
How to Change Command Prompt Font and Font Size in Windows 10
When you open the Command Prompt window, you are given a specific font and font size to go along with it. You’ll notice that font and font size already with the text that is found within the window, and you’ll […]
How to Choose What Files Window Search Indexes in Windows 10
The Windows operating system is cleverly laid out so that when you go looking for something, it’s path for finding it has some common sense attached to it. But Windows is also thought of as a feature-rich OS, and thus […]
How to Change Command Prompt Window Position in Windows
You might have tried changing the position of the Command Prompt window when you had the Command Prompt open and then wondered why it sprung back in its original position before you touched it the next time you opened the […]
How to Configure Windows 10 to Create Dump Files on Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
When using the Windows operating system, you might encounter the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) which stops you from being able to use the computer and will require a restart. The BSOD happens when the computer suffers from software issues, […]
How to Start Picture Slideshows from File Explorer in Windows 10
Most of you us will be familiar with taking slide shows using older Microsoft compatible programs such as PowerPoint, but not many people would be anywhere near as familiar with slideshows using the Windows 10 default operating system and not […]
How to Disable Ads in File Explorer in Windows 10
Windows 10 is probably the best version of Windows operating system that the Redmond company has ever produced. It was always going to struggle to get a large chunk of the market share early on because people were used to […]
How to Fix File Explorer Opening Slowly in Windows 10
Microsoft often gets a bad rap for being unreliable with its features. As much as we love Windows, our experiences with the Redmond-based operating system haven’t been without their faults either, but people also need to understand that whenever you […]
How to Add/Remove File Explorer from Start Menu in Windows 10
If you were to continue using Windows 10 with its default layout, you would have the File Explorer icon available in the taskbar, just to the right of the search box and you’d also find it featured from within the […]
Watch Free Movies Online
We live in an age now where its no real secret that large numbers of people are streaming movies without having to pay a cent and usually by using torrents, but what not nearly as many people have cottoned on […]
Free Ways to Stream Torrents Without Waiting for Complete Downloading
Torrenting over the years has traditionally meant heading to a website that acts as the gateway to the torrent so you can then download them, and then you wait for the download to complete inside a torrent client such as […]
How to Download AdwCleaner for Windows 10
We’ve said this many times before, and it probably won’t be the last time we say it: the internet can be a fantastic place, and it can also be quite a dangerous place. There are lots of great websites out […]
How to Reset Password of Local Account or Microsoft Account in Windows 10
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 […]
Microsoft Discontinues Groove Music on Mobile
Microsoft has decided to discontinue the development and support of Groove Music on all mobile operating systems, including Android, iOS, and Windows 10 Mobile. The discontinuation of Groove Music comes amid the news of Microsoft partnering up with Spotify to […]
Play Downloaded RAR Video Files Without Unpacking (Extracting) Them
When you download video files online, you’ll quickly notice that no one universal format just allows you to open the file up and play it. Some file formats will work on the device you have and others won’t. That’s annoying. […]
Identify Fake Torrents Uploaded by Anti-Piracy Organizations
There haven’t been too many things in recent memory that have sparked as much as a moral debate than torrenting movies over the past few years. It’s gotten to a point now where most youngish people know how to do […]