The Windows 10 operating system has long been putting in suggested applications around the place—you’ll find quite a few enticing games showing up from the Start menu, for instance. Starting from Windows 10 build 16273, Microsoft now starts showing suggestions–that can also include applications–from the Settings application. From our experience, these new suggestions aren’t visible […]
Windows 10 Pro Tips and Tricks
Change Layout of Touch Keyboard in Windows 10
When you go shopping for a computer that runs on Windows 10, one of the things you should be looking at before you make your purchase is the keyboard: you want it to be a desirable one for your personal preference since it is what you are going to use to do all your typing. […]
Turn On/Off Fix Scaling for Apps that are Blurry in Windows 10
Windows 10 used to offer a way to disable display scaling for applications on high DPI settings. You’d need it enter the properties of an individual app by right-clicking on it and do that for each app. Now though Windows 10 has made a change and you actually have the chance to let Windows try […]
Re-register Store App in Windows 10
Like all good modern day operating systems, Microsoft has created a Store App for Windows 10 users to be able to download and install applications, games, music, movies, TV shows and everything else you can think of that you want on your Windows operating systems. While uncommon, it’s not out of the question that you […]
Turn On/Off OneDrive Cloud States for Navigation Pane in Windows 10
The navigation pane, found along the left side of the File Explorer, has always been an area of importance for navigation purposes in Windows 10. It’s in that pane where you’ll find the chance to open This PC, use Quick Access to frequently visited places such as the desktop, use networks, homegroups, and open up […]
Enable/Disable Access to Windows Features in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system comes with a set of optional features that can usually be turned on or off. Some of these optional features are already on by default and can then be turned off if they aren’t wanted, while other features are off by default and can be turned on when desired. Administrators […]
Manage Windows 10’s Optional Features
Some Windows features, such as the Windows Subsystem for Linux, needs to be turned on from the list of features before it’ll work while other features are there at your disposal automatically without you needing to do anything other than find out where they are located and how to use them. Microsoft does this because […]
Enable/Disable Win32 Long Paths in Windows 10
The Windows operating system has a common structure for its local paths which is the following: drive letter, colon, backslash, name components with backslashes separating them, followed by a terminating null character. The maximum path length granted in a Windows operating system is 260 characters. Windows 10 build 14352 now makes it possible to enable […]
Disable/Enable Secure Boot on Windows 10 PCs
Windows XP and Windows 7 were phenomenal operating systems for their time, and I know some people who still prefer to use them, or at least still dream of the more updated versions having features taken from them. But one thing that many people don’t realize about those older versions is that they weren’t running […]
Microsoft Removes Homegroups from Windows 10 in Coming Redstone 4 Update
The Homegroup feature available in all editions of Windows 10, designed to give users better networking capabilities, is now being retired according to Microsoft. The ability to use a Homegroup has been around since Windows 7 and was featured in all updates since then as well, including Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and the more recent […]
Windows Hello Can Be ByPassed with Photos in Older Versions of Windows 10
It turns out that Microsoft’s facial recognition feature, available on some selected devices that run Windows 10, isn’t as secure as first thought. If you’ve ever walked away from your Windows 10 computer compatible with facial recognition and felt a little vulnerable, it turns out you weren’t as paranoid as you might have assumed. News […]
Connect Windows 10 PC to WiFi Network Without Entering Password
Have you found yourself stuck in a situation where you want to connect the computer to the internet, but you’ve forgotten your WiFi password and don’t know how to go about obtaining it? Other than following our guide on getting the password again, there’s also a way you can still connect to the internet so […]
Run Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool in Windows 10
If you are starting to suffer from high memory problems when using Windows 10, they can plague your computer, for some while in fact, until you find the source of the problem. Every time you run an application or program of any type on the Windows 10 operating system, it will need to use at […]
Bypass Paywalls with Anti-Paywall for Chrome and Firefox
Some websites choose to display paywalls so you only get a limited number of articles you can view before the paywall shows up and you’re locked out from seeing any more content until you subscribe. There has long been a trick to get around these paywalls in Google Chrome, and the method probably works for […]
Download Photos Add-On for Photos App in Windows 10
If there was one part of the Windows 10 operating system that people use all the time and yet didn’t offer a great user experience when it first came out it was the Photos application. The Photos app has seen numerous updates since Windows 10 arrived roughly three years ago now, and most of them […]
GlassWire 2.0 Launched: VirusTotal Support, Detects “Evil Twin” Attacks, and More
GlassWire, the immensely underappreciated network monitoring tool, has just been updated to version 2.0. The new release comes with the inclusion of VirusTotal, high DPI support, can now detect “evil twin” attacks, brings data usage improvements, has firewall improvements as well as new firewall profiles, plus some extra security analysis as well. Part of the […]
Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast/Skip Build 17046 for PC Announced
Windows Insiders who are signed up to the fast ring on computers now have a new software update available, this time Windows 10 build 17046. The update is part of what is still a test version that is eventually due to officially roll out sometime in the first quarter of 2018, which many people know […]
Move Pictures Folder Location in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system stores your Pictures folder in your user accounts folder. For instance, on my personal computer, that path would located at C:\Users\Mathew\Pictures on my C: drive. That same Pictures folder is always much more easily access, just by clicking on the “This PC” link from the left side pane after opening […]
Delete a Service in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10
All versions of the Windows operating system come with services. These services differ from other applications and programs in the sense that you can’t actually open and use any type of user interface and they’re always just running in the background. One thing a service does have in common with an app or program, however, […]
What is VirusTotal, and How Can I Use It?
If you want a free online virus and malware scanner, then look no further than VirusTotal. Unlike your antivirus programs that are running on your computers and taking away viruses and malware after they’ve been installed, VirusTotal allows you to scan the URL of a file directly before opening it. Or, if you wanted, you […]
Enable the Built-In OpenSSH Client in Windows 10
SSH clients allow users to connect to computers that are running on an SSH server. While most people seem to be familiar with SSH from Linux distributions, it’s always been possible to connect to an SSH server from the Windows operating system as well as its main competitors in Mac and Linux. You’ll often find […]
Enable/Disable OneDrive Running at Startup in Windows 10
One of the age-old problems that many of us face with devices, and even desktop computers, is not having enough hard drive space to store data. Far too many of us feel like we don’t have as much money as we wish we did when it was time to go shopping for a new device […]
Delete a Wireless Network Profile in Windows 10
Managing wireless networks in Windows 10 is now easier than any of the earlier versions of Windows. Anything directly related to the wireless networks has been some of the more common stuff for people to need to fiddle with around the home, and it’s also been plenty of cause of anxiety attacks, as people quickly […]
Turn On/Off Notifications from Apps and Senders in Windows 10
Part of what makes Windows 10 a more modern operating system compared to its predecessors is the use of notifications. The way you receive your notifications is from the Action Center which appears on the far right side of the display of the computer for a few seconds after a new notification has come in, […]
Install and Configure WinDBG for Blue Screen of Death Analysis
Believe it or not, there are tools out there that are some of the most powerful to use for the Windows operating system, are made by Microsoft, and yet, are not already installed on your computers when you start using Windows. One of such tools is the Windows Debugger, or what you might know as […]