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 […]
Windows 10 Pro Tips and Tricks
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 […]
Classic Shell For Windows Is No Longer Being Developed
Not everyone has liked the changes that Microsoft has brought about to its Windows operating system over the years; few operating systems adjust as much as Windows has to date, which has meant often getting wholly revamped when a new version arrives, along with different navigation on how to use its existing features as they […]
Turn On/Off AutoPlay in Windows 10
In versions of the Windows operating system past, namely Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003, there was a feature called “AutoRun” that would use mass storage as well as have a validly formatted AutoRun.inf file in the root directory: thumb drives, external hard drives, DVDs, and so on. The AutoPlay feature is a newer […]
Add/Remove a VPN Connection in Windows 10
VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are becoming ever more popular as time goes on so you can prevent websites from snooping when you browse, use public WiFi securely, get access to region-restricted websites such as torrents that have been blocked by your local governments or the United States Netflix movie and TV programming selection from abroad, […]
Give Great Tech Support Around Your Home
I’ve never been into technology the same way as most of the other writers whom I read on an almost daily basis on online technology web magazines—the ones who confess to spending many a day building computers and always being avid Do-It-Yourselfers. In many respects, I would find it far easier to write about sports […]
Create a Password Reset Disk on USB Flash Drive in Windows 10
One of the questions people often have when it comes to using computers is what happens if a user were to lose their password. It’s almost as common as people wondering how hackers actually manage to hack stuff. There are rumors out there that you can boot the computer a particular way and then you […]
Delete Windows10Upgrade Folder in Windows 10
One of the ways Microsoft offers you the chance to update to Windows 10 is by using the Update Assistant. The Update Assistant is a small program that only takes a few seconds to download (around 5 MBs in size) and then presents you a simple to use user interface for updating the operating system. […]
Add/Remove “Manage” on “This PC” Context Menu in Windows 10
The most powerful place in the File Explorer is “This PC.” It is the home to your libraries, and you should think of it as your hub. The context menu from This PC also reflects this, where you’ll see some additional options there compared to right-clicking on any of the other links within File Explorer, […]
Open Context Menu for Taskbar Icons in Windows 10
The Windows 10 operating system comes with quite a few different context menus. A context menu appears when you right-click an item from a particular place. For example, you can right-click files and folders from within the File Explorer, and thus, these are referred to as the File Explorer context menus. The taskbar is another […]
Add/Remove Locations for Search Index in Windows 10
A search index is basically anything that is indexed by the Cortana search field, found in the bottom lefthand side of the taskbar, not far away from the Start button. Google search has an index of its own that most people are familiar with, after opening a web browser, which is like a search index […]
Set Up Local Domain Controller in Windows Server 2016
It’s possible to set up a local domain controller on a Microsoft server to have a server computer. A local domain controller can be set up within a Windows domain. A domain, in Microsoft’s sense of the word, can make it possible for the one account to gain access to many computer resources, all from […]
Encrypt Single Files and Folders in Windows 10
Encryption is a feature that has gotten more familiar with Windows users as time has gone on. There are two types of encryption that a computer can have: full drive encryption and single file or folder encryption. As the name suggests, the full disk encryption is going to encrypt everything that’s on your disk (or […]
Encrypt Internal Hard Drive in Windows 10
Something you should think about doing moving forward through the next few years is starting to encrypt your hard drives (I’ll assume you already know what a hard drive is in this article—but if not, you all have one on your computers internally already, and it’s where a lot of your data is stored when […]
Create a Recovery Image to Reset Windows 10
There are a few ways you can reset Windows 10 if you like. The new Settings application that Windows 10 offers has a couple of options from it for resetting. If you choose the one that resets without removing any data, it isn’t a true factory reset. On the other hand, if you choose the […]
Fix Taskbar Auto-Hide Feature Not Working in Windows 10
Some users are complaining about the taskbar auto-hide feature not working in versions of the Windows 10 operating system and some of the guides out there are now updated and difficult to understand, hence why we thought we’d put this one together. If you are running an up to date version of Windows 10 at […]
Find IP Address in Windows 10
There are two types of IP addresses that a computer can have assigned to it: private and public. The private IP address gets its name because it isn’t able to be seen by anyone on the internet, they literally can’t get to it no matter what. Everyone outside of its own private network is completely […]
Set Up VPN Connection in Windows 10
VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are becoming evermore popular as time goes on so you can prevent websites from snooping when you browse, use public WiFi securely, get access to region-restricted websites such as torrents that have been blocked by your local governments or the United States Netflix movie and TV programming selection from abroad, and […]
Use Run Command in Windows 10
There are a few common places around the Windows 10 operating system that allow for you to run some commands. The Command Prompt being probably the most well known, Windows PowerShell being another. The Command Prompt has been around since the dawn of Windows operating system and is still a useful tool for getting jobs […]
Switch Command Prompt/PowerShell Items on Win+X Menu in Windows 10
The Quick Links menu is a menu that’s accessible from the Start menu or by pressing a two key combination on your keyboards. It brings up a bunch of various links like the Event Viewer, Device Manager, Command Prompt, Task Manager, Control Panel, File Explorer and most of the other everyday things that people want […]
Download Windows Calendar For Windows 10 and Windows 7
Windows 7 was the most used version of the Windows operating system until recently when Windows 10 finally gained in popularity. Windows 7 was a great version of Windows and part of what made it so great were its hundreds of new features that were introduced and that weren’t apart from the Windows Vista version […]
Disable Quick Access in Windows 10
Windows 10 has added heaps of new features as well as renamed some of the existing ones too. You might have read recently how we told you about the Disk Defragmenter now being called Optimize Drives in an attempt to spell things out nice and clear as to avoid as much confusion as possible about […]