Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
Personally, I think Windows 10 license keys are way too expensive and a multi-million-dollar company such as Microsoft could surely afford to sell them for much less money. I guess that’s the price consumers pay for Windows’ domination in the operating system market place. Numerous […]
It’s been a while since we looked at the market share statistics for desktop browsers and operating systems. As always, I am quoting the statistics from the *trusted NetMarketShare, and they make for some interesting reading. *NetMarketShare counts unique visits only whereas StatCounter counts all
Basic Computing 5 – Creating Desktop Shortcuts I have one particular client who, if he doesn’t have a shortcut on his desktop to a particular program or folder, is completely lost. I have shown him multiple times how to create these shortcuts, he’s even written
It’s pretty well accepted that Microsoft isn’t very good at naming things. At the very least, the names they come up with are misleading at best and downright deceptive at worst. Take the name ”suggestions”, for example. Read ”Suggestions” as ”annoying ads”. As I’ve said
Ya gotta love Big Tech’s naming conventions. Tailored Experiences– really?! I’m sure the reasoning behind these clever phrases is to obfuscate their true purpose. ”Tailored Experiences” really means ”We want to track your interests, what you shop for, the videos you like, your tastes in
There have always been two topics where any sort of discussion is sure to instigate a lively debate– Browsers and Antivirus. These days, I think it’s safe to say that we can add ”Privacy” to that list. Is 100% online privacy a realistic goal? Emphatically,
Windows 10 1909 Update breaks File Explorer… Buggy Windows updates have long been a source of frustration for users. Prior to Windows 10, Microsoft employed a team of trained technicians to test and verify updates prior to release, including major feature updates. However, due to
The promised PowerToys for Windows 10 is finally here! According to Chris Hoffman (Editor in Chief of How-To-Geek), ”The first preview release includes a Windows key shortcut overlay and a desktop window manager that will let you go beyond simple 2×2 snapping.” You can download
A couple of days ago I noticed my internet connection was very slow. I thought it might be because of the winter storm that we just experienced that knocked out our power for over 12 hours. Then it took a few more hours for our
Do we still need third party browsers and free third-party antivirus software or are Edge and Windows Defender now good enough? It seems the consensus among a growing number of good judges is that Windows Defender and Edge Browser have improved so much over the
In older days it was necessary to clean out old files from time to time in order reclaim space on our small, slow hard drives. With Windows 10, this is no longer the case. Windows comes with a utility called Storage Sense bundled right in.
My main machine is set up with a 240GB Samsung SSD as the system drive, plus a 1TB HDD for all personal data. I am forever accessing that data drive, consistently and often, so decided to create a one-click shortcut that’s pinned to the Taskbar
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I came across an old microphone and hooked it up to my computer to test it out. The first program that came to mind was to use the sound recorder, assuming Windows 10 still included it. In the search bar, I started typing sound recorder
The Windows Clipboard has always been capable of holding only one item at a time, but that has all changed now with the debut of the new Clipboard Manager in Windows 19 version 1809. Follow the steps below to learn how: Press the Windows key
