Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
Snip & Sketch is a useful tool native to Windows 10 for taking screenshots and simple editing. First off, full disclosure: I’ve been using the professional Snagit screen capture and editing software for years so when I decided to write this guide I was working […]
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been tasked with upgrading six computers at a customer’s office; a challenge that I was more than happy to undertake until a Lenovo laptop with Windows 11 Home Edition entered the loop. The scenario was five desktop PCs with
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In a shock move, Microsoft recently announced it will be re-opening the Beta Channel for Windows 10 Insiders so they can test the latest new features. This flies in the face of an earlier Microsoft announcement stating that Windows 10 22H2 would be the final
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This follows an article we published earlier: 7 Useful Tips You May Have Forgotten About Here then are 5 more tips you might have forgotten about. Make Text Larger The following works with documents (including PDFs), email, webpages, and just about anything that displays text.
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Likely, you haven’t heard about Microsoft PC Manager yet, but it’s worth exploring because it collects a lot of Windows management capabilities in one place. Here is what Microsoft says about its availability: “Microsoft PC Manager, a utility app for Windows PCs, became available after
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This article is addressing Windows 10 users whose systems meet Windows 11’s stringent requirements. With the exception of Windows 7, I cannot remember any release of a new Windows version that wasn’t met with immediate and widespread condemnation. In the case of Windows 10, the
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Note: Using this feature requires a Microsoft account Most of you will be aware of the new AI component in Windows known as “Copilot” but did you know that Copilot comes equipped with a range of plugins? The majority of these plugins specifically target certain
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The other day a customer gave me a laptop for repair, saying that her daughter had dropped it and it would no longer boot. The laptop in question is an HP Stream model 14-AX022LA of meagre specifications that includes a Celeron dual-core CPU, 4GB of
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Windows 10 Users Get Good News Windows has just released good news for those who want to keep Windows 10 a while longer and also for some users who could not upgrade because of a “Compatibility Hold”. Keeping Windows 10 If you are one of
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Understanding DNS DNS stands for Domain Name System a protocol that is set by your internet provider. DNS is responsible for translating our human expressions like www.google.com into a unique IP address that computers use to communicate over the internet. Whenever you or a program
How To Keep Your Printer On It has been a while since I purchased a new printer and was very annoyed when it would continually go into sleep mode. Having to turn on the printer before printing remotely from my mobile devices and even from
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Many of us use the Calculator on our Windows computer. Did you know that you can change the Windows calculator theme? That is right! If you want to change over to the dark side, this article will show you how it is done. We all
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The Windows Recovery Environment provides several options that play an integral role in helping to repair a misbehaving operating system. Windows sets up the Recovery Environment on a separate hidden partition (visible only via Disk Management) to help safeguard against accidental user modifications that could
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If you ever want to reassign the left and right mouse buttons then I will show you how. This came up a few days ago when I was working on my laptop and main computer at the same time. I don’t know what happened, but
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