Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
How To Free Up Drive Space If you are lucky enough to own a Solid State Drive (SSD), then you know that drive space can sometimes be at a premium. Windows uses your drive to hold a lot of things other than the operating system. […]
Login Screen The Windows 10 Login Screen is the first thing we see when firing up Windows. It displays a generally beautiful image. Even a beautiful image, when seen over and over again, can become boring. How about we change it up a bit? You
Windows 10 Annoyances When you upgrade to Windows 10 there are at least three things that will probably nag you, especially if you never plan to use those features. Those three being: OneDrive nag, Get Skype nag, and Get Office nag. I use OneDrive and
Folder Icons When you open the Windows File Explorer you will see a boring list of Folders, formerly called Directories in older versions of Windows. There are likely thousands of them on your system and they are all the same old, same old ugly yellow
Windows 10 Store Apps Several Windows 10 Apps can be removed from your computer via the Settings App, but many can not. Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom once again forces the computer user to bend to its wishes by deciding what you need regardless of
Hotkeys Most, if not all of the past Quick Tips articles that have been published on Dave’s Computer Tips (DCT) have asked you to use Hotkeys. Some examples would be: WinKey + R (Run Box), WinKey + I (Settings App), WinKey + X (WinX Menu),
What Is Homegroup The Windows Homegroup allows people to share files, printers and other devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) without having to install drivers on the individual computers or keeping multiple copies of files on several computers. This can be very handy for
Cortana And Bing Don’t Forget Cortana is your personal assistant. She is forever eavesdropping on your activity and searches. She perhaps knows your habits better than you. Not only that, but she shares everything she knows with her old pal Bing. For privacy-conscience people, this
Windows 10 Game Mode, Et Al… The Windows 10 Creators Update introduced a new feature called Game Mode. Its purpose is to potentially speed up a game’s responsiveness by focusing system resources on said game rather than other possibly less-needed background processes. According to many
Drive Fragmentation In the old days one of the necessary chores was to defragment (Defrag) your Hard Disk Drives (HDD) on a regular basis. This helped them to run at peak efficiency, reduced “head thrashing”, and prolonged the life of the drive, not to mention
Command Prompt is Missing The recent Windows 10 Creators Update has struck again. This time, it is in the form of a missing Command Prompt entry in the WinX Menu (Windows Key + X). It has been replaced by the Power Shell and that is
Storage Control Every week I go through a backup sequence that involves, obviously, backing up my computer. What may not be so obvious is that I also make a point of eliminating a lot of dormant cruft that builds up over time. Namely, temporary files
Control Panel is AWOL In the latest iteration of Windows 10, the Creators Update, the WinX menu is different. Conspicuous by its absence is the Control Panel. Microsoft is slowly but surely replacing the time-honored Control Panel with the Settings App. As time passes, and
