Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
Windows Updates Keeping your Windows 10 machine running smoothly is a never-ending story. Updates of all kinds need constant attention. We all know how important it is to keep the Windows operating system up-to-date for security reasons, and if you like, so-called new features. However, […]
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Storage Sense Of all the ways Windows 10 has found to annoy us we must admit that it manages to do some things right. One of these might be overlooked if you are not aware of it, and that would be a feature called Storage
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Registry Cleaner Scams The Registry Dave’s Computers Tips has often published articles that suggest making changes to your Windows Registry. This can be a hazardous place in which to be tinkering. We always try to warn you before making changes to your Registry; you should
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Windows 10 Cumulative Update Microsoft has just pushed out an out-of-schedule cumulative update for Windows 10. Lately, this is not an unusual occurrence. “Patch Tuesday” is not scheduled for another week, and we expect more at that time, but this one surprised me. Change Log
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Microsoft Sharing Your Internet Connection When Windows 10 updates your computer some of your updates may be coming from another person’s computer and not directly from Microsoft’s servers. The reverse may also be true– other people may be receiving their updates from your computer. This
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You ever wonder if you could change the color of your mouse pointer or even change the image? That thing is so boring and you know me, I hate things that are boring. Yes, I know you can modify the mouse pointer to black or
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Fast User Switching Fast User Switching is a Windows feature that has been around for a long time. If you have several accounts set up on your computer, this feature allows multiple users to have their accounts open at the same time. It’s a great
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Hey, Cortana! I don’t know about you, but I cringe every time I hear someone yell out, Hey!” Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but it sounds rude to my ears. I know you’re going to laugh at this silly old duffer, but I don’t like to say,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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),
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