Microsoft Windows 10 operating system articles
If you are not aware, please know that the Windows OneNote book is full of handy features that you will love. As I am sure you know, OneNote is a great little notebook that you can use working on your desktop, at home, or when
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File Explorer With Tabs Windows 11 Windows has already announced they will be releasing File Explorer with a Tabs feature in an upcoming build as soon as next month. It is available to test with builds later than 22572. A tab feature is something that
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A problem was encountered when upgrading my Outlook 2013 to Outlook 2021. (See my “Do You Use Microsoft Outlook With Gmail? Maybe Not After May 30” article.) The “Save Sent Item to” item disappeared from the Quick Access Toolbar. After extensive Internet research, I decided
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Remember the sidebar gadgets from the Vista/Windows 7 era? Microsoft ended up removing the sidebar and gadgets from subsequent Windows versions because of some perceived security risks. I loved those gadgets and immediately went looking for an alternative and was fortunate to come across the
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Windows Sandbox is a terrific feature introduced into Windows 10 and 11 (Pro versions only) which allows users to test software or surf around unknown sites in a safe/secure isolated environment. Please read: Surf & Test Software Safely in Windows Sandbox But did you know
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Quick Assist is a remote access software that has been bundled with both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Quick Assist has proven to be most useful for helping users overcome issues via remotely accessing their machine for diagnostic and troubleshooting purposes. How to Use Quick
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In simple terms, drivers provide a channel of communication between hardware devices and the operating system and as such are an integral part of any computer system. When you purchase a new computer all necessary drivers – such as the chipset drivers, for example –
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This is a quick tip to show you how to change the default view in File Explorer. In Windows 10 and 11 File Explorer will open to Quick Access by default: You can still access This PC of course by simply clicking on that item
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There is some personalization of the Windows 10 Start Menu built into Windows 10. If you go to Settings > Personalization > Start, you will see changes you can make. However, we are not going to cover those changes in this article. We will cover
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Fellow author Jim Canfield touched on the issue of manufacturer’s bloatware in a recent article, Preinstalled Crapware. In this article, I’m going to take that a step further and show you how you can easily get rid of unwanted bloatware. Ever since Windows 8, Microsoft
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We have covered lots of shortcuts in previous posts, but today we will focus on Cortana Web Search. See the shortcuts below: “Ravens score” – will find current sports scores “Rome weather” – will get weather information “Paris time” – will get time zone information
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What Is Windows DISM The information in this article may sound like a difficult undertaking but it is a very easy step-by-step process used to correct several different types of Windows errors without doing a full reinstallation of Windows. The following paragraphs contain abbreviations for
Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a built-in Administrator account that, by default, is hidden and disabled for security reasons. All these types of accounts — Local (user), Administrator (user), and built-in Administrator — provide the user with certain levels of privileges. A Local account
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