Windows

The easiest way to display text on your desktop is through a sticky note. Windows 10 has a Sticky Note app that allows you to pin notes to your desktop. That said, sticky notes are best for when you need a scratch pad, for making a list, or for storing …

Google has its own image format; WEBP. You’ll find this image format is used all over the Google Play Store and it’s also used on the official Android website. The format, although developed by Google, isn’t as common and some of the best image viewers like IrfanView do not support …

Toucpads are no longer in their infancy. The hardware has improved exponentially over the years and is an excellent alternative to a mouse. It may not be the best if you’re playing a game and it’s unlikely to beat out a good touch-screen laptop but it’s nevertheless a good input …

The Task Manager has a useful tab called Startup. It’s a super easy way to manage which apps are allowed to run when your system starts up. Some apps add themselves to the Startup tab automatically (if you allow them to), while other apps are added to the Startup folder …

File Explorer has a fairly decent search feature. You can use it to search for a file or folder by name. It also supports quite a few search modifiers and if you know how to use them, you can refine the search criteria and get better results. If you often …

Installing a font on Windows 10 is easy; open the file to preview the fonts, and inside you’ll fine an Install button. You can also right-click a font, and select the install option in the context menu. In some cases, you may need admin rights to install a font but …

Windows 10 icons are part of its system files. You can browse them when you want to change the icon for a certain type of file but, if you want to simply use an icon, you’ll find that getting the actual file is a bit tedious. To make things simpler, …

Web browsers have a feature for pinning tabs. A pinned tab doesn’t have a close button that can be clicked accidentally and it’s an easy way to prevent accidentally closing something important. Unfortunately, something like this isn’t available on an OS level to prevent you from accidentally closing an app. …

Color plays a major role in how good anything looks on your screen and how useable it is. Think of an app that you use everyday, and picture how it would look if it were monochrome. Color helps highlight different buttons, controls, and even text fields. The color may be …

Using a Bluetooth device is a two step process; first you have to pair it with your PC, and then you have to connect it. The pairing is really what takes more time, while connecting requires clicking a button (or tapping a keyboard shortcut) and nothing more. Pairing is really …