Windows

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 …

We covered a few different tutorials on customizing Minecraft UWP. This version of the app is a bit different from its Java counterpart, and so installing shaders or skins is different as well. That said, the UWP version tries to keep up with the Java version in terms of features. …

The function keys, or the Fn keys are standard on any laptop. MacBooks have them, and laptops have them. On MacBooks, the symbols on function keys mean the same thing regardless of model. Rarely is the symbol on a key ever changed. For laptops, it’s different. Laptops are manufactured by …

Users can edit the path environment variables on Windows 10. It’s really easy to do though you need admin rights to make the changes. The path environment variables aren’t all populated by users. There are a few default paths that are part of it. Users can always add or remove …

Desktop icons are all the same size. It really doesn’t matter what an icon is for; it could be a simple text file, it could be a shortcut, an app EXE, or the Recycle Bin. The icons will all be the same size. If you have a high resolution screen, …

Windows Defender runs mostly in the background. It will scan new files for threats, and it will also examine any file that you download via the browser, regardless if you’re using Edge or Chrome, or some other browser. It never really runs full system scans while you’re actively using your …