Tag Archives: Windows

Adobe Flash is dead and it’s been dead for a while but you will still find traces of it on your system, in your browser, and on certain websites. This year marks the absolute end to all updates and bug fixes to Adobe Flash so it’s the perfect time to …

Among Us is a 2018 game that has recently seen a spike in popularity, and the number of players. It’s a fairly easy game to play with no real skill required as long as you’re good at lying and killing in stealth.  Among Us can be played over a local …

Among Us is a game available on Windows 10, iOS, and Android. It’s recently become popular even though it was released in 2018. It’s an online, multiplayer game but it can also be played over a local network if all the players are connected to the same network. Among Us …

Windows 10, when it was first released, made it obvious that the Control Panel app would eventually be removed from the OS. The Settings app would take its place. The Control Panel has been a part of Windows for a long time and it is home to an extensive list …

Windows 10, like most modern operating systems, can connect to various devices on the network. This includes, but is not limited to other computers, network drivers, network printers, IP cameras, and more.  In many cases, the network locations that are accessed have some form of security i.e. a password, which …

No one keeps Caps on all the time. In fact, for many users, holding down the Shift key occasionally is more convenient than turning the Caps on and off. You might benefit from remapping the Caps key to a different function. The physical Caps key on keyboards sometimes ‘lights up’ …

Windows 10 proactively scans for and blocks threats to a system. It does this by scanning files that are downloaded or apps that are run. If you have browser control enabled in Windows Defender, malicious files that you download will be scanned and blocked before you can even look at …

A proxy is often considered to be synonymous with a VPN. This isn’t true; a proxy is distinctly different from a VPN. A VPN may provide a proxy service on top of the private network that it creates but the two are not the same. Proxy services Proxy services are …

Windows 10 has a long list of keyboard layouts that a user can add to their system. These layouts cater to multiple languages including Mandarin and Arabic, and they are available for all types of keyboards. Installing a keyboard layout on Windows 10 is easy; all you have to do …

Windows 10 isn’t a large operating system. It needs 20GB of space once installed. All the other disk space is taken up by other apps that you install and that’s to be expected.  Most disk storage is taken up by the installation files of an app but many apps, and …