Tag Archives: Windows

If you leave your Windows 10 system idle for a while, whether you’re on the desktop or your desktop is locked, it will eventually enter Sleep. This is a system preset where you do not have to set anything up though you can customize the idle timeout period or schedule …

Apple TV+ is Apple’s step into online content streaming i.e. internet TV. The service can be used on any Apple device e.g. a Mac, an iPhone, an iPad, or the AppleTV itself. Unlike most of Apple’s services, AppleTV+ isn’t restricted by platform; you can watch AppleTV+ on Windows 10, and …

The Start Menu on Windows 10 goes through small changes in its design. The feature has only changed slightly when the option to hide the app’s list was added, tile grouping, and folders. The tiles on the Start Menu have been a bit of an eyesore for some; the color …

The UI of an app or an OS has to be easy on the eyes. The colors shouldn’t clash, the icons should be easy to recognize and distinguish from every other UI element they appear on, and the text should be sharp, among other things. Design matters a great deal …

Subtitles are great for watching titles that are in a different language. They’re also useful when you want to learn a second language, when the dialog is too quite, or if you have a hearing impairment. Subtitles have to be added to video files. There are AI-driven tools that can …

Steam games can be huge. The thing you want to pay attention to is the required disk space and not the download size. A game that is only 2 GB or 3 GB when it downloads, will expand to take up more space. It can take up as much as …

App stores are a great way to distribute apps; they give developers and end-users a single place to download apps and to receive updates. They also allow developers to exercise a little extra control over the distribution of their apps e.g., users can be restricted from installing an app if …

Bluetooth technology has been around for years and it’s gotten pretty good. We’re at the point where users can connect all sorts of peripherals, including speakers and headphones, over Bluetooth, and get great audio quality. An internet connection can be shared with a Windows 10 system over Bluetooth, and game …

Windows Defender is the stock anti-virus that comes with Windows 10. It controls the firewall, keeps malware off your system, offers protection against ransomware, monitors websites and downloads in your browser, and tells you if your system settings need to be optimized, among other things. It’s a good app and …

The username that is set on your system isn’t always synonymous with the computer name. Users do have the option to rename their computer on Windows 10. The only catch is, a computer can have multiple users but it can only have one name. This is why you may find …