Tag Archives: Windows

All accounts on Windows 10 are not created equal; there are ordinary user accounts, and there is the admin account. The admin account has far more rights and privileges than an ordinary user account and you need it to make certain changes to the OS e.g., installing a new app, …

If you need to type letters in upper case, you can either turn the Caps lock on, or you can hold down the Shift key. Both options work but with the Shift key, you can also type secondary characters on non-letter keys. It’s a matter of personal preference however, there’s …

The Windows Registry is where some of Windows most critical settings are stored. They’re not in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format. Most end-users that would look at it may not know what they’re looking at and for good reason. It’s not something you want to tamper with if you don’t know …

Virtual desktops on Windows 10 haven’t received an update for a while. The feature is missing a few essential things such as keyboard support for jumping to a virtual desktop, and the ability to name a desktop. It is still mostly on-par with the same feature found on other desktop …

The Windows 10 November 2019 update is now available on the stable release channel. You can update to the new version now via Windows updates. Here’s how you can get the Windows 10 November 2019 update Get Windows 10 November 2019 update Open the Settings app and go to the …

The Movies and TV app on Windows 10 is the stock media player on the OS. It’s not as feature-rich as Windows Media Player but it does support the MKV format, supports extensions, lets you trim a video, and extract a frame from it which the latter did not. The …

Windows 10 has two command-line apps; PowerShell and Command Prompt. It’s also got a new Terminal app that you can try out. The Terminal app is great if you use multiple command-line tools. If you don’t feel like using Terminal because it is still in Beta, but you need a …

Users choose which apps are installed on their system however some apps come bundled together. When you install one app, it installs a few others. Often, you do not have the option to skip installing some of the apps in the bundle. This might not be that big a deal …

The system tray can show one clock and by default, it shows the time for your current time zone. The time zone is set when you set Window 10 up but you can always change it if you need to. If you need more than one clock on Windows 10 …

File Explorer almost had a tabbed interface. Almost. It was a feature that lots of users were looking forward to but it never made it out of the beta versions of Windows 10. File Explorer can run multiple instances but it does so by opening a new window. When you …