If the way that your computer connects to the Internet involves a cellular network or an Internet connection with a data cap, then you might be concerned about the amount of data that is consumed when you use your computer. If you discover that you are using more data than you would like to be, […]

Computer hard drives have gotten quite large in recent years, leading to more and more users worrying less about the amount of hard drive space that they have left. But this increase in hard drive capacity has been offset somewhat by the increase in media file sizes for things like pictures and videos. Long, high-resolution […]

Do you like to keep a lot of folders open on your computer so that you can quickly navigate between the different files and directories that you have created? If so, then you may find it inconvenient that clicking on a folder in one window automatically directs you to that new folder and away from […]

When your Windows 10 computer starts up after a restart or a shutdown, it’s very likely that a number of applications will launch automatically. These are called startup apps, and are meant to ensure that your most important and needed apps are running automatically so that they are ready for use. But you may find […]

Windows 10 has a feature called “People” that you can use to provide yourself with quick access to your contacts. This is made possible by clicking an icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. But if you don’t use that feature, or if you would like to use it and you don’t […]

When you get on an airplane and you have electronic devices that you want to use, you will often be told by the flight attendants to put those devices in airplane mode. We’ve written before about how to put your iPhone in airplane mode, which can be done very easily, but you may be curious […]

Your Windows 10 computer has a lot going on. Between all of the features in the operating system itself, your default apps and your installed apps, it’s pretty likely that something is happening almost every day. Windows 10 likes to let you know when certain things occur, are about to occur, or require you to […]

While Microsoft Edge is a very good and fast Web browser that many users prefer over Internet Explorer, you may have become so comfortable with Google Chrome over the years that you would simply prefer to use that browser instead. I am similar in that way, as Chrome has been my preferred browser for years. […]

Do you often use your laptop or desktop in a dark room or at night? If so, then you are probably aware of exactly how bright a white screen or background can be. Maybe you’ve even experimented with lowering the brightness on your monitor, but that can be an issue when you go to use […]

The default method for creating a new user account in Windows 10 has you setting up an account on your PC using the login information for an existing Microsoft account. Typically this is a Hotmail or Outlook account. You may have even created one such account solely for the reason of setting up Windows 10 […]