The very first thing you need to do after your phone takes a swim is to completely shut it down as quickly as possible to prevent it short circuiting. Many users will panic and attempt to get it turned on and working again, but that’s the exact opposite of what you should do. After that,… Continue Reading How to Save Your Phone From Water Damage
Word documents can be huge, sometimes for no reason at all. If you’re dealing with a huge document, here are some things you can try to reduce its file size.
Improve your Workflow! Did you know you can sync text messages, photos, and notifications from your phone to your PC with Windows 10? You can do this and more with current features in Windows 10. Click the link below for a great read on how you can make your workflow more efficient!
Newer versions of Bluetooth bring along with it many new features, but you need to have compatible hardware in order to take advantage of them! Here’s how to check! Click on the Bluetooth picture below!
“Windows has a built-in Disk Cleanup tool, and it works very well. Microsoft has been improving it, and it works even better in the latest versions of Windows 10. This tool removes temporary files, previous Windows installations, log files, old Windows updates, thumbnails, and various other cache files. If you’ve never run it, you can… Continue Reading Free Up Space
Windows 10 Backup…… Are you backing up your computer? Don’t wait until it’s too late to find out. Windows 10 uses File History to backup your personal files. File History takes snapshots of versions of your files and stores them on an external hard drive. You will then have a library of past versions that… Continue Reading Windows 10 Backup
Another useful feature in Windows 10 is storage sense, it will automatically free up space on your hard drive by removing old temporary files, and even downloads that haven’t changed in 30 days, if you so choose. Navigate to settings, storage, and enable it there. If you click “change how we free up space” you… Continue Reading Let windows automatically free up space
In Edge you can pin your frequently used websites right to the taskbar. Just open the page, click the menu button on the far right, and click “pin this page to the taskbar”. You can also pin them to the start menu. Now surfing Reddit or Facebook is only a click away.
Windows Defender now has the ability to help control ransomware through controlled folder access. Install the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, go to the settings app and then to the Windows Defender Security Center. Go to the controlled folder access toggle. Turn this on and Windows 10 will make sure that only programs it consider… Continue Reading Using Controlled Folder Access to Help Fight Ransomware in Windows 10
Want to work on a document but keep the original the way it was? Go to File > Open > Recent, right click on the document you’re looking for, and click “Open a copy”.
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