Windows 10 comes with live tiles in the start menu. If you’re used to windows 7, or prefer a simpler start menu, you can turn these off easily. Just right click on each tile and click “Turn live tile off”, or “Unpin from Start”. You can then resize the start menu once you have removed… Continue Reading Remove Live Tiles
To access the Task Manager (where hanging programs can be terminated) directly, use CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. This can be crucial when the computer is struggling to even bring up the ALT-CTRL-DEL menu through which Task Manager is normally accessed.
Holding the SHIFT key while right-clicking brings up the advanced menu, with options such as “Run as User” (a specific user, as opposed to “Run as Administrator”) and “Open command menu here”.
If you have a piece of software you frequently use, but don’t want to take your hands off the keyboard and search for it with the mouse, you can assign a custom shortcut key combination to launch it. Just open the properties of the program, and pick a combination. For example; CTRL + ALT +… Continue Reading Create Keyboard Shortcuts
Ever go to post a picture on Facebook and have to dig around your hard drive looking for the file? Well a simple solution to that is to right click on the file while holding the shift key, and click “copy as path”. Then you can paste that into the browse window, it will show… Continue Reading Copy a File Path
Mac and Linux have had this for years, but now windows has caught up. You can press windows key + Tab and then press the “+ New Desktop” button. You can then click on the desktop to access it. Use windows key + tab again to switch back.
Now in windows 10, you can tie your product key (license for windows) to your Microsoft account. All you need to do is first verify that your computer is activated in Settings>Update & Security>Activation. Then you can navigate to Settings>Accounts>Your Info. Click sign in with a Microsoft account. Enter your account details and voila you… Continue Reading Tie Windows Product Key to MS Account
Big files clog up your hard drive and many of them are just garbage that you can delete. Instead of downloading a utility to do find them, you can use Windows Explorer. Simply type ‘size:gigantic’ into the Search box and Windows will show you all the files that are larger than 128MB in the folder… Continue Reading Find Large Files
Want to be able to notice certain important folders at a glance in Windows Explorer or your applications? The secret is to highlight them using a different icon instead of the usual picture of a beige folder. Right click on the folder in Windows Explorer, select Properties and then the Customize tab. Click on ‘Change… Continue Reading Highlight Important Folders
Make folders easier to access by pinning them to Windows Explorer – just drag a folder from Windows Explorer into the taskbar. Now, if you right click on the Windows Explorer icon in the taskbar, any pinned folders will appear at the top of the list. Only pin folders that you’re currently using a lot (to… Continue Reading Pin Folders to Windows Explorer
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