Sometimes there’s some error that occurs during an update or shutdown operation that corrupts something on the PC such as your user account. The upshot is that the next time you start the PC, you get an error and it won’t let you get to…
Last updated: March 2020 If you are purchasing a new PC the choices available to you can seem daunting. There are so many different types of desktop and laptop, with so many choices of processor, memory, storage and graphics. Not every desktop PC or laptop…
Did you know that having a noisy PC is bad for the environment, and bad for climate change. This might come as a surprise for many but it’s a truism that means you might be making a negative impact on your personal or business carbon-footprint,…
While you will always be able to sign into your Windows PC with a password, or a PIN code, the operating system also supports a range of advanced biometric security sign-ins if the hardware on your PC or laptop support them. This Windows Hello feature includes…
If you have a lot of tabs open in your web browser, you might find that you have one website or web app which misbehaves, consumes too much memory or processor time, or that crashes completely. You can view what’s going on with your browser…
Microsoft’s Edge browser gives you full control over the languages used and installed in the browser, and that are also used for automatic spell-checking when you type into web forms. To access the language settings, open the main menu in Edge by clicking the menu…
You can take screenshots really easily in Windows, both of your whole desktop, and also of individual open apps or select parts of the desktop or apps. From the desktop or from within an app at any time press Windows key + Shift + S to…
If you use, or like the look and feel of Microsoft’s Outlook.com webmail service, did you know that you can now add your Gmail account to it. Doing this will enable you to use your Google email through the Microsoft portal just as you would…
When you install Windows on a PC, or purchase a new PC it will have an obscure name such as Desktop-DS0VFGI which might not cause any problems if you only have a single PC, but if you need to manage multiple devices on a network, or…
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