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Customise and Configure your Laptop’s Trackpad in Windows 10

If you use Windows 10 on a laptop you can configure and customise your trackpad to help you get more from it, and work in more of a way that makes you both comfortable and productive. From Settings, open Devices and then Touchpad. Here you will find options…

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Search for Files, Documents and More in Windows 10

Microsoft have revamped the search facility in Windows 10 to make it much simpler to use. You can search either from typing when the Start Menu is open, or by clicking in the search box, or the magnifying glass icon that sits next to the…

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Taming and Controlling Windows Update in Windows 10

Windows Update can sometimes be a pain. While it’s both necessary and helpful to have security and stability updates automatically delivered to your PCs, this all too often results in restarts and downloads happening at the most unhelpful times. Fortunately it’s very easy to control…

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Get International Characters with the On-Screen Keyboard in Windows 10

We live in an increasingly international world, and this means that we can often need international characters in the text that we type. Fortunately, if you use a touch device with Windows 10, it is easy to get access to these characters from the Touch…

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Using the Windows Ink Workspace in Windows 10

If you are using a PC with pen support, such as a Microsoft Surface Pro, or a 2-in-1 laptop, then you might find the Windows Ink Workspace useful. This is a button (a picture of a pen drawing a curvy line) next to the clock on…

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Configure Pen & Ink Settings in Windows 10

If you use a pen with your Windows 10 PC, then you might find the settings you can use to control that pen very useful. You can find them in Settings under Devices and Pen & Windows Ink. Here you can tell Windows if you are right…

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Using the Snip & Sketch Tool in Windows 10

The Snip & Sketch tool in Windows is a pen and ink-friendly way to annotate screenshots. You can find it in the Start Menu, or take a screenshot and have Snip & Sketch open automatically by pressing the Windows key + Shift + S. With…

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Get Started with Microsoft Whiteboard in Windows 10

Microsoft Whiteboard is a fantastic tool for collaboration and education. It works like a regular whiteboard, but allows people to interact and collaborate on different devices, and from anywhere over the Internet. Whiteboard is very simple to use too. In the top right corner is…

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Create a Local Account when you Install in Windows 10

Microsoft have changed the installation process for Windows 10 to “encourage” you to sign into the operating system with either a Microsoft Account, or a company Domain account. This means that when you perform a fresh installation of the operating system, you’ll no longer see…

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Free up Space by Deleting Feature Update Files in Windows 10

When a new Feature Update is installed on your PC, a copy of your existing Windows installation is kept as a backup, just in case what is effectively a new version of Windows causes a problem and needs to be uninstalled. This backup can take…

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Author: Mike Halsey