One of the advantages of the Edge web browser from Microsoft is that protecting your privacy is baked in, and it’s possible to block all online tracking by advertisers, and third-party companies and organisations that collect and use your data. To set your privacy, click…
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Microsoft’s Edge browser is a privacy-focused web browser that is built on top of the same engine that powers Google’s Chrome browser. This means that Edge is effectively Chrome, with the same speed, same compatibility, and the same features. Additionally though, Microsoft have baked in…
There’s a new Edge in town, and if you’ll excuse the pun, it definitely has the Edge over other browsers such as Google Chrome. Edge is a privacy-focused web browser that allows you to browse the Internet safe in the knowledge that your personal data and…
Did you know you can set your PC or laptop to lock automatically when you walk away, and unlock for you when you return. With Dynamic lock it possible to use your smartphone, or smart watch to achieve this. In Settings, click Accounts and then Sign-in options. Here you…
If like me you have to shuffle a lot of files back and forth to the cloud, then you might find that the cloud service apps such as Microsoft’s OneDrive, and Dropbox, can consume quite a lot of bandwidth. This can become a real problem…
If you use virtual machines in Hyper-V in Windows, then you may occasionally need to make a change that might need to be safely undone, perhaps because you’re testing something. Hyper-V comes with a feature called Checkpoints that allows you do do this at any time.…
If you use OneDrive on your PCs to store and sync your files, either on its own or through a service such as Office 365 or Microsoft 365, then did you know that you can continue working on the documents you need, wherever you are,…
Everybody encounters bugs and problems on their PCs from time to time, but did you know that Windows 10 comes with a special feature that allows you report problems, and text translation issues to Microsoft, as well as suggest improvements and new features? In the…
If you do a lot of scripting in Windows, either through the Command Prompt, Powershell, or are using Azure Cloud Shell, or Windows Subsystem for Linux, then you might be interested in Windows Terminal. This is a Microsoft Store app available for Windows 10 that can…
