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Access Special Characters Easily in Windows 10

It can be quite often on a PC when you need access to special characters such as foreign currency symbols, specialist mathematical characters, or common foreign language characters. Traditionally in Windows you’ve had to open the Character Map app, find the right character, and in the…

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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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Stream Xbox Games to your Windows PC in Windows 10

If you’re a gamer in a busy household you might not always be able to game on the Xbox console connected to your television. The good news though is that you can stream your Xbox games to any Windows 10 PC on your home network. …

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Using the Game Bar in Windows 10

If you enjoy gaming on your Windows 10 PC you can get much more from it by opening the Game Bar. This is accessed by pressing the Windows key + G. Its functionality includes being able to capture screenshots, video, and broadcasting your gaming live…

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Keep Your Accounts Safe with Password Checkup in Windows 10

One of the biggest advantages of Google’s Chrome web browser, is the huge library of plug-ins available. Personally I tend to keep my installed plug-ins to a minimum, as installing them can really slow down the browser, but Google have just released one that should…

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Always Open Locally-Stored Office 365 Files Instead of OneDrive in Windows 10

Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business storage, of 1TB (one terabyte) comes with each seat licence of their Office 365 subscription service. They work brilliantly together and ability for Office 365 to enable real-time collaboration for files stored in the cloud is very often worth the cost…

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Force OneDrive Files to be Always Downloaded in Windows 10

The Files on Demand feature in Windows 10 is brilliant for managing which files are synced to your PC if you are using a PC with limited storage, or storage that you want to use for other things. This feature allows you to see placeholders…

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Fix Problems on Surface PCs with the Diagnostic Toolkit in Windows 10

If you own a Microsoft PC such as a Surface Pro, or Surface Book, you might now know of a useful diagnostic tool that can help keep your PC running smoothly. Microsoft’s Surface Diagnostic Toolkit can be downloaded as a win32 desktop app, or from…

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Download and Activate Office with a Product Key

With the push towards subscription services such as Office 365 and Microsoft 365, the people who still want to purchase a stand-alone copy of Microsoft Office can sometimes feel left out, and that the product they’ve spent a lot of money on is difficult to…

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Choose Which OneDrive Files to Sync to Your PC in Windows 10

Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud sync and file storage service is a great way to back-up your files and documents, but also to synchronise them across your different PCs. You might have a PC such as a tablet or ultrabook though that doesn’t have enough space on…

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