When you send a link to a website to a friend or colleague you can find the link is very long as it’ll include all manner of special characters that might mean a lot to the website, but that won’t mean anything to you. Microsoft’s…
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Subtitles can be useful when watching video. Maybe you’re watching a movie or TV show on a train or in a loud place, maybe you need to keep really quiet and don’t have headphones to hand. For my own case I find that watching a…
Windows Updates are an unfortunate necessity. We need them to keep Windows 11 secure and running properly, and we can’t opt out of them though we can pause them for a few weeks when necessary. It is possible to tame and control Windows Update though,…
If you’re the sort of person that likes to keep themselves organised by plastering the fridge or PC monitor with sticky notes, you’ll be pleased to hear that you can plaster your Windows 11 desktop with them too. Sticky Notes can be found in the Start…
If you visit a website a lot, you can pin it in the desktop as though it was an installed app. This makes it easy to find the app, as you can launch it from the Start Menu or Taskbar, and it will always open…
We all need to download files from the Internet occasionally, but how do you manage or find them in your browser. Microsoft’s Edge web browser makes it simple. When a download is happening, a down arrow will appear to the right of the address bar. …
Sometimes websites can be very difficult to read. They can be plastered with adverts, links to other articles and pages, or have video auto-playing when all you want to do is read the contents of an article. Microsoft’s Edge browser in Windows 11 comes with…
Sometimes you need to lock your screen or minimize all your open windows. This could be because you are using your laptop in a public location, at a coffee shop or on a train, and someone walks past as you are working on something sensitive,…
Notifications can be useful on our PCs, letting us know when we’ve received a message or an email, or telling us that an app or a Windows update is available, but they can disappear all too quickly, or sometimes be missed altogether, perhaps because you’re…
