Category: using windows

If you use a Windows 11 tablet or laptop then you’ll be connecting to the Internet by Wi-Fi, and not just to one network, but many as you move from home to work, to the local coffee shop or connect while travelling on a train.…

Everybody needs to be concerned with security as criminals try ever more technical and deceitful ways to get access to our PCs, smartphones, accounts, and services.  This is where biometric sign-in comes into play, and you may already be using biometrics on your smartphone to…

The Windows System Tray is a great place to get quick access to icons for apps and Windows features you may use on a regular basis, like the Microsoft OneDrive file and document cloud backup and sync service, or Windows Security. It is possible to configure…

If you need to concentrate on work or use your PC late at night before you go to bed, there are two really useful features in Windows 11 that can help you, Focus Assist and Night Light.  These are accessed from the Quick Settings panel, which you open…

The Quick Settings menu in Windows 11, which you open by clicking the network and sound icons in the System Tray to the right side of the desktop Taskbar, is a great way to quickly access useful features on your PC, such as Focus Assist (which…

The Windows 11 Start Menu makes it really easy to launch apps and find the files and documents you’ve recently been working on, but you can also customise it  so it works more in the way you want it to.  Open Settings and click Personalisation in the…

Windows 11 comes with a widgets panel you can open with a single click that can give you the news, weather, finance, and other stories you like to keep up to date with, as well as information for your Microsoft To Do list, which you…

When you start your PC it’s not uncommon to find that some apps load automatically and start running in the background.  The thing is that you might not want some of these apps to run, and on slower PCs and laptops, startup apps could even…