Windows Updates can be annoying, especially if you have a low-bandwidth Internet connection. Fortunately Windows 10 includes controls to help you manage how you receive updates on your PCs, and from where they come. Opening Settings and navigating to Update & Security and then Delivery Optimisation is…
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Windows has come with a Sticky Notes app since Vista, but it’s been expanded so that you can sync your notes across multiple PCs with a Microsoft Account or Office 365 account, and they can be minimized to a single panel on your screen. When…
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. …
The semi-annual feature packs for Windows 10 bring new features and functionality at the end of every April and October, but they can also change some of the ways in which Windows works on your PC, and sometimes this can slow down or intrude on…
If you’re anything like me, you like to keep your computer desktop clean and uncluttered. The one icon that persists in this however is the Recycle Bin. You can remove it, and I’ll show you how, but then how do you access it to empty…
If you have a PC with only limited storage, you can find that you keep running out of space when trying to install a new app. This can be frustrating because often something else will need to be uninstalled or deleted. Windows 10 includes a…
If you have a problem with your Windows PC, then there’s a handy tool that you can use to Reset the operating system to a fully-working state. This tool will reinstall an up-to-date, working copy of the operating system, and will also keep your accounts, documents,…
Sometimes your PC gets cluttered with temporary and other unwanted and useless files. This can slow the PC down. Fortunately it’s easy and simple to get Windows to maintain itself, and stay speedy and clean, reducing the amount of disk space occupied by these unwanted…
