Windows 10
Quick Tip: Activate a Window Simply by Moving Your Mouse Cursor Over it (instead of needing to click it)
In this Quick Tip, I will show you how to “activate” any Window or app to use it instead of first needing to click it and use it. This is particularly useful to login details on a web page. You start typing or even copying and pasting, only to realize it didn’t work because that app wasn’t selected.
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Tech News: Microsoft is Bringing More Junk To Your Lock Screen That You Never Asked For – Like Sports, Traffic, and Finance Updates to the Windows 10 Lock Screen
Microsoft is up to their tricks again, and apparently has nothing better to do than introduce ads and other related tips to your lock screen aka your login screen in Windows 10. The same thing is already happening in Windows 11.
They just keep cluttering up Windows with stuff no one asked for.
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Tech News: Microsoft Reveals You’ll Need To Pay $90 Per Computer For The First Year, and More After That To Keep Using Windows 10 Securely Beyond October 2025
In this blog post, we’ll take a look at Extended Support for Windows 10, which Microsoft will begin offering in October 2025. This means Microsoft will continue to offer security patches after that, but for a price.
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Quick Tip: Keep Microsoft Store Apps Up To Date
In this Quick Tip, I will talk about how to update apps from the Microsoft Store.
When it comes to updating our computers, we often think of Windows Updates and updating programs we use, but it’s important to keep Microsoft Store apps up to date as well since many are included in Windows 10 and 11.
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How To Use System Restore in Windows 10 [Premium]
In this blog post exclusive to paid subscribers, I will talk about and walk you through the System Restore feature in Windows 10. This feature allows you to effectively rollback Windows itself to a previous time when things seemed to be working correctly before a recent change.
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How To Use System Restore in Windows 10
In this blog post, I will talk about and walk you through the System Restore feature in Windows 10. This feature allows you to effectively rollback Windows itself to a previous time when things seemed to be working correctly before a recent change.
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How To Reset Windows 10
Here’s a quick guide on how to reset Windows 10 to it’s out-of-the-box factory state. You can either choose to do a “reinstall”, where it won’t touch any personal files on the drive, or a “clean install”, where Windows will mark the drive as empty and you’ll be starting from scratch. Please note: This FREE blog…
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Sleep and Hibernation Settings Windows 10 [Premium]
In this more detailed blog post exclusive to paid subscribers, I’m going to talk about what it means for your computer to be “going to sleep”, and why it’s different then “hibernation”. I will also talk about whether or not it’s actually beneficial to turn these settings on, even though Microsoft turned them on by default.
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How To Reset Windows 10 [Premium]
Here’s a quick guide on how to reset Windows 10 to it’s out-of-the-box factory state. You can either choose to do a “reinstall”, where it won’t touch any personal files on the drive, or a “clean install”, where Windows will mark the drive as empty and you’ll be starting from scratch.
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System Cleanup Series: Windows Update in Windows 10 [Premium]
In this more detailed blog post exclusive to paid subscribers, I will show you around Windows Update in Windows 10. It is often suggested that we go to Windows Update and click “Check For Updates”, but there are a few more options to help get the most out of Windows Update
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System Cleanup Series: Uninstall (Remove) Apps and Programs in Windows 10
This blog post is part of my System Cleanup series. One of the best ways to free up some space on your computer is to remove programs and apps you’re not using or no longer want, some of which may have come pre-installed when you purchased your computer and you might not even know are there.
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Quick Tip: Is Your Antivirus Working?
In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you how to verify if your antivirus program is working or not. One assumes it would be, and Windows SHOULD notify you if that’s not the case, but here’s how you can check it yourself. This is part of my regular System Cleanup and Monthly Tune-up routine, because some…
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Quick Tip: How To Turn Off Ads and Tips on Windows 10 Login Screen
In this Quick Tip, I will show you how to remove Microsoft ads and tips from the Windows 10 login screen. These are enabled by default in what Microsoft calls “Windows Spotlight”. Once disabled, you will simply see your image of choice when you login to Windows instead of it being cluttered up by ads and tips.
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Quick Tip: Pin Folders to Quick Access in Windows 10
In Windows 10 and 11, you have the option of “pinning” folders under “Quick Access”on the left hand pane in File Explorer. I literally use my pinned folders every single day, and the time it saves me adds up over time!
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Sleep and Hibernation Settings in Windows 10
In this blog post, I’m going to talk about what it means for your computer to be “going to sleep”, and why it’s different then “hibernation”. I will also talk about whether or not it’s actually beneficial to turn these settings on, even though Microsoft turned them on by default.
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Quick Tip: How To Turn Off Windows 10 Notifications For Certain Apps
In this Quick Tip, I will show you how to access and disable or enable certain notifications for each app, program, and even certain things in Windows itself.
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Quick Tip: How To Turn On Dark Mode in Windows 10
In this Quick Tip, I will walk you through how to turn on dark mode in Windows 10.
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Quick Tip: How To View Your Hardware Specs
In this Quick Tip, I’m going to talk about and walk you through how to take a look at your computer’s hardware specs. You can see a simple or detailed list, depending on the tool you use.
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Quick Tip: Sort Folder Items by ‘Date Modified’ and More!
Sometimes you want to view files in a folder in a certain order so you can spot and quickly access the file you want to work on, perhaps by date, or date modified.
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Quick Tip: How To Get Rid of Annoying Cookie Banners
Cookie banners are notorious around the web, and they are completely useless and unnecessary, If you’re sick of seeing these banners, you can use an adblocker to mostly disable them. Here’s how to do that.
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