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7 things you can do with Paint in Windows 10
Paint is a nifty little tool that is available for free in Windows 10. Whether you want to make simple adjustments to your holiday pictures or your screen captures, Paint is surprisingly capable for a tool that made its debut in Windows in 1985. Let see how you can use Paint to edit and improve images, in Windows 10:
Test and fix errors on your drives with Error Checking (chkdsk) in Windows 10
The Error Checking or chkdsk tool verifies the partitions and disk drives in your Windows computer for problems such as disk errors or bad sectors. You can also use this tool to repair errors and have your drives working normally again. In Windows 10, chkdsk is available through a graphic interface called Error Checking. The command-line tool has kept its original name as in the previous Windows versions: chkdsk. Here is how to use Error Checking in Windows 10 to fix problems with your SSD or HDD drives:
8 ways to use Search in Windows 10 like a Pro
Search has always been one of the essential features of Windows. Although every Windows lets you search for things like files, folders, apps or other stuff, none of them offers such a powerful search experience as Windows 10 does. In the newest version of Windows 10, Microsoft took the search to a whole new level, eliminating the need to browse through our computers or devices to find what we need. Whether it is a document, a website, an app, a setting or even a person, Windows 10 can find it. If you want to know how to master the Search feature of Windows 10, read on:
Simple questions: What is the clipboard from Windows?
If you have used computers for a while, then you know what Copy and Paste are, and you might have also heard about the clipboard. Do you know what the clipboard is? Do you know how to work with it and what it can do? What about the differences between the clipboard in Windows 10 and the clipboard in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1? If you would like to know more about the Windows clipboard, read on:
7 things you can do with a Windows 10 USB recovery flash drive
We encourage you to create a recovery drive as soon as you install Windows 10 on a new PC. It can be a lifesaver when Windows 10 stops working and you cannot use your apps or access your files. What exactly can you do with it? How can it help you in your hour of need? It gives you tools and options to reset, restore or tinker with Windows 10 to bring it back to life. Here are the seven things you can do with a Windows 10 recovery drive:
How to turn off the Windows 10 clipboard history, clear your data, and its synchronization
Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the clipboard can save the items that you copy and can also sync them across all your Windows 10 devices. However, you might not want that, as you might prefer using the clipboard the old way, with no history and no syncing of your data using Microsoft's cloud services. In such a situation, you can turn off the new clipboard features and also clear your data from it. To learn how to do it, read this guide:
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What version, edition and type of Windows 10 do I have installed?
We know that Windows 10 is the last edition of Windows. That is easy but, each year, new versions of Windows 10 pop up. We had Windows 10 with Anniversary Update, April 2018 Update, October 2018 Update, and many other feature updates. What do all these names mean? And how do you find out exactly which version of Windows 10 you have, what edition, type and so on? Read this tutorial and find all the answers you seek:
How to delay the Windows 10 October 2018 Update in 3 steps
Do you want to stop Windows 10 October 2018 Update from installing, when it arrives as of October 2nd, 2018, through Windows Update? If you have Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education or Windows 10 Enterprise installed, you can postpone the upgrade for at least four months or until February 2019. This way you make sure that bugs and driver issues get fixed before installing the update on your Windows 10 computers and devices. Here is how to delay feature updates in Windows 10, for quite a long time:
7 reasons why you should get Windows 10 October 2018 Update
Windows 10 is an ever-changing operating system, and Microsoft introduces new features periodically. The latest major update for Windows 10 is called October 2018 Update, and it was launched on October 2nd. Although the new October 2018 Update does not add tons of new features to the operating system, there are a few that are exciting or at least interesting. They are reasons for why you should install the update as soon as possible on your Windows 10 computer or device. If you want to learn more about what is new in Windows 10 October 2018 Update, read this article:
4 ways to learn your WiFi password in Windows 10, when you forget it
Did you ever find yourself in a situation in which you need your Wi-Fi password, but you cannot remember it? What if you never knew your wireless password at home, just because a friend or a relative did all your network configuration and did not tell you the password? What can you do to find your Wi-Fi password? Fortunately, there are several ways in which you can learn it, and this article shows you how:
10 great things about Chrome OS, Chromebooks, and Chromeboxes
Google has offered an alternative to traditional Windows PCs and Macs, for quite a while now. It is called Chrome OS, and it is an operating system built around the Google Chrome web browser. Chrome OS is fast, simple and easy to use. To make it even better, it works well on cheap hardware. We have not used Chrome OS devices in the past, but we recently started doing so, and we like it. Here are the reasons why we consider using Chrome OS devices in our homes:
How to add, change and remove keyboard input languages in Windows 10
Many people type in more than one language on their computers and devices with Windows 10. If you are one of them, you may need to install a new keyboard input language, add a specific variant of a keyboard input language, switch between keyboard languages, or you may need to remove some of your installed keyboard input languages. If you need to do any of these things, then you should read this tutorial: