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What is a Windows app? What is a desktop application? How are they different?
Before Windows 8 and Windows 10, you heard the term apps when people were referring to smartphones and tablets with Android, and iPhones and iPads, but not traditional Windows PCs. Now we have all kinds of apps for Windows. What is a Microsoft Store app? What is a Windows universal app? What about a desktop app? How are they different from traditional desktop programs? Read on and we are going to help you understand the differences between all these terms and concepts:
Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse review: Beautiful and highly portable!
Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse is a beautiful Bluetooth device, that looks like a mix between the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE, and Microsoft Touch Mouse (We loved using Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse SE, and we disliked the Microsoft Touch Mouse). You can imagine that we were curious to test it and see if it is new "hybrid" is a good choice for laptop and tablet users. Read this review and see whether Microsoft's Surface Arc Mouse is a good fit for your needs:
Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse: Who is it good for?Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse is a suitable choice for:
11 ways to launch the Command Prompt in Windows
Geeks and IT professionals love the Command Prompt and for a good reason - it allows you to do many administrative tasks with ease. We think that it is a good idea to make a list with all the methods available for starting this tool so that you can choose what suits you best. Knowing how to run CMD as administrator, is also important. Therefore, read on to check our list of methods:
Simple questions: What is Microsoft Sway?
Microsoft Sway is an app that reflects the way we interact with information in the age of internet and mobile computing. While Microsoft Word was built focused on paper documents and PowerPoint on projector screens, Sway approaches the sharing of information similar to web pages or digital stories. Microsoft hopes that Sway can replicate in digital publishing the success Word has had in desktop publishing and PowerPoint in business presentations. Let's have a look at what Sway can do so you can decide whether it makes sense to give it a try:
How to install Windows 10 using a DVD, an ISO file or a USB flash drive
Windows 10 is Microsoft's latest operating system, and many people want to install it on their computers or devices. One way is to do that is by upgrading from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Another way is to use a DVD with the Windows 10 setup, a USB flash drive, or an ISO file with the installation, which you have downloaded from Microsoft or somewhere else on the web. In this guide we show you how to make a clean Windows 10 installation on your computer or device, using the following types of installation media: DVD, ISO file, or USB memory stick. Let's get started:
How to view, insert, or remove section breaks in Microsoft Word documents
When you edit Microsoft Word documents, you may need to change the page layout for some of your pages, restart the automatic numbering or change the number of columns. In all these cases you need to introduce sections in your Word document. Read this tutorial and find how to add, remove and manage sections in all your Word documents:
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Review TP-Link Deco M5 v2: A beautiful whole-home WiFi system!
TP-Link is famous for its affordably priced home networking products. They manufacture not only wireless routers but also mesh WiFi systems. Their top-selling product in this niche is Deco M5, which now has a new v2 variant, which brings several quality-of-life improvements compared to the first model. We very much enjoyed testing TP-Link Deco M5 v1, and we were curious to see whether v2 is an even better model. Read this review and find out whether TP-Link Deco M5 is a great choice for your smart home:
How to use diskpart, chkdsk, defrag and other disk-related commands
One of the easiest and most straightforward ways to manage your disks is to use the Disk Management tool from Windows. But hey, Disk Management is a visual tool and some of us like command-based interfaces a whole lot more. That is why we thought it would be a great idea to see how several disk management actions can be done from the Command Prompt or PowerShell, using diskpart, chkdsk, defrag, and other command-line tools.
How to create advanced tasks with the Task Scheduler
Do you want to make your PC sleep or shut down at a particular time every day? Or maybe you want your PC to start playing a motivational video each time you start it or when it is 12 o'clock? If you wished for a way to program your PC to do certain things at certain times, you should read this article, as we are going to cover some of Task Scheduler's advanced features: creating advanced tasks, setting up their triggers, actions and security options. They are powerful when you want to be in control of your system and the tasks it is running.
How to change the orientation of one page (or more) in a Word document
When you have a single page in a Microsoft Word document with a design or content that is a lot different from the rest, you may want to change its orientation to accommodate its differences. Microsoft Word allows this type of editing, and despite its complexity, there is a method to apply this change with a couple of clicks. Let's find out how to quickly change the orientation for a single page (or a subset of pages) in Microsoft Word:
Quickly scan documents, business cards, whiteboards, etc with OneDrive for Android and iPhone
Scanning documents, business cards, and other types of printed text, with your smartphone, has become commonplace. It usually involves an app that can do the scanning for you and some post-processing. Microsoft managed to make things even easier than that, by implementing a scanning feature directly in its OneDrive apps for Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad). This feature is built into the OneDrive app and it is easy to access and use. It also automatically saves everything you scan to your OneDrive cloud storage.
How to create a ZIP file in Windows (with built-in tools)
The ZIP files have been around since 1989, and for about 10 years you had to install a third party app in your Windows to work with files that have the ".zip": extension. Starting with 1998, Windows has included the ability to create and use zipped folders and files, as a standard feature. When you need to combine several files and folders for easy and economical transfer and storage, the ZIP files are the go-to solution. They are easy to use and available in every Windows system. The Windows functionality that allows you to archive files is called a "compressed (zipped) folder".