Fahad Ali
Screenshots, in other words. Although pressing Windows+PrtScn on your keyboard saves the current screen in PNG format in your default Pictures folder, Windows 10 also offers an alternative method. One that is available when playing games. If you reach your goal in a game, or achieve your highest ever score, for instance, and want to … Read more
The mouse is usually designed for right-hand people, with the left button conveniently positioned underneath the index finger, and the right button under the middle finger. This, naturally, is a bit awkward for left-handed people. So, if you are southpaw, a lefty, then you might find it better to switch the mouse buttons around so … Read more
Yes, you read that right! It is possible to add folders to the Start menu as tiles, and this definitely makes for a convenient way to access your favorites right from an accessible location. That said, the process is not exactly straightforward. It has to be done the old way, in other words, but it … Read more
There is a whole army of Windows 8 users that are making upgrades to Windows 10. And if you are one of these users, then the Start screen is one area that makes the transition a bit jarring. Particularly if you became familiar and comfortable with the Start screen in this older version of the … Read more
The Settings panel in Windows 10 is slowly becoming the most important place to access the various features and options that the operating system offers, and Microsoft provides several quick ways to access it. Including, handily, one that is the quickest. Sure, you can go to the Start menu and type Settings to bring up … Read more
Another new storage utility that Microsoft added in Windows 10 since the November Update that was released in 2015 is the ability to install apps on SD cards. Windows Store applications and games can now be installed on either internal or external storage devices, and all manner of such devices are supported — SD cards, … Read more
Specific files types, so to say. Windows 10 Anniversary Update comes with a welcome ability to set default locations for specific file types, and manage them from one screen. You can use this procedure to change which drive you save new documents, music files, photos and video files to, and this can help a lot … Read more
The Settings app in Windows 10 just keeps getting better and better. Microsoft finally added the ability to pin a setting to the Start menu in this version, which should come in real handy for many users. Modifying settings in Windows 10 simpler than the Control Panel in Windows 7, and the process of accessing … Read more
This is another feature that should have been there in Windows 7 and 8.1, the highly useful ability to scroll program windows that are not active. The capability finally arrives in Windows 10, though. And it is very useful for those that have several different windows open at any given times. Like a web browser, … Read more
While some may wish the other way around, Windows 10 is the first version of the operating system that makes it possible to add a shortcut to the Recycle Bin to the Start menu. Amazingly. And that is because Windows 8.1 does not even have a Start menu at all, while doing this in Windows … Read more