Command Prompt vs. Windows PowerShell Many of you use the command prompt to run commands such as IPCONFIG, CHKDSK /F, SFC /SCANNOW, RSTRUI, NETPLWIZ and all the other commands we’ve mentioned in our newsletters over the years. If you don’t know what any of those are, don’t worry about it – some people are more geeky than others.… Read More »
File Explorer Options in Windows 10 Windows 10 File Explorer allows you to change folder views quickly. The screen shots below highlight a few of the ways you can customize the way File Explorer works and looks. Above: EB’s discovery. If you often switch back & forth between folder view and details/list view,you’ll find these two little icons very handy. You… Read More »
Virtual Desktops in Windows 10 One of the features of Windows 10 that almost everyone likes, and almost everyone can use, is called Virtual Desktops. You can switch between desktops just by clicking a taskbar icon and clicking on any one of the Virtual desktop you have created. Why is this so good? Well, let’s say you have a… Read More »
Eleven interesting things you can do with Google 1 — You can find the sunrise and sunset times for any location, for any date. Just type Sunrise sunset then the location and the date in the address bar and press Enter. See? 2– Make your Google search results do a barrel roll. Just search for something, and then… Read More »
Sign Into Windows 10 With a Four-digit PIN Unless you disable the password login completely (not recommended) you’re going to have to type in a password every time you start Windows. But what if you could log into Windows with a four-digit pin number? Maybe it’s not as secure as logging in with a 14-character password, but it’s much… Read More »
Microsoft Expression Web: A free, easy-to-use HTML editor HTML purists, you might want quit reading now. You like writing HTML code by hand and that’s fine. We don’t have time or patience enough to do it, and many folks don’t know how. For those who don’t have time, or don’t want to fool around writing HTML coding, or for… Read More »