Good PC Housekeeping With Windows 10 Storage Sense This tip was written for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update & newer versions of Windows 10 Our own EB is a clean freak and a stickler for making sure her computer and her download folder is clean. She always gripes about my download folder because it’s a mess. And she’s… Read More »
Use Windows 10 Metered Connection to Stop Some Automatic Updates While most folks didn’t have a problem updating to the current version of Windows 10 (Windows 10 Fall Creators Update – Version 1709, as of this writing) some folks did have problems. And after a couple of failed attempts, they find that Microsoft repeatedly tries to install the… Read More »
Easy Network Info [Windows 10 Fall Creators Update] This tip was written for Windows 10 Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update). It may work on your version of Windows 10 – it sure won’t hurt anything to try it. You can see a lot of your network properties with just 2 clicks. Click on the connection icon on your… Read More »
Create a Shortcut to System Restore While helping a reader with something else today, I found a tip we wrote back in June 2016 that still works well on all versions of Windows 10, including Fall Creators Update. Because System Restore is a valuable tool that can help you recover from many near-disasters, keeping a reminder of System… Read More »
Easy Windows 10 Tips These tips are for Windows 10 / all versions Peek at Your Desktop Did you know if you click the very far right edge (to the right of the clock) you will go to your desktop? Indeed you will. Now how would you like to peek at your desktop just by hovering over the… Read More »
Put Control Panel on Your Desktop Right-Click Menu This tip is for Windows 10 (all versions – but especially handy for Windows 10 Creators Update and Fall Creators Update) Microsoft is bound and determined to get rid of Control Panel in Windows 10 and replace it with Settings. But not so fast. Many Control Panel items are still… Read More »