How to use dictation feature in Windows 10 This tip is for Windows 10 version 1803 and newer Did you know that beginning with the Windows 10 Version 1803 (April 2018 Update) it’s easier than ever to use your voice to take a note, write your thoughts or it’s now easier than ever to take a note, write… Read More »
How to Use Emoji in File and Folder Names NOTE: This tip applies to Windows 10 — version 1709 and newer. We’re not sure how useful this tip will be for most of you, but we’re quite sure some of you will come up with some uses for it. Did you know you can use Windows Emoji in… Read More »
Windows 10 Puts Weather At Your Fingertips Recently, we had a couple of people ask us to recommend a a good weather program for Windows. Both of these folks were using Windows 10 and neither were aware that Windows 10 comes with a very nice Weather app. It’s as good as, or better than many 3rd-party apps such… Read More »
Stop Using Disk Cleanup and Start Using Storage Sense Microsoft is deprecating Windows Disk Cleanup beginning with Windows 10 Version 1809 (October 2018 update). Microsoft said in an announcement on August 30, 2018: The Disk Cleanup experience (“cleanmgr.exe”) is being deprecated. We’re retaining the Disk Cleanup tool for compatibility reasons. There’s no need to worry since Storage Sense’s functionality is a… Read More »
Never Get Locked Out of Your Windows 10 PC First, if you don’t know if you’re using a Windows 10 Local Account or a Microsoft Account see this page. If you’re using a Microsoft Account to log in to Windows,and you forget your password you can reset it online. One advantage to using a Microsoft Account is that… Read More »
Easily Find Your Mouse Pointer (Mouse Sonar Tip) We recently featured a tip in response to a question from one of our readers about how to make the mouse pointer larger and easier to see. In response to that tip, David wrote to us about making the mouse pointer easier to find. And thanks to David’s reminder, we’re… Read More »