{"id":11368,"date":"2016-07-20T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=11368"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:40:05","slug":"some-windows-10-secrets-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/some-windows-10-secrets-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Windows 10 Secrets For You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Some Windows 10 Secrets For You<\/h1>\n<p>Dear friends here are some easy Windows 10 secrets for you. Yes, unlike other Windows secrets sites,\u00a0we use the word \u201cSecrets\u201d loosely. We\u2019re just being campy ?\u00a0. <em>No EB, campy does not me campfires, booze and sleeping in tents.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hold Down Shift While Choosing Restart<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you are having problems with your computer, you can use advanced \u00a0startup (boot) options to troubleshoot your PC. There\u2019s a long way of going into advances startup options \u2013 and we\u2019ve covered that before. But you don\u2019t want to go through all that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So instead of going all the way into the Settings screens, there is a faster way to access the boot options menu. Simply find the Shut down \/ Restart menu and hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on Restart. It\u2019s just that easy.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep Windows 10 from being so nosy<\/h2>\n<p>Every so often, if you use Windows 10, you\u2019ll notice Microsoft is asking for your feedback about a particular feature you might be using \u2013 or a new start screen they included with an update.<\/p>\n<p>While we can understand Microsoft\u2019s asking for your feedback, you may find it an invasion of your privacy or an annoyance.<\/p>\n<p>Good news. You can turn it off or limit the frequency of these interactive feedback prompts. Click on the start button, click on Settings, then Privacy, then click \u201cFeedback &amp; diagnostics\u201d. Under \u201cFeedback Frequency\u201d you can choose anything from Automatically to Never. (See the screen shot below.). \u00a0You\u2019re i control, but only if you know where the controls are.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/windows10-feedback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cortana can remind you of almost anything<\/h2>\n<p>Cortana is Windows 10\u2019s answer to Apple\u2019s Siri. You can call her a personal assistant or concierge if you can spell it. Cortana has met with mixed reactions, but one thing is for sure, she can do some neat stuff.<\/p>\n<p>One of things most of you use (using various 3rd-party software) is reminders. Cortana\u2019s reminders feature is very robust and flexible. You can set reminders for almost anything and have Cortana remind you once, or daily or once a week. And it\u2019s intuitive and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the search bar (or search icon) on your Windows 10 taskbar to open Cortana. Click the three horizontal lines (setting icon) and then click \u201cReminders\u201d. See below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"613\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the + (PLUS) sign to add a new reminder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10-1a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fill in the blanks with whatever you like.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy. See below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to click the checkmark after each step (time, date, place) to save it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10-4a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And there you go! A real reminder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2015\/reminders10-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And you can see your list of reminders at anytime by clicking on the taskbar search or search icon then opening Reminders as we showed you at the beginning of this tip.<\/p>\n<p>Remind me to remind EB to pay me. It\u2019s been six weeks now. I\u2019m getting low on beer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Windows 10 Secrets For You Dear friends here are some easy Windows 10 secrets for you. Yes, unlike other Windows secrets sites,\u00a0we use the word \u201cSecrets\u201d loosely. We\u2019re just being campy ?\u00a0. No EB, campy does not me campfires, booze and sleeping in tents. Hold Down Shift While Choosing Restart If you are having problems with your\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/some-windows-10-secrets-for-you\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11369,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11368\/revisions\/11369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}