Articles tagged: Windows 10 Tips

Right Clicking on a Tile

Tip of the Day: Try Right-Clicking on a Tile

Pro in the About Box

Tip of the Day: Get Pro, not Home, if You Have a Choice

Always show scroll bars in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Always Display Scrollbars

Check for Updates

Tip of the Day: Check for Updates to Get the Latest

Play a sound when you press Caps Lock,...

Tip of the Day: Play a Sound for Caps Lock

Previous Windows installation(s)

Tip of the Day: Back Up and then Delete Windows.old

Screenshots Folder

Tip of the Day: Move the Windows Screenshots Folder

Enable shortcut underlines

Tip of the Day: View Keyboard Shortcuts on Menus

Windows Defender Offline scan in progress.

Tip of the Day: Microsoft Defender Offline Scan

Windows Mail in Windows 11

Tip of the Day: Consider the Mail App

Task Manager - Startup tab

Tip of the Day: Disable Startup Items Carefully

Control Panel in Windows 11.

Tip of the Day: Yet Another Way to Open Control Panel

Open Shell Menu Styles

Tip of the Day: Consider Shell Alternatives

Disk & Hammer

Tip of the Day: Really Erase that Disk Before Discarding

Opening a text file in WordPad

Tip of the Day: Why Not WordPad?

High Contrast offer

Tip of the Day: High Contrast in a Keystroke

Settings Search

Tip of the Day: Search Within Settings

Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Large and Small Taskbar Icons

Tip of the Day: Resize the Tiled Start Menu

Toggle Keys option

Tip of the Day: Get Notification When Caps Lock is Toggled

netplwiz

Tip of the Day: Log In Automatically

Hide Empty Drives option

Tip of the Day: Show All Drives in File Explorer

Clip

Tip of the Day: the Clip Command

Data Usage in Settings

Tip of the Day: Check Your Data Usage

Wordpad

Tip of the Day: Try the Word Processor You Already Have

Using SUBST

Tip of the Day: The SUBST Command

OneDrive Enabling Disabling

Tip of the Day: Disable OneDrive in Windows 10

Search Results

Tip of the Day: Windows File Explorer Search

Home button in Microsoft Edge

Tip of the Day: Change Your Browser’s Home Page

Windows Security Notifications settings

Tip of the Day: Turn Off Useless Defender Notifications

Open with

Tip of the Day: Quickly Change the Default App for a File Type

The TaskKill Command

Tip of the Day: The TaskKill Command

Large Emoji in WordPad

Tip of the Day: Make Emojis Larger

Shake to Minimize Others

Tip of the Day: Shake to Minimize

Charmap with a character selected

Tip of the Day: The Character Map

Changing Storage Locations

Tip of the Day: Move the Documents Folder

Lock Screen

Tip of the Day: Set a Windows 10 Lock Screen Slideshow

ipconfig /flushdns

Tip of the Day: Flush DNS to Help Diagnose Problems

Elevated Column in Task Manager

Tip of the Day: See Who’s Elevated

PowerShell Displaying Computer Serial Number

Tip of the Day: Your Computer’s Serial Number

Tip of the Day: Windows 10 Release Information

Choose where to get apps

Tip of the Day: Change Where to Get Apps in Windows 10

A Snip & Sketch of the Ask Leo! webpage

Tip of the Day: Snip & Sketch

Tip of the Day: Windows 10’s Built-In Currency Converter

Indexed Locations

Tip of the Day: Improve Windows 10 Search

Focus assist in Windows 10

Tip of the Day: Focus Assist

Searching For Example

Tip of the Day: Use F3 to Search in Windows File Explorer

Control Panel Network Adapters

Tip of the Day: Access Network Adapter Settings Quickly

File Properties displayed in File Explorer

Tip Of The Day: Three Useful Windows File Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

Data erasure -- clean the drive option

Tip of the Day: Formatting Your PC Using “Reset This PC”