When you are working on a system, many programs continue to function in the background, thus slowing down the system and draining the battery. These programs might not be relevant to the work at hand but continue to function to update and send notifications amongst other tasks. A simple option...
If you are a videographer or edit videos, you know the importance of merging videos. For any major event, small videos are shot individually and merged to form the final one. It is fairly easy to merge videos in Windows 10. Some users prefer third-party applications, but Windows’ own ‘Photos’...
iTunes is a sought-after media player across the globe that offers users a wide range of movies, songs, podcasts, and TV shows. Its app is available on the Microsoft Store for Windows 10. You can easily transfer the iTunes library to another computer on Windows 10. Many a time, the...
The taskbar is an important element of the operating system which allows a user to launch programs through the Start menu and also see the programs currently running on the system. It also has a notification area on the corner. The taskbar is by default located on the bottom of...
Many a time, a user wants to find the motherboard model on Windows 10. It could be due to multiple reasons, say to check hardware compatibility, update drivers, or simply want to purchase another system with the same configuration. Windows 10 offers simple methods to check the motherboard model without...
You may find some websites inappropriate or their content not useful for consumption as you use the web. Also, you may not want your children to visit certain websites. Almost all the browsers have settings to block or restrict some websites except for Microsoft Edge. If you are a Microsoft...
Windows 10 regularly comes up with updates to fix errors and bugs in the last one. These can be categorized into two parts, major and minor updates. These updates ensure a good user experience. With millions of systems with different hardware configurations using the same windows, updates are not always...
The touchpad on your laptop helps you navigate the cursor on the screen and is an essential part. It is a replacement for a mouse. Many users still prefer using the conventional mouse over the touchpad. It is difficult for a person accustomed to the use of a mouse to...
If you are a Windows user, you must have at some point wanted to change the drive letter assigned to a particular drive. Windows 10 offers this feature for all the drives, namely hard disk drive, USB drive, and CD drive. It is very simple to change the drive letter...
Windows 10 offers you a simple way to see other computers on the network. Many computers can be connected to a network and can share files and data amongst themselves. Many a time, the need to see the other computers on a network arises. Say, you want to share files...
Everyone wants to optimize booting time. Many programs by default opens on the startup which makes booting slow. To keep boot time low, we need to disable unnecessary applications that opens at startup. To improve the speed of Microsoft Edge on launching, it loads some processes in the background on...
In any computer, ‘Administrator’ is the default admin account. Users also have the option to create more accounts as per their requirements. Many people like to have a fancy administrator name or something they like. Windows 10 offers the user an option to change the administrator name. It can be...
It has now become common for users to change the computer name frequently. If you buy a new computer, it has a random name which you are bound to change. When switching workplaces, people change computer names if they had a computer name related to their designation. In a network,...
Whenever your system is connected to a network, an IP is leased to it. The period for which an IP is leased to a system is the DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) lease time. DHCP lease time comes into play only in cases of temporary IPs. After the lease time...
Sticky keys can be a bit challenging to use. You can easily turn them off from the "Ease of Access keyboard" settings on Windows 10.