Turning Off or Changing Windows Sounds

I’m sure you may have noticed that with most default Windows installations or when you buy a computer with Windows already installed that there are sound effects for just about everything you… Read More

Change your Windows 10 Privacy Settings

Find out how much information Microsoft is gathering from you If you are just your average computer user you might not know too much about how so much we do on our… Read More
Windows 11 lock screen slideshow

Change Your Windows Lock Screen to a Custom Photo Slideshow

Anyone who has been using a Windows based computer for some time knows that its possible to change the desktop wallpaper background that is displayed behind your icons on your computer. You… Read More
Fix For the Missing Users Must Enter a User Name and Password to Use This Computer Checkbox When Using netplwiz

Fix For the Missing Users Must Enter a User Name and Password to Use This Computer Checkbox When Using netplwiz

You may have not known this, but Windows will allow you to log into your computer without having to type in your password. Keep in mind that this doesn’t mean you don’t… Read More
Windows Default Folders

Change the Default Storage Location for the Documents, Pictures, Videos, Music, Desktop and Downloads Folders

When you are working with certain applications or programs in Windows and save your work, your computer will save your files to various default storage locations depending on what program you are… Read More
Windows Power Toys PowerRename

Rename Multiple Files at Once Using the Windows Power Toys PowerRename Utility

When it comes to Windows file management, there are usually several ways to get the same task done. For example, copying a file from one folder to another or searching for a… Read More
Windows 11 login user accounts

How to Add a New User Account in Windows 11

In order to use a computer that is running the Microsoft Windows 11 operating system, you will need to have a user account that consists of a username and a password. When… Read More

Managing and Freeing Up Hard Drive Space in Windows 11

We all store files of various types on our computers such as pictures, documents, music files and so on. Plus the software and apps we have installed on our computers have their… Read More

How to Use Grouped Tabs in Microsoft Edge

The tabbed browsing feature in web browsers has been around for many years and is one of the best inventions in the history of web browsers themselves. Tabbed browsing allows you to… Read More

Are You and Your Computer Ready for Windows 11?

If you can remember way back in 2015 when Windows 10 was released, Microsoft said it would be the last version of Windows and that they would just keep updating it and… Read More
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