If you’d like to give your hands a rest, if you need to quickly capture notes, or even if you’d like to take an easy written record of the information given in a phone call, try using the dictation feature in Windows 10. Here’s how to use it: Firstly, you’ll need a microphone and a […]
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If you are using Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, here’s a way that you can organise multiple browser tabs that you need to have open for a job or project into a ‘Collection’ that you can easily access later. To make a ‘Collection’ of relevant web pages that you have open in multiple browser tabs:
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If you’re using Windows 10 and you’d like to prevent others from seeing what you’re working on if you need to walk away from your device, here’s how to quickly and easily lock your screen: – Press the Windows logo key + L. – Or, if you’re using a Mac, press Control + Command +
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If you’d like to create a fast, easy, and decorative way to shut down your Windows 10 PC, creating a ‘slide to shutdown’ shortcut allows you to simply pull down an on-screen picture blind to turn off your PC. Here’s how to set it up: – Desktop, right-click, select shortcut. – In the Type the
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New Edge Browser To All Windows 10 Users The new, improved version of Microsoft’s Edge browser has been launched in an update to all Windows 10 users in a move that will give Google’s Chrome some competition. Available To Millions of Users In being made available via an update to Windows 10 versions 1803, 1809,1903
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New Windows File Recovery Tool Resurrects Deleted Files Microsoft’s own Windows File Recovery tool allows users to use a command-line app to bring back a variety of file-types that may have been mistakenly deleted, formatted, or have become corrupt. File Recovery Microsoft’s File Recovery app, which is free from the Microsoft store and requires Windows
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Windows 10 users can help users to get organised with their current work by creating named Start menu folders that have a group of relevant live app Tiles in them. Here’s how to create your Start menu folders: – Click on the Start menu (bottom left). – Click and drag the app tiles that you
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If you’ve got a screen full of windows open on Windows 10 and you need to unclutter your screen so you can concentrate on just the one you’re working on, the old ‘Aero Shake’ trick still works and can save time. Here is how to use it: – Left-click on the title bar of the
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With coronavirus never out of the news and concern for protecting self, family, livelihood and business the main priority, scammers are increasingly using Covid-19 as their hook. The legal charity, Citizens Advice, is reporting a 19% increase in visitors requesting support, with one in three Britons saying they’ve been the target of a scam of
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If you have apps running in the background on Windows 10, they can use up more of your battery power and data. Here’s an easy way to stop background apps from running: Go to: Settings > Privacy > Background apps. To stop all from running, toggle ‘Let apps run in the background’ to ‘Off’. You
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