Overview Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant originally developed by Microsoft for Windows 8.1, but now available for a number of platforms such as Windows 10 desktop, Windows 10 mobile, Xbox One, and even iOS and Android. Cortana is currently available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and Japanese editions. The Cortana name is […]
One of the first things users of Windows 10 notice is that there is no Internet Explorer in Windows 10, it has instead been replaced by a new, cleaner, and faster browser called Edge. Whilst Edge has many advantages over Internet Explorer, there are almost certainly going to be times when you may need to […]
The overall appearance of Windows hasn’t changed too much since the days of Windows XP, but there are many different ways to customise your installation to make it unique to you, and one of these is to change the folder icon for selected folders to something unique rather than the standard yellow folder that we […]
Every version of Windows from the original version back in the 1990’s right up uintil the ;atest version of Windows 10 has its own ‘build’ number to distinguish it from other version of Windows, as well as minor upgrades within the same version of Windows. For most people the build number isn’t really something they […]
If you’re a Widows 10 user then you can’t fail to have been impressed by the gorgeous pictures that are displayed in your lock screen, and are rotated at regular intervals., and if you’re anthing like us then you will have looked at a few of them and thought that you might want to use […]
Microsoft Edge is a new browser that is shipping as standard with Windows 10, and whilst as the time of writing it’s still missing a few features available in its venerable cousin Internet Explorer, many people do like it’s cleaner interface and improved rendering capabilities, so it’s popularity is only going to increase. As with […]
What is Wi-Fi Sense? Wi-Fi Sense is a new feature in Windows 10 that is designed to allow your friends to easily use your home network by removing the need for them to enter a Wi-Fi password. It does this by looking at your contacts list and gives everyone on the list permission to automatically […]
Windows 10 includes a whole host of ‘Apps’ that come pre-installed as part of the Operating System. As with almost any Windowed style interface the key to getting the most out of it is to learn some useful keyboard shortcuts. Below is a list of thw Windows 10 shortcut keys for the most commonly used […]