If you’re a regular user of the Sniping Tool, you probably want to have it easily to hand rather than having to keep going off to the Start Menu to find it, well, it’s actually pretty easy to pin the Snipping tool to the Taskbar so it’s right on hand every time you want it. […]
If you have bought a new PC in the last couple of years with Windows 8 pre-installed and are looking to take advantage of Microsoft’s offer to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, we strongly recommend you back everything up before upgrading your O.S. One of the things that many people will forget to back up is […]
One of the most vilified features of Windows 8 was its boot up in to the Modern Interface (tiles screen) when a device was switched on. With Windows 8.1 Microsoft put in a feature that allowed laptop and desktop users to have their machines boot show desktop when logging on – this made Windows 8 […]
Sometimes when using Microsoft Windows you can move a window off screen to such an extent that it is impossible to grab it and bring it back on to your screen again. This commonly happens with laptop users who plug their machine in to a second screen, and forget to move the window back on […]
Windows 8 has a feature called Superfetch which is designed to help speed up your system and keep it responsive by making better use of your computers memory Windows Superfetch prioritises the programs you currently have running rather than background tasks, and also adapts to the way you work by monitoring the programs you use […]
In Windows 8 Microsoft have tinkered with the Shutdown options and done away with some of the lesser used ones, and made those that are left more difficult to use. Shutdown options can be accessed from a number of places: From the Settings option on the Charms Bar By right clicking the Start Button and […]
Warning – following the instructions in this article could could seriously compromise the security of your PC, only use these instructions if you are sure of what you are doing. Windows 8 is the most secure version of Windows yet, and one of the things it forces people to do is to log in to […]
There aren’t many PC users who haven’t heard of ‘System Restore, but what is System Restore, and what does it do for me? System Restore is a feature of Windows that allows you to restore your computers critical system files to an earlier point in time, to help in the troubleshooting of problems, but crucially […]