Since Windows 8 Microsoft has preferred that you login to Windows using a Microsoft account. Being old-school and, I don’t use many Microsoft products, I would rather login using a local account, an account that just pertains to the computer. Setting up a local account in Windows 10and 11 on first boot can be problematic….
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Reset Your PC
It is a fact that the best way to improve your PC’s performance is to reinstall. There is no registry cleaner or any other voodoo magic that will do what a reinstall will do. This is especially true when you test and experiment with software as I do. There is no way around it, a…
Advanced Google Tips
Everyday we depend on Google to organize the world’s information. In most situation you can put in any term and the search-engine will find it. This might be called the shotgun method. You get results for all of the words in the quire. That said, Google is not a human and can doesn’t understand context,…
Finding Hidden Startup Programs in Windows
The best way to speed up your computer is to prevent programs and services from starting up when Windows starts. The problem, there are many places to find and stop programs from starting up with Windows. The first thing to check is “Startup Apps”. In Windows 10 and 11 hit the “Windows key” and type…
Hidden Windows Features
There are a lot of useful features in Windows 10 that you may not know exist like: Secret Start Menu – If you right-click the Windows Start icon in the low right corner of you screen you will see a menu giving you access right-away to many of the tools may want to access. Storage…
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
If you’re like me and you like to keep your hands on or near the keyboard, instead of reaching for the mouse every 5 second, you could use a keyboard shortcut. Using shortcuts can make your workflow easier and faster. These shortcuts (also call hotkeys) are specific to Windows 10 and 11. There are many…
All About Task Manager
You may have opened the “Task Manager” from time to time to stop an application that has crashed or watch the “Process Monitor”, but the task Manager does many wonderful thing that you may not know about… Usually you start the Task Manager by doing “control, alt, delete (or del) on the keyboard and clicking…
What is Godmode?
The Windows Master Control Panel shortcut, also called Windows God Mode is an all tasks folder. It is a shortcut to access various control settings in Windows Vista and later operating systems, including Windows 10. By creating a folder with a certain name, users have access to all of the operating system’s control panels from…
Make Your Internet QUIC
QUIC is an experimental transport layer network protocol initially designed, implemented, and deployed by Google in 2012. QUIC’s main goal is to improve perceived performance of connection-oriented web applications that are currently using TCP How to Deploying QUIC On Chrome To deploy deploy QUIC on your Chrome web-browser open Chrome and type chrome://flags in the…
Wireless Router Security Tips
Routers instantly provide stronger security for your network but wireless is a whole new deal. Wireless transmission instantly opens your network to all kinds of trouble. Here are tips to help you secure your it. Change your routers administrator name. Change the admin password. Change the network name or SSID from the default to something…
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