The size of icons on your desktop may not concern you until it becomes uncomfortable; too small to look at or too big to fit into your screen. The desktop of a multi-tasking techie is usually full of icons of different apps, folders and files. Perhaps, these icons may occupy the whole screen and make it look messy and congested. In some other scenario, a user might feel a strain on the eyes … [Read more...]

Windows 10 provides a number of classy and stylish fonts to create an attractive document. Well, if you're not satisfied with the pre-installed ones, you can install new fonts of your choice. So many fonts, fancy as well as decent, are available on the web which can be easily downloaded to your system. But just downloading won't serve enough. To use the new downloaded fonts, you need to add … [Read more...]

It has become quite important nowadays to lock the screen of the computer keep the data safe and secure. To make sure that no one can enter your computer without your permission, you must lock the screen of your system, be it a desktop or a laptop. Here is an article providing a few simple methods to lock screen manually in Windows 10. Steps to Lock screen in Windows 10 Method 1: Keyboard … [Read more...]

OneDrive is a product of Microsoft which provides cloud storage up to certain GB's to every Microsoft account holder for free. You can store any type of data on OneDrive including images, text files, excel sheets, videos etc. In Windows 10, OneDrive is the default option to save your data whose folder appears in the File Explorer. The files saved on OneDrive can also be accessed by the user … [Read more...]

Safe mode is a mode of operation in which you can boot your operating system with only the most necessary and mandatory programs. This lets you troubleshoot the system in case of a crash or boot failure. It is important to understand that Safe mode is dedicated to the purpose of troubleshooting, safeguarding and supporting the operating system, and not for starting or booting the system. A … [Read more...]

Microsoft has created a very powerful tool for the computers running on Windows Operating System. This tool is called Command Prompt, or Windows Command Processor on an official note. As the name suggests, Command Prompt deals with a set of valid commands to manage the files on your computer. You can also run your system through the command prompt, although it would be a troublesome task. It … [Read more...]

Control panel is simply a panel for controlling the system settings which allows you to view and adjust your computer's configuration and administration. Technically, the control panel consists of multiple control panel applets, each dedicated to a particular area of setting. With the control panel, you can configure your computer's settings including devices, accounts, date & time, … [Read more...]

Temporary files are those file which last for only a fixed period of time. They are created by the currently running programs or applications for the purpose of maintaining a backup of the data. This backup is stored in non-permanent files called temporary or temp files. In case of a System crash, the function performed by an application gets aborted abruptly and it may lose all the progress. … [Read more...]

The taskbar is a movable bar usually present at the bottom of the desktop. This bar contains the Start button at left corner, whereas, the right corner of the bar holds date & time, volume control etc. Along with this, the taskbar contains the icons for the active programs, enabling the quick access and switching between the simultaneously running programs. By default, the taskbar is always … [Read more...]

To maintain the performance of your system and keep it up to date, it is important to remove the apps and programs from the system which are outdated or no longer in use. It is possible that a program or an app starts behaving in an improper manner because of some technical issues. Then you must remove that particular program so that it does not hamper the overall performance of the … [Read more...]