Windows Guides

How to install Windows 11. Home & Pro editions. Microsoft account or Local account. Complete walkthrough guide from start to finish. Tips and advice along the way.

How to install Windows 10 on your PC. Complete step by step guide. Windows 10 Home and Pro versions. Microsoft account or Local account. Tips and tricks and advice.

Switch from a Microsoft account to a local account when signing in to your Windows computer. Local accounts offer more privacy and control over your personal data.

What to do when you forget your computer password. If you’re using a Microsoft account, getting back into your computer without the password is not going to be easy.

Reset your Windows password. Get back in to your computer when you’ve forgotten the password. No loss of data, all your files & folders will be exactly where you left them.

How to install Windows without having to sign in to a Microsoft account. Two quick and easy methods to setup Windows 10 & 11 with a local account instead of a MS account.

How to add a new Windows user account to your computer. You can create new user account with or without a Microsoft account.

DISM.exe is a command line utility that can repair your Windows image. When System File Checker (SFC) fails, it’s time to roll out DISM.

Use the Windows System File Checker to check and repair damaged operating system files. If your computer is having issues, then SFC can often

CHKDSK (or Check Disk) is a tool built into all Windows versions that you can use to fix problems with your hard disk. It’s easy to use…

How to boot your Windows PC to a USB drive. It’s not that easy to get your PC to boot directly to a USB drive these days. I’ll show you how

How to do a clean install of Windows 10 or 11 from a USB drive. Install with a MS account or Local account. Easy to follow step by step guide

How to uninstall programs and apps that won’t uninstall properly. Remove stubborn out of date, broken or no longer used programs.

Computer Keyboard and Mouse Basics. How to adjust the double click speed of your mouse, change the pointer size and note important keys on..

Make your computer screen easier to see and read by adjusting the scale and text size. It’s quick to do and makes using a PC much easier.

How to setup your Windows 10/11 Start menu. Make the Start menu quicker and easier to use by setting it up to work better for you.

How to arrange your Windows 10 and Windows 11 taskbar. Step by step guide to organising the taskbar to make it work for you. Remove unwanted

How to arrange/organise your Windows desktop icons. Icons tend to get splattered all over your desktop making them difficult to find…

How to resize, move, minimise, maximise a program/app window. It’s incredibly easy to do once you get the hang of it. Beginner’s PC course

Windows File Explorer (sometimes called Windows Explorer or simply Explorer), is the central hub of all your files, folders and drives on your computer. It’s the way in which you find your way around the labyrinth that is a modern computer.

How to a create folder in Windows 10 and 11. Create, Name, Rename & Delete. free beginners course to using your computer.

How to save a file on your PC. Beginners guide to saving files on a PC. Save into a folder or subfolder. Step by step tutorial.

How to open files from within a program. Once you’ve got a program loaded up, you’ll want to open an existing file. So we’ll…

How to Copy & Paste files and folders in both Windows 10 and Windows 11.A must have skill. Free Beginners Computer Course for everyone..

Cut and Paste is a quick and easy way of moving files and folders from one location on your computer to another.

How to copy and paste text. Single word, line, paragraph or a whole page. Copy and paste text from emails, documents, web pages. Let’s go..

Knowing how to select multiple files and/or folders at the same time is just one of those things that you’ll be glad you took the time to learn.

The Windows Recycle Bin. What is it for? How do you use it? Windows 10 & Windows 11 both make use of the Recycle Bin, which has been ..

Windows 10 & 11 have many apps and programs preinstalled and ready to use. In this guide we’ll look at the better ones and what they are for.

How To install programs on your computer. Step by step guide to installing software and avoiding junkware. Always use the custom install option.

How to uninstall programs or apps in Windows 10 & 11. Easy to follow, step by step guide to removing old or unused programs from your PC..

Windows User Accounts. Microsoft, Local, Administrator and Standard accounts. What are they? How do you set them up? Beginners guide to Windows accounts.

Show thumbnails of your images (pictures) instead of file names when you open a folder. Your computer will often show you the file names…

How to zip & unzip files & folders in Windows. You don’t need any special software, Windows can handle it for you. Most files that you’ll download from the Internet will be zipped.

Windows 10 & 11 have a feature called Reset This PC which enables you to effectively return the computer to its original factory settings.

How to create a bootable Windows 11 USB drive. If you’re going to run a clean install of Windows 11, you’ll need to download either the ISO

How to create Windows 10 installation media. Create a bootable USB flash to clean install Windows 10 onto your PC. Step by step guide..

How to make a window always stay on top of other windows. Windows 10 and 11. Sometimes you just want the current program window to stay on..

How to restore the right click context menu to Windows 11. Step by step guide to getting the old options menu back on your Windows 11 PC.

How to use the Send To menu in Windows 10 & Windows 11. How to add and remove items on the menu. The Send To menu has been around for many..

The Recycle Bin is missing from Windows 10 or Windows 11 Desktop. Easy step by step guide to restoring the Recycle Bin in Windows 10 & 11.

How to delete user accounts in Windows 10 & Windows 11. Step by step guide to removing unused, old or abandoned user accounts from your PC.

Just how do you take a screenshot on a computer? Every now and then it’s just the easiest way of recording the information on our screens…

How to tag your photos in Windows 10. If you’ve got hundreds of photos on your PC, then tagging them will help you to find them Easy to do..

How to update both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Step by step guide to keeping your computer running smoothly and securely.

How to remove the Windows password from your computer. Fed up with having to enter a password every time you start your computer?

How to manually set the time and date on your Windows 10 computer. Sometimes they just don’t know what day it is. Right click on the clock…

File Explorer often goes missing from your Taskbar. It’s such a useful link that we’ll need to replace it. Click the Start button..