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 ..
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Windows 10
Windows 10 has been around since 2015. It replaced the unpopular Windows 8. Since then it’s grown and got better and better.
There is just so much that you can with a computer and Windows 10 can make it happen.
Step by step guides to get you moving on your computer.
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.
Preinstalled Apps In Windows 10 & 11 Read More »
How To install programs on your computer without installing junkware, malware etc. Many free programs come bundled with extra software that you really shouldn’t have on your PC.
How To Install Programs Without The Junkware. Read More »
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..
How To Uninstall Programs In Windows 10 And 11. Read More »
Windows User Accounts. Microsoft, Local, Administrator and Standard accounts. What are they? How do you set them up? Beginners guide to Windows accounts.
Explaining The Different Windows User Accounts. Read More »
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 Show Thumbnails Of Images Read More »
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.
How To Zip And Unzip Files On A Windows PC. Read More »
How to use 7-Zip to compress/decompress files. Password protect and encrypt files, split files create self extracting archives.
How To Use 7-Zip To Password Protect Files. Read More »
How to set up the Windows Mail app in Windows 10 & 11. The mail app is s simple email client that you can use to collect your email messages..
How To Setup Your Email Accounts In Outlook For Windows App. Read More »
Windows System Image doesn’t allow you store multiple backups on a single drive. But there is a quick and easy fix that anyone can do to..
How To Store Multiple Windows System Images On A Single Drive. Read More »
How to reset a Windows 10 PC. When your computer isn’t running well, you can use the built in reset function to reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 10.
How To Reset Windows 10. Read More »
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 Create Windows 10 Installation Media. Read More »
Enable Windows reputation-based protection. Block unwanted programs from installing on your computer. Window Security settings to stop…
Enable Reputation Based Protection In Windows 10 And 11. Read More »
How to set up a home network in Windows 10 & 11. Browse, edit, transfer files & folders between computers on your home network.
5 Steps to Setup a Home Network in Windows 10 and 11. Read More »
How to burn a music (audio) CD in Windows 10 & Windows 11. Easily create music CDs that can be played in most standalone CD players.
How To Burn A Music CD In Windows 10 And 11 In 2025. Read More »
How to burn a data CD or DVD in Windows 10 and 11. You don’t need to install any software, Windows can already write data to your CDs/DVDs
How To Burn Files To CD Or DVD In Windows 10 And 11. Read More »
How to install the old version of Windows Media Player (WMP) on Windows 10 & Windows 11. Some versions of Windows ship without WMP installed
How To Install Windows Media Player Legacy Read More »
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 Make A Window Always Stay On Top Of Other Windows. Read More »
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..
How To Use The Windows Send To Menu. Read More »
How to enable the F8 key to boot into Safe Mode in Windows 10 & 11. Tapping the F8 key doesn’t work in Windows 10 & 11, but you can re-enable it using Command Prompt
How To Enable The F8 Key In Windows 10 And 11. Read More »
How do you open a file in a different program or app? Normally a particular type of file will open in the default program. But sometimes..
How To Open A File In A Different Program Or App. Read More »
How to backup and restore the Windows registry. Step by step guide. The Windows registry is critical to the health of your computer..
How To Backup The Windows Registry. Read More »
How to uninstall any antivirus program that won’t uninstall properly. Removal tool guides for Avast, AVG, McAfee and Norton.
How To Uninstall Antivirus Programs That Won’t Uninstall. Read More »
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.
The Windows Recycle Bin Icon Is Missing. Read More »
The Windows Mail app is a basic but perfectly usable email client. It’s already installed on Windows 10 & 11. Step by step guide to how to use it.
How To Use The Outlook For Windows App. Read More »
How to Email attach a folder to an email. If you’ve got a several files to to send with an email, wouldn’t it be good if you could send them in a folder.
How To Email A Folder Read More »
How to set the Start page & Home page in Edge. Show the Home button and also remove the sidebar. Step by step guide that anyone can follow.
How To Setup Microsoft Edge Read More »
How to set up the Google Chrome web browser. Set your Start page, Home page, Search engine, and use Bookmarks. Step by step guide.
How to Setup Google Chrome. Read More »
What’s the difference between using Save and Save As. It is confusing because sometimes they do the same thing. Then at other times they…
The Difference Between Save And Save As Read More »
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.
How To Delete A Windows User Account From A Windows 10 Or 11 Computer Read More »
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 Screenshot A Computer Screen. Read More »
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 Tag Photos In Windows. Read More »
What is a hard drive partition? Every storage device needs to have at least one partition in order to store data. In this beginners guide ..
What Are Drive Partitions Read More »
How does a PC store data? We know it’s something to do with ones and zeros, hard drives and binary, But how exactly does it all work?
How Does A Computer Store Data? Read More »
Common sense guide to Anti-Virus software. Beginners computer course. What should you install? Can you get it for free? Is it any good?
About Anti Virus Software Read More »
How to use Microsoft Windows Security Antivirus. Scan your computer for malware and set up ransomware protection.
How To Use Microsoft Windows Security Anti-Virus. Read More »
How to update both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Step by step guide to keeping your computer running smoothly and securely.
How To Update Windows. Read More »
What is a computer backup? Well there’s different types of backups but essentially it’s just making a copy. A copy of some files…
Types Of Computer Backup Read More »
How to use the File History backup tool in Windows 10 & Windows 11. The File History service in Windows backups up your files to an external
Windows File History. Read More »
How to use System Restore in both Windows 10 & 11. You can use system restore to return your computer to an earlier point in time…
System Restore In Windows 10 And Windows 11. Read More »
How to create a Windows system image backup. Windows 10 & 11. Backup your entire computer to an external hard disk. Step by step guide..
Windows 10 System Image Backup. Read More »
How to create a Windows recovery drive. Create a bootable USB drive to repair your Windows 10 & Windows 11 computer.
How To Create A Windows USB Recovery Drive. Read More »
What are Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes and Terabytes? Quick conversion table to show how many are in each? What about bits & bytes? Where do they fit in?
What Are Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes And Terabytes? Read More »
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 Remove Windows Password. Read More »
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…
How To Change The Date And Time On A PC. Read More »
MP3 audio CDs can hold over 100 tracks. Perfect for those long car journeys. They play forever. Step by step guide. How to burn your MP3 CD
How To Make An MP3 CD Read More »
How to copy, or rip, an audio CD to your computer. Easily backup your collection of music CDs to protect them from accidental damage.
How To Copy A Music CD to Your Computer Read More »
Windows Media Player is a perfectly capable music player that’s already installed on most Windows 10 PCs. Beginners guide to playing music ..
How To Use Windows Media Player (Legacy) On Windows 10 And Windows 11 Read More »
How to convert your old WMA (Windows Media Audio) files into MP3 files. Easy to follow, step by step guide
How To Convert WMA To MP3 Read More »
How to use Google Drive cloud storage to backup your files. Google allows 15 GB of free space to store files & folders. Why not use it…
How To Use Google Drive Online. Read More »
How to restore your files from a Windows Backup. So you’ve made your backups, now you’ve lost a file, how do you get it back? First we…
How To Restore Files From A Windows Backup Image. Read More »
How to remove DRM copy protection from your old WMA music files. If you can’t play, burn or convert WMA files, it could be that they’re copy protected.
How To Remove DRM From WMA Audio Files. Read More »
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..
File Explorer Is Missing From Taskbar. Read More »
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