The ability to allow external access to a device has been available for many years, but it was a feature you have to configure using the Control Panel. However, on Windows 10, the settings to enable remote access are now included in the Settings app. In this guide, you will learn the steps to enable Remote Desktop to manage a device or access your files and apps remotely using the Settings app as well as using Control Panel on Windows 10....

The stable version of Microsoft Edge already includes an option to enable “Tab Hover Cards,” but without a visual preview of the page. Starting with version 86, in the advanced settings page, the browser includes a new “Tab Hover Card Images” option that must be enabled alongwith the “Tab Hover Cards” option to turn on the experience. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable the tab hover cards with images in the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10....

This is a feature intended only for businesses who often work with custom-build images and with specific settings and security configurations. And in any way Microsoft is pushing Win To Go as a replacement for the everyday desktop or mobile device — It’s just an alternate work environment. For more information on how to create a Windows To Go drive, check out this previous article. One of the limitations of a “Windows To Go drive” is that by default the Windows Store is disabled, in other words you cannot install Windows Store apps (Metro style apps) in the portable workspace....

Although the operating system conserves backward compatibility for many applications, some legacy apps may still not work correctly on Windows 11, causing different problems. For instance, the app may experience crashes or freezes as you try to run it, conflict with File Explorer or another program, show rendering issues, or not open at all. While it’s best always to run new apps designed for Windows 11 (or Windows 10), if you come across problems, the “Compatibility Mode” feature lets you emulate different environments to allow the app to run normally....

However, starting with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is introducing a Xbox Networking feature in the Settings app to help to troubleshoot and fix any issues that may prevent you from using voice chat and playing multiplayer games with other users on Xbox Live. In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to use Xbox Networking to resolve issues with the Xbox Live experience when playing games on Windows 10....

The finding appeared at the XDA Developers Forum by user tamarasu, and it involves the modification of a registry key. So far, many people found that the tweak works and it is something easy to do. If you want to give it a try, here are the step-by-step: Instructions While in the Start screen, do search for regedit, right-click it and click or tap Run as administrator from the app command....

However, before you can start making calls with your Windows 10 PC, make sure that Bluetooth is enabled on both, computer and phone, Focus assist is disabled on Windows 10, and make sure that both devices are connected to the same network. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to configure the Your Phone app on your computer and phone to make and receive calls on Windows 10. How to make and receive calls with Your Phone app To make and receive calls on Windows 10, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you can start making and receiving phone calls from your Windows 10 device without the need to reach your phone....

In the past, you were able to manage these buttons from the Settings app, but starting with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, version 1903, you can add, remove, and rearrange buttons within Action Center, but it’s not very intuitive. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to manage the Quick Action buttons on Windows 10 version 1903. How to add, remove, arrange Quick Action buttons in Action Center To add or remove, or re-arrange the quick action buttons in Action Center, use these steps....

Tactics that haven’t been well received for many customers wanting to stay in their current version. Since Windows 10 released to the public, Windows 7 and Windows 8.x users have found that the upgrade files will download automatically on their computer, and other people found themselves practically forced to upgrade. While Microsoft now has documented the instructions to prevent eligible systems to upgrade to Windows 10 and stop the nagging by changing settings on the registry and using Group Policy....

Usually, tar files are more common with Ubuntu (other Linux distros) and macOS users for data archival and backups. However, Windows 10 users may also come across these files, which is a reason to have a way to extract their contents. Although you can use third-party apps (such as 7-Zip and PeaZip), these apps do not always work as expected with tarballs created on another platform, and they are slow to uncompress many files....

If you want to switch the current Firefox theme, it’s a pretty easy task. You just need to know where to look. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to switch to the light or dark theme on Firefox on Windows 10, but of course, these steps also work in other platforms. How to change themes on Firefox Alongside the light and dark theme, remember that you can also apply other custom-designed themes....

Chances are thin, but it could happen that during the linking process you mistakenly used an email address (Microsoft account) that you didn’t want to use to begin with or you’ll simply change your mind later. Then you will realize that you cannot remove the link between the two accounts. I asked Skype about this concerns and in response (@SkypeSupport) the company said: To my surprise short after the above response, Skype Support suggested that if you want to unlink the Skype account from the Windows Live ID, you could do it, but you have to contact the company’s support directly....

Skype for Business comes integrated into the suite of Office apps, which means that it’ll not appear as a choice to uninstall it from the Settings app or Control Panel. However, you can disable the app permanently to prevent Skype from opening at startup on Windows 10. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to uninstall Skype for Business by disabling it from launching automatically on Windows 10. How to disable Skype for Business on Windows 10 To uninstall (disable) Skype for Business, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the next time you restart your device, Skype for Business will no longer launch automatically and use system resources....

Now, if you already spent countless hours configuring your current system the way you want it and you have a lot to lose performing a clean install, I’ve composed this step-by-step comprehensive instructional tutorial on how to upgrade to Windows 8 from the current version of the operating system you might be running — I would also recommend you to check this previous article that goes through everything you need to do before proceeding with the installation....

This is a very welcome feature for users that have to share their computers with other friends or family members, and it will relief their bookmark bar from unpleasant links. This is how to sign in to Chrome with different user accounts Like always, Google is trying to make this new feature something simple. To switch between users or sign in with a new Google account, do the following:...

So that is pretty much all about it, if you want you can click Close when you don’t want them anymore or click Open in a new window, this will open another tab to the Gmail help site where you can find more details about every keyboard shortcut for Gmail and if you want you can print them out. Remember, if when you are trying Shift + ? doesn’t work, you may have Keyboard shortcuts feature disable in your Gmail settings....

Warning! You are about to delete all the data that resides in your hard drive. I would recommend you to make e a data backup in case things go wrong. The first thing that we need to do is to grab a copy of Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) the software will be in .ISO format (ISO or disc image is a replica of an optical disc in a file)....

Because Microsoft is making the band cross platform, we also have an app for Windows Phone, iOS, and Android. But now the company is also making available for download a version of the software for Windows, and like its traditional desktop applications, you can install it in Windows 8.x, Windows 7 SP1 or later, and in Windows 10, if you’re currently testing the Technical Preview. The company simply labeled the app “Microsoft Band Sync app for Windows” and describe it as “The Microsoft Band Sync app for Windows seamlessly syncs your Band to the cloud with the same account that you use from your phone companion app....

However, it’s does not mean that the work is over, we already know that Microsoft is working in the next version of the operating system codenamed “Redstone”, and it will be a more significant update than Threshold 2. Furthermore, in the latest cumulative update (KB3118754) that the company rolled out for Windows 10, we start to see that Microsoft is already preparing computers in the Windows Insider Program to receive the first Redstone build....

Work Assistant is currently a prototype app only available internally, and sources familiar to the project claim that the app is an attempt to integrate Cortana into Office on mobile and desktop devices running Windows 10. It’s also important to note that this could also be Microsoft’s Trojan horse to bring Cortana into iOS and Android in a near future, or at least a set of very basic features of the digital assistant....