Quickly create new emails, appointments and more by right clicking the outlook icon on the taskbar, a menu will popup showing the options. A handy feature if you want to send something but don’t want the whole outlook window to take over the screen.
The days of using Windows Key + L are over. With the latest windows 10 update (Dubbed the Creator’s Update), you can pair your phone to your PC with Bluetooth, and it will auto lock your system when you step away from it. To enable it, navigate to Control Panel > Hardware & Sound >… Continue Reading Dynamic Lock
This is an Easter Egg in windows, that brings up a menu with pretty much any common task or setting you’ll need to change on your system. Simply create a new folder, and name it GodMode. {ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}. Double click on it to open the menu.
Regular backups of your data are a great start but have you ever wondered what would happen if your server failed? What would you do with your backup if your server wasn’t available to restore the backup to? You could be down for days or even weeks while you find a replacement. The cost of… Continue Reading I take a backup of my server every day….Is that all I need?
Since there is no native full screen option for Edge (F11 does not work) you can use the following key combination to go full screen Win + Shift + Enter. This will make the browser full screen. Doing the same will return to standard screen.
Many programs have tray icons that will change when they need your attention. By default windows hides most of these to free up the taskbar. You can change this by right clicking the taskbar > Properties > Customize (under notification area). There is an option to always show all the icons, or you can change… Continue Reading Always show all icons
Windows 10 comes with live tiles in the start menu. If you’re used to windows 7, or prefer a simpler start menu, you can turn these off easily. Just right click on each tile and click “Turn live tile off”, or “Unpin from Start”. You can then resize the start menu once you have removed… Continue Reading Remove Live Tiles
To access the Task Manager (where hanging programs can be terminated) directly, use CTRL-SHIFT-ESC. This can be crucial when the computer is struggling to even bring up the ALT-CTRL-DEL menu through which Task Manager is normally accessed.
Holding the SHIFT key while right-clicking brings up the advanced menu, with options such as “Run as User” (a specific user, as opposed to “Run as Administrator”) and “Open command menu here”.
If you have a piece of software you frequently use, but don’t want to take your hands off the keyboard and search for it with the mouse, you can assign a custom shortcut key combination to launch it. Just open the properties of the program, and pick a combination. For example; CTRL + ALT +… Continue Reading Create Keyboard Shortcuts
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