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How can users check from commandline (!!!) if hibernation is currently on or off? When I search through the Internet then thousands of articles describe how to turn it e.g. on e.g. by powercfg -H on But what if I just want to let Win just show the current state WITHOUT to change it? Is there...

In case someone has similar issues, hope this helps. I had 3 sound related issues on my laptop after the upgrade to win 10 from 7. - The volume was so low I could hardly hear anything. - The mute light was always on, f11 worked to mute and unmute. - Beats audio disappeared. My HP DV7-4065dx...

These tips for the new Link Removed can help you #DoGreatThings with your Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, or Surface Book. The new Surface Pen changes the way you connect with your Surface. Write and draw naturally with precision ink on one end and an eraser on the other. Here are a few tips...

If you've yet to get your hands on the promised spacer for the Surface Pro 4 and have access to a 3D printer, you can make your own. read more Continue reading...

Link Removed Here’s our quick-and-easy guide to recording screenshots on your Surface or Surface Book. Whether it’s sharing a screen from a game, recording an image of your desktop, or snapping a photo of a Skype session, there are many reasons to take screenshots on your Surface...

Hi, I have already learnt to use (dir /b >direct.txt) in CMD prompt to copy all the file names in a folder to a txt file but was wondering if i'st possible to also get all the file details such as Year, Genre, Writer, Director, Contributing Artist & Comments etc. Regards Wyldbear

Since my upgrade to Windows 10240 from 8.1, file search (windows key + search string) returns no results. Rebuilt index from scratch. Not working. Any hint?

Easily adjust how much of your email you want synced on your Windows 10 devices when using the Mail App. read more Continue reading...

Turns out you can control the delivery of universal drivers from Windows Update on your Windows 10 systems. read more Continue reading...

Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharaj and I help walk you through troubleshooting solutions to your tech support problems. If you have a problem you want to send us, you can use the Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 (Link Removed for details on how) and send us the zip file...

Using special Windows 10 shell commands for Microsoft Edge, you can quickly open the new browser to specific sites and pages. read more Continue reading...

One of the major issues I and others have had is using Microsoft Edge on the internet. Yes its fast but noise on the net really get the best out of Edge. If you have not managed your host file, you seriously do not know Microsoft Edge. (Note, there will be an ad block for Edge eventually but...

Using shell commands in Windows 10, you can navigate directly to specific settings pages. read more Continue reading...

Windows 10 offers different styles of the onscreen keyboard, allowing you to choose the right one for the right moment. read more Continue reading...

For those of you who have SSDs, limited space, or just want to keep your user data on another drive or partition, I wanted to share the results of some experimentation as a followup to my own question on this subject. I know that there is another method of relocating the User Profiles to...

A tool from Microsoft allows you to hide potentially problematic Windows and driver updates from Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

Microsoft put in a feature that made the mouse get stuck on the corners between monitors in windows 8.1 and I could remove it in 8.1 by changing the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MouseCornerClipLength value from 6 to 0. My mouse was getting stuck in Windows 10 and I went...

How do you remove items from the start menu/all apps? Thanks for any help. I didn't find anything searching.

An updated DisplayLink driver is available for those with multiple monitor setups using Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

I figure, if done and presented correctly, it will take about 5 tutorials to answer 98% of any questions about Windows 10. Such things as how to make a Public Network a Private Network should be very popular. And it should not be much of a stretch to find other common questions. The ones...