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Fred Langa has been helping solve readers' Windows-related questions on Windows Secrets for years. We've been running selected reader Q&A items this year, and have rounded up some of the most useful ones about how to live as a Windows 7 or Windows 8 user in a Windows 10 world. read more...

In the first of a weeklong series of Surface tips, we show how to seamlessly transition your Surface Book from laptop to clipboard or creative canvas. As we’ve noted before, the Link Removed has many uses: a high-performance laptop for superior productivity, a creative canvas to complement...

I have tried unsuccessfully to use the Windows 7 Search (and advanced search) facility to list music files. What I want is to list MP3 and FLAC files with the same filename on the same search results. I can of course see each type with separate searches but not both together. Hope someone can...

OneNote makes your paper notebooks, index cards, and sticky notes obsolete, taming the “paper jungle” and raising your note taking to a whole new level. Microsoft OneNote 2016 makes taking notes a paperless activity, helping you become more organized, more productive, and more persuasive with...

A new tool to help with configuring Windows 10's privacy settings is a wolf in disguise. read more Continue reading...

By default, the Mail app in Windows 10 is set to "learn" your email habits and adjust Inbox sync to match. You may not want this. read more Continue reading...

Windows 10's new Start Screen is completely customizable, but will take some time to give it some personal organization. read more Continue reading...

Set up your four default Quick Action buttons in the Windows 10 Action Center for easy access to your most used settings/actions. read more Continue reading...

This is the max size. Is there any way to make them larger?

In the right bottom corner is the windows 10 icon. I want to hide that. (It looks too much like thunderbirds you-got-mail-icon, which is driving me crazy!) :confused: Obviously I tried this method: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-hide-the-get-windows-10-icon-from-your-taskbar-1708536452 which...

Hi, I am having difficulty in organizing a set of folders that I have created they have as their title the date which is in the following uk format dd/mmm/yyyy when I try and organize these folders so they appear in the correct date order i find that they are getting mixed up, can anyone help...

Users may not be aware of it, but you can customise the Start icon right click menu. This is not a tutorial, as such, but, for information of users who like to play with these thongs. ths Power menu is situated at: C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX You can add or delete...

There are some things w/in Windows 8.1 of which you may not be aware but, should be. 1. Bottom-Left Corner... There is now a Windows logo button on the Taskbar. This acts much the same as the Windows key on the keyboard. Hitting it will give the Start screen & one can toggle back & forth w/...

Don't know if this has been posted before. I received this email today and want to share with win 8.1 users. Read this......

Just was wondering if people realise that if you set the cursor on the Ribbon in a File Explorer window and use the scroll wheel one can cycle through the Ribbon tabs. This, of course, holds true in Windows 8.1, as well. Cheers, Drew .1 Above note written in Windows 8.1

I am wondering how to REALLY block popup messages. I keep getting popup messages, which are really friggin' annoying. I've downloaded and installed several popup blockers, but nothing seems to stop these damn things from popping up all the time. This is a Windows7 issue. Is there anything...

Hi I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird for my e-mail client. I'm annoyed by getting all the duplicate Link-back posts (some going clear back to 2010) mixed in with all my other stuff. While trying to figure out if there was some way to block them, I found that I can make a folder in my inbox...

From some of what one reads it seems some people are looking for an antidote to the Windows 8 Start screen & its Tiles and ways to avoid Store APPs. Appears they are looking for silver bullets to slay the dragon. Fear not good Folks... it can all be not the bane of your existence through one...

I finally figured out how to add a website to my "Favorites", but now I can't figure out how to find them again. Any suggestions?

1. Make Desktop the Top-Left tile & when you boot & come to the Start screen, hit ENTER. You'll go straight to Desktop OR 1. Have the Desktop tile wherever & when you boot & come to the Start screen, click on the Desktop tile. You go straight to Desktop 2. Have an Applications folder on the...