Windows 10 comes as free upgrade from Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 but also as standalone version that you can purchase online. If you choose option to upgrade your current Windows to Windows 10, it will retain the old operating system and all data, and put everything in so called “Windows.old” folder which will be created […]
This article explains how to add My Computer icon to the Desktop in Windows 10. Unlike the previous versions, this icon is not present on the Desktop by default. Actually, the name of this icon is not “My Computer“, but “This PC” instead. Right click on the Desktop and choose Personalize: Next, go to the […]
After you install Windows 7, you may notice that it comes with already pre-pinned programs in the Taskbar such as: Windows Media Player, Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer. Good thing is that this list is not final and you can modify it according to your personal needs and pin whichever program you want. Here is […]
Brief introduction to the SkyDrive cloud storage For everyone who owns Microsoft account, the company gives 7 GB of its cloud storage for free, although there was a time-limited promotion in the past when the lucky ones were able to claim their free 25 GB for life! Microsoft, as other vendors who do business with […]
If you are new to Windows 8 and you would want to add more than one input language for writing, then it may be a little bit complicated for you to figure it out how to do that right away. This guide will help you how to easily find Control Panel, and where to look for […]
For email heavy users, this problem is obvious. We may mistype the email address of the person we want to send an email to, and the email message instead of ending up in a right mailbox it either finish its journey as undeliverable message or even worse in a wrong mailbox. As the matter of […]
If you have at least once installed Windows 8 Pro or Windows 7 Pro, during the installation process you probably noticed that there was no question about Administrator account neither setting the password. Setup manager only requires only one custom username that will automatically become a member of local Administrators group. But, over the course […]
Problem of temporary folders and files that might be forgotten over a long period of time The inspiration for this article is recent call I’ve received from my friend who asked me for help because the amount of available free space on C:\ drive on his laptop was below 100 MB. He also told me that computer […]
If you have, let’s say Windows 7 as your primary OS and you install Windows 8 as a second OS, then MBR will get updated and first boot priority will be given to the last installed OS – in this case to Windows 8. MBR which stands for “Master Boot Record” is kind of boot […]
After reviewing the options regards to upgrading your existing OS to Windows 8 Pro it will be interesting to know how to keep your current OS and install Windows 8 as a second operating system (also known as dual boot method). For some reasons you may want to keep your existing OS untouched and to […]
