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Tips, tricks and how-to’s on performance and productivity for Windows 10
Some Office 2019 users experience a new yellow-colored warning stating “Get Genuine Office you may be a victim of software counterfeiting. Avoid security risks and get genuine office now“ The message may also appear in Office 2016 and Office 365. Even if you have paid for the Office license, and you believe your license is …
Changing the default Search Engine in Edge is one of the first things I do after a clean Windows 10 installation. The search engine is set to Bing by default.I don’t know about the experiences in the US, but in Europe the Bing search engine invariably puts the worst results at the top. Google is …
Windows 10 supports multiple power states. The most common sleep states are Sleep and Off (Shut down). Power states are defined in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specifications by the UEFI Forum. There are 6 power states, referred to as S0 (fully operational, turned on) through S5 (powered off, no power consumption). Depending …
How annoying it is that Edge continuously opens PDF files in the browser. I can’t prevent Edge from opening PDF files in its browser window. Even if I change the default file type association from Edge to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. I researched this further and found a way to open PDF files with Adobe …
The Recycle Bin is your way out if you’ve accidentally thrown away an important file in Windows 10. But without emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows 10 on a regular basis, it can take up a lot of space on your hard disk. There are multiple ways to empty the Recycle Bin in Windows 10. …