How to Create an Internet Shortcut in Windows 10
When there is a website that you visit a lot, you often want to do something to make it easy to access. This could involve …
Microsoft Windows How-To Guides
Tutorials and articles to help you make changes in Microsoft Windows operating systems like Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.
Not sure where to start? Check out our featured Microsoft Windows guides below:
- How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows – if you aren’t sure what the password is for your wireless network, this guide can help you find it.
- How to Create a Zip File in Windows – Microsoft Windows has a default tool that you can use to zip files, which we show you how to use in this article.
- How to Change Your Printer from Offline to Online in Windows – find out how to fix a printer that won’t print because it is showing as offline.
How to Enable Windows Explorer Dark Theme in Windows 10
Windows 10 has long offered the ability for users to change the way that the operating system appears. Sometimes this is done by adjusting some …
How to Turn Off Focus Assist Windows 10 Settings
if you’ve been seeing some of your notifications and wondered why, then you may be wondering what is Focus Assist? More specifically, you may be …
Quick Way to Uninstall an App in Windows 10
If you’ve been using Windows operating systems for a while, then you are likely familiar with the traditional way of uninstalling a program. You open …
How to Run the Google Chrome Malware Checker in Windows 10
Google Chrome might have a simple interface, but there is a lot that you can customize when you start exploring all of its various settings. …
How to Turn on the Magnifier in Windows 10
Your Windows 10 computer has a feature that can automatically zoom everything on the screen by a certain percentage. This is useful when you are …
How to Add or Remove the Mouse Trail in Windows 10
There are a lot of settings that you can customize for your mouse in Windows 10. Whether you want to change the color of the …
Where is the Control Panel in Windows 10?
If you have been a Windows user for a while, then you likely became familiar with the Control Panel, which is where you would go …
How to Enable High Contrast Mode in Windows 10
Do you have trouble reading text and looking at images on your computer because all of the colors seem to blend into one another? This …
How to Only Allow Apps from the Microsoft Store in Windows 10
One of the more dangerous things you can do on your computer is to install an app from an unknown place. Unknown apps could have …
How to Personalize Start Folders in Windows 10
When you click the Start menu at the bottom-left corner of your screen in Windows 10 you are able to access almost everything on your …
What Does Task View Do in Windows 10?
The taskbar at the bottom of your Windows 10 screen provides access to a number of different apps and features that can improve your experience …
How to Enable iTunes Sharing in Windows 10
Do you have a lot of other devices on your home network that you would like to use to play your iTunes library? While copying …
How to Update Other Microsoft Products in Windows 10 When You Update Windows
Your Windows 10 computer may also have other Microsoft products installed on it, too. These applications, much like the ones that you might also have …
How to Keep the Screen from Turning Off on a Windows 10 Laptop
Preserving the battery on a laptop is an important element of using one when you are in a situation where you aren’t able to charge …
How to Remove the Numbers from Taskbar Icons in Windows 10
The icons in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen on your Windows 10 computer provide quick access to your programs. By simply clicking …
How to View Pictures as a Slideshow in Windows 10
Do you have a number of pictures in a folder on your Windows 10 computer, and you’d like to view them all as a slideshow? …
What is the Address Thing at the Bottom of the Screen in Windows 10?
Do you see the word “Address” with a search field after it at the bottom of the screen, and you don’t know what it is? …
How to Wirelessly Connect to Another Display in Windows 10
Connecting from a laptop to a TV has long been possible with the help of things like HDMI and VGA. Simply connect the appropriate cables …
How to Disable Cortana on the Lock Screen in Windows 10
The Cortana feature on your Windows 10 computer allows you to speak into your computer’s microphone and perform certain actions without even typing or clicking …
How to Enable the On Screen Keyboard in Windows 10
Windows 10 has a lot of useful settings and features like the snipping tool that allows you to capture pictures of your screen. Some of …
How to Set the Time Zone Automatically in Windows 10
Your Windows 10 computer is able to perform certain actions and change certain settings based on your location. However, in order to do that, it …
How to Enable Dark Mode in Windows 10
Dark mode settings have become popular choices for programs like YouTube and Twitter, as the switch from a bright white background to a black or …
How to Change Camera Permissions for Apps in Windows 10
Many of the apps and websites that you visit might want to send you notifications or gain access to your contacts. Often these requests are …
How to Add Most Used in Windows 10 to the Start Screen
If you’ve used someone else’s computer and they had all of their favorite programs in one spot on their Start menu, then you may be …
How to Change Mouse Pointer Speed in Windows 10
You can change your mouse pointer speed by going to the Mouse settings menu, selecting Additional mouse settings, choosing the Pointer Options tab, then dragging …
How to Turn Off the Touchpad When a Mouse is Connected in Windows 10
When you connect a mouse to a laptop that has a touchpad, you will typically have two active pointer devices. It’s possible that you are …
How to Switch to Portrait Orientation in Windows 7
In a traditional setup, your monitor is displayed in the landscape orientation, where the bottom and top edges of the screen are longer than the …
Where Did My Desktop Icons Go in Windows 7?
Are you accustomed to navigating your computer and its files largely from the desktop? This is a convenient location where you may save your important …
How to Make the Taskbar Smaller in Windows 10
The horizontal bar at the bottom of your screen provides you with access to some of the most commonly used applications on the computer, as …
How to Lock the Screen After Inactivity in Windows 7
Locking your computer when you are away from it is an effective way to make sure that others can’t use it without knowing your password. …
How to Enable Storage Sense in Windows 10
While hard drives have gotten bigger and cheaper over time, we can still run into issues where we run low on storage. Eventually, this means …
How to Uninstall a Program in Windows 10
Over time with your Windows 10 computer, you may have tried some new programs to see if they gave you the functionality that you needed. …
How to Add Another Column in Windows 10 File Explorer
When you open File Explorer in Windows 10 in the Details view, you see some basic information like the filename, Date modifed, and Type. For …
How to Show Firefox Tab Previews in the Windows Taskbar
The Windows taskbar at the bottom of your computer screen shows some icons that you can click to open certain programs. It will also show …
How to Hide File Extensions in Windows 7
File names are very important when you are browsing your computer and looking for something in particular. When you couple this with some shortcuts to …
How to Stop HTML Files from Opening in Notepad in Windows 7
There are a number of different file types that you can view in Web browsers, and different websites employ different file types based on the …
How to Display a Keyboard on the Screen in Windows 7
If you ever encounter a broken keyboard, then you might think that you are out of options for entering letters, numbers, or symbols into programs …
How to Allow Pop Ups in Firefox – Windows 7
Pop ups can actually be an important part of a website’s content, despite the almost entirely negative connotation that the term has developed over the …
How to Add a Font in Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Paint has a text tool that you can use to write words and numbers on your images. But what if you have a fun …
How to Delete All Stored Passwords in Internet Explorer in Windows 7
Storing passwords for your favorite websites in your Web browser is a convenient feature that can save you some hassle on your personal computer. But …
How to Enable Automatic Updates for Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player is a program that is used by a lot of websites to display feature-rich content. But it is not included by default …
How to Show the Navigation Pane in Windows 7
Windows Explorer is the application on your Windows 7 computer that you probably use to browse through your folders and files. The Windows Explorer display …
How to Move the Taskbar to the Side of the Screen in Windows 7
The taskbar in Windows 7 is a crucial element in how you interact with the computer. It contains the Start button that provides access to …
How to Remove a Program from the Taskbar in Windows 7
The taskbar is the bar at the bottom of the screen in Windows 7 (or possibly the side or top if you have adjusted the …
Do I have 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7?
Windows 7 comes in a variety of different versions, and each version is appropriate for different types of users. And while the choice of versions …
How to Zip a Powerpoint 2010 File
Many Powerpoint files can become very large, especially if you have included a lot of media such as pictures, audio, or video. If a Powerpoint presentation …
Windows 7 Screen Upside Down – How to Fix It
Have you ever walked away from your computer screen, only to come back and find that everything was upside down? This can happen either as …
How to Make Spotify Not Open on Startup in Windows 7
Music programs like iTunes and Spotify are popular options for managing and listening to music on your computer. But, like many programs that you install …
Where is the Recycle Bin in Windows 7?
The Trash Can or Recycle Bin icon in Windows has been a part of desktop computer layouts for years. Deleted items went there, and you could …
How to Open a JPG With Photoshop By Default in Windows 7
You likely have a lot of programs on your computer that are able to view .jpg files. If you are just looking at them, then …
How to Get Windows Explorer in the Windows 7 Taskbar
There are a lot of different ways to navigate through Windows 7, but one of the ones that I use the most is simply clicking …
How to Set a Password for Your User Account in Windows 7
Are there other people in your house or office that you do not want to be able to use your computer? One simple way to …
How to Delete Everything on a USB Flash Drive
Is your USB flash drive becoming very full, and you need to use it to store or transport other files? The solution to this problem …
How to Format a USB Flash Drive to FAT32 in Windows 7
USB flash drives can be used with electronic devices other than your computer. Some set-top streaming boxes and video game consoles can read and store …
How to Show the Recycle Bin in Windows 8
You may want to learn how to show the recycle bin in Windows 8 if you are used to having it there from earlier versions …
How to Restore Hidden Desktop Icons in Windows 7
You may wonder how to restore hidden desktop icons in Windows 7 if someone else has hidden them as a prank, or if you accidentally …
Where is My Windows 7 Taskbar?
The Windows 7 taskbar provides an easy place to access your running programs, your Start button, and any quick launch icons that you may have …
How to Change the Desktop Background in Windows 8
One of the most common ways that people choose to customize their computers is with a different Desktop background. This option is still available in …
How to Change the Desktop Picture in Windows 7
The desktop on your Windows 7 computer is the first thing that you see after you log into Windows, and it is one of the …
How to Remove the App Store Icon from the Windows 8 Taskbar
The taskbar at the bottom of your screen in Windows 8 Desktop mode is a convenient way to access some commonly used programs, as well …
How to Completely Uninstall a Printer in Windows 7
Printers can be a source of problems for many computer users. They have a lot of moving parts that need to be replaced, and they …
How Do You Eject a Flash Drive in Windows 7?
Flash drives are tiny, portable file storage systems that are meant to be shared between multiple computers. You simply copy files from one computer to …
How to Put Files on a Flash Drive
If you work on multiple computers, or if you need to take files to another location to have them printed, then it’s important to be …
How to Set the Default Printer in Windows 7
Most modern printers include helpful installation programs that will almost completely configure the printer so that it can be used effectively on your computer. This …
Faster Way to Rename Files in Windows 7
The right-click shortcut menu in Windows 7 is very useful and once you start using it, you will find that it becomes your preferred method …
How to Create a Dropbox Shortcut on Your Desktop in Windows 7
Cloud storage services like Dropbox are great solutions when you need to back up important files, or store files in a location where you can …
How to Remove the Windows Media Player Icon from the Taskbar
The taskbar at the bottom of your screen in Windows 7 is a great place to put links to programs, because it is always visible. …
How to Add a Favorite Location in Windows 7
Windows Explorer is the application that opens whenever you have a folder open in Windows 7. It can be accessed quickly by clicking the folder …
How to Add a Folder to Your Windows 8 Video Library
Whether you are actively using them or not, the quick links in the left column of Windows Explorer can be very convenient. They allow you …
How to Change the Default Program for GIF Files in Windows 7
Windows 7 ships with a number of presets for opening certain types of files. These presets are based upon the programs that a default Windows …
How to Create a New User in Windows 7
When you initially set up your computer in Windows 7, you created a user account with administrator privileges. This configured the computer for one user, …
How Do You Change Your Computer Name in Windows 7
There are two primary ways that Windows 7 identifies your computer. The first is through a user name that you sign into when you start …
How to Change the Command Key for a Mac on a Windows Keyboard
Many people that are looking to purchase a Mac computer choose a Mac Mini. It is one of the most affordable Mac options and it …
How to Change the Name of a Memory Card in Windows 7
While external hard drives and memory cards were previously not devices that were used by everyone, our increasingly computer-driven and data-dependent culture has demanded that …
How to Change a Wireless Network Security Key in Windows 7
Windows 7 does a great job of remembering the security and password information for wireless networks to which you have connected in the past. But …
How to Change Screen Resolution for Windows 7
Screen resolution is not something that a lot of people think about until it becomes a problem. But, when your screen resolution is incorrect, it …
How to Create a Control Panel Icon on the Desktop in Windows 7
The Control Panel is an extremely useful set of tools that you can use to customize nearly every setting or experience on your computer. But, …
How Do I Restore Taskbar to Bottom of Screen in Windows 7?
You may be wondering how to move the taskbar to the bottom of the screen if you have turned on your computer and found that …
How to Hide the Recycle Bin from the Desktop in Windows 7
People use their desktops in Windows 7 in a variety of ways. Some people like to save everything to their Desktop because they know how …
How to Uninstall a Program in Windows 7
Whether you have been using your Windows 7 computer for a long time, or have just purchased a brand new computer, you will inevitable need …
How to Manually Run Windows Update in Windows 7
The Windows Update feature helps to provide you with updates that are available for your operating system. Typically it will install these updates at convenient …
How to Change a Port Setting in Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Mail is a great free desktop email management program that is included with Windows 7. It is very efficient at configuring popular email …
Stop Windows 7 Laptop Computer from Going to Sleep
While it’s easy to understand why most laptop users would want their computers to automatically go to sleep after a certain time in order to …
Move the Dropbox Folder Location on Your PC
Dropbox is a very popular cloud storage application, and one of the reasons for this popularity is because of the number of devices on which …
How to Access SkyDrive from Desktop
Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service rivals the offerings available from both Dropbox and Google Drive. You can upload files to your SkyDrive account either through …
How to Disable the Clock in Windows 7
The clock display at the bottom-right corner of your Windows 7 computer is something that you have probably come to take for granted. It has …
How to Open a GIF File in Windows 7
GIF files are among the most popular form of images that you will find on the Internet. If you choose to download or save those …
How to Add a Shortcut to the Start Menu in Windows 7
The Start menu on your Windows computer gives you ways to access the application and tools that you need to use the most on your …
How to Split a Clip in Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker gives you a good assortment of editing tools for making common changes to a video that you open in the program. …
How to Flip a Video Clip in Windows Live Movie Maker
Windows Live Movie Maker is the video editing program that you can download for free with your Windows 7 license. It is included as part …
How to Make a Windows 7 Desktop Background Slideshow
Windows 7 has so many ways that you can customize the various display elements that it contains that you will find yourself continuing to learn …
View Windows 7 Pictures as a Slideshow
There are a lot of different ways to view pictures that are stored in folders on your Windows 7 computer. You can double-click an image …
How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 7
If you have used previous versions of the Windows operating system and remember seeing files and folders that were slightly transparent in comparison to the …
How to Show the Menu Bar in Windows 7 Explorer
Windows 7 brought about a lot of changes to the way that you were probably used to navigating and making changes in earlier versions of …
How to Create a Folder on Your Desktop in Windows 7
When you are creating and downloading a lot of files to your Windows 7 computer, it can become difficult to locate those files over time. …
How to Change the Mouse Pointer on Windows 7 Computers
If you saw someone else working on their computer and they had a custom mouse cursor, you might have thought it was pretty cool. You …
How to Add Music or Audio to Windows Live Movie Maker
Creating a video or slideshow with your Windows 7 computer is a process that can take a lot of directions. If you have Microsoft Powerpoint, …
How to Stop Windows 7 From Opening a Link in Microsoft Word
Your Windows 7 computer, when brand new, included a default set of programs and configurations that it used to handle specific file types and protocols. …
How to Make a GIF Folder
If you find yourself with a number of GIF files that you have either created or downloaded from the Internet, then it may be difficult …