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Windows 10 Operating System topics
Before Windows there was MS-DOS (and PC-DOS). This is where most of us older computer users first cut their teeth when becoming familiar with the then new fangled Personal Computers. Take a trip down memory lane (or learn about what we did in the past) with MakeUseOf’s article here. Actually, most of MS-DOS is still there under the covers in Windows, in the Command Prompt.
Did you know that before MS-DOS there was CP/M, but that is another story.
There will not be any more updates to Windows 10 from now on, however Microsoft will continue supplying their monthly security updates until October 2025. Discover more in the CNET article here.
Just the other day I was watching somebody struggle with fonts and icons that were just too small to read on the monitor they had attached to their Windows computer. If I had read the article Pocket-Lint have recently written, I would have been able to help them. Help yourself by reading the article here and discover the three ways you can zoom in Windows.
Microsoft’s Windows 11 will only run on recent computer hardware; so what do we do with all our older notebook and desktop computers? ZDnet have just published an article about a Linux distribution that looks and feels very much like Windows 11 and would be an ideal replacement for older versions of Windows, so now you can get some more mileage out of your old computers. I’m going to give it a go on some old notebook computers that I currently have sitting in a corner. Read all about it here.
Back in the late 70’s I was using virtualisation technology while developing software on IBM mainframe computers. Then in the late 90’s this technology eventually made its way to personal computers and revolutionised the way we then started to use PCs for business.
Nowadays there are many solutions, both paid and free versions, that you can use on just about any hardware platform. A previous blog (here) mentioned some of those solutions. However one free important one, KVM, was missing from that article however; and gets a mention in a recent article (here) from the MakeUseOf.com guys.
If like me you are using Dropbox or another cloud-based storage manager, you probably don’t have a need to also utilise OneDrive (Microsoft’s equivalent) which is automatically installed with Windows. The MakeUseOf.com folks explain how you can unlink OneDrive from your computer here.
Sometimes when using Windows Security you might get a “This Setting is Managed by Your Administrator” message. The MakeUseOf.com guys have just published an article that may help you. Read it here.
There are many ways to uninstall Windows apps, including uninstalling many at the same time. Discover more in Popular Science’s article here.
Great article by the MakeUseOf guys about how to discover what is consuming all your Windows PC’s disk drive space, and then how to clean out all the clutter to get some of that space back. Read it here and/or watch the following Youtube video from Liron Segev about deleting garbage files from Windows.
Despite Microsoft pushing upgrades from Windows 10, Windows 11 still only commands 18.1%, with Windows 10 at 82.4% of the market as of last month. Read more in TechSpot’s article here.
Your Windows Search index database allows you to quickly search for data and files on your computer’s file system. This can grow quite large if you store a lot of files. However there are ways you can manage the file as discussed in this post from Windows OS Hub.
After upgrading to a new computer, what do you need to do to your old computer before you dispose of it? Consumer Reports have written an article explaing how to wipe your old computer clean of personal data to protect your privacy. Read it here.
Most of us know the standard “cut & paste” shortcuts, but there are so many others that can make us more productive on our devices. Read LifeHackers article about other lesser known PC, Mac, and iPad keyboard shortcuts here.
The recent Windows security update has been locking some users out of their PCs. Find out more in PC Gamers article here.
Want to hide some confidential files on your computer? This Tom’s Guide article will show you how to create a special folder in Windows that will “disappear” instantly, requiring a password to be entered to show it again.