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If you are using Windows 10 and you want to multi-task and make the most of your single screen Snap Assist enables you to split your screen between two open win...
If you are using Windows 10 and need some simple, handy reminders about work, appointments, calls and more, synced across all your devices and other apps, Micro...
On your PC, if you would like to be able to monitor how much space your apps are taking up and keep your machine running quickly by getting rid of the ones you...
Whilst availability of peripheral-hardware for remote-working may be less of an issue now that it was a just a couple of short months ago (when Covid-19 took of...
If you are using Word (or any Office app) in Windows 10, there is a one-click way to make sure that your messages and documents can be read by people of all abi...
If you are using Windows 10 and you need to quickly find a document that you have worked on in the past, using the Timeline can help you to find it and start wo...
If you are using Word in Windows 10 and you would like a really fast and easy way to translate text into another language and include it in your document, here’...
If you’d like to give your hands a rest, if you need to quickly capture notes, or even if you’d like to take an easy written record of the information given in...
If you are using Microsoft Edge in Windows 10, here’s a way that you can organise multiple browser tabs that you need to have open for a job or project into a ‘...
If you’re using Windows 10 and you’d like to prevent others from seeing what you’re working on if you need to walk away from your device, here’s how to quickly...
If you’d like to create a fast, easy, and decorative way to shut down your Windows 10 PC, creating a ‘slide to shutdown’ shortcut allows you to simply pull down...
If you would like to know how to save time and easily open a link in an online document in its own new browser tab using one just click, here’s how: – If...
A good, secure Wi-Fi connection is often the backbone of many peoples’ day-to-day online business and is a key component of data security, so, here are a...
Windows 10 users can help users to get organised with their current work by creating named Start menu folders that have a group of relevant live app Tiles in th...
If you would like to improve your video conference calls in terms of how things look, sound and operate, here are a few tips: – Consider using a webcam ra...
If you have apps running in the background on Windows 10, they can use up more of your battery power and data. Here’s an easy way to stop background apps...
If you or anyone you know has used Zoom recently, perhaps to communicate during the lockdown, here is a way to change the background view to something a little...
Here are 3 tips to help speed up a Windows 10 PC: 1. Change Power Settings If you are using a power saver plan, you can change your power settings to “Higher Pe...
If you use OneDrive and you’d like to access all your files without having to download them and use storage space on your Windows device, and you’d like certain...
With most of us working from home and with a much bigger demand than normal being placed on our broadband connections, here are a few simple ways to try and spe...
If you use Twitter for business and networking and you’d like to take precautions around your tweet history, here’s how you can delete your Twitter history: ...
If you have a Mac, there’s a fast and easy way to sign a digital document without the need to print it out first. Here’s how: – Save the document as...
If you’re wondering how you can effectively and safely clean your smartphone as an extra way to help protect yourself from the threat of bacteria and viruses, h...
If you’re connecting via a mobile device, information, notifications and updates going to and from apps that run in the background can sap your battery power an...
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