Windows 10 shows you a list of all user accounts available on your PC in the bottom left corner of the logon screen. You can click the user avatar, enter the password if necessary, and login using the provided credentials. If you have more than one user accounts on your PC, at times, you might want to disable a user account to restrict a user from accessing your PC.
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The activity history is used for the Cortana’s pick up where you left off feature. The feature allows you to resume apps, docs and other activities that you were doing before restarting your PC. The activity history is shared between your devices so you can continue on another device.
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File extensions help us to identify file types. File Explorer in Windows 10 doesn’t show file extensions with default settings. This post explains how to change make File Explorer to always show or always hide file extensions for files in Windows 10. Continue reading “Show Or Hide File Extensions In Windows 10 File Explorer”
In Windows 10, you can make the operating system to search for certain file types or prevent the search feature from accessing them. This post explains the procedure in detail.
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This post explains how to set your network as Public or Private. When you are signing in to your account for the very first time, the OS asks you to set your network location type to either Public or Private. You can change the current network profile to Public or Private at any moment.
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Windows 10 includes a new Mail app which is simplistic and allows you to send and receive e-mail from multiple accounts. It allows adding multiple email accounts so you can view and manage all your email accounts using the single app. This post explains how to remove an email account from the Mail app in Windows 10.
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This post explains how to delete downloaded Windows Update files in Windows 10. This is useful when you run into issues with updates.
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In Windows 10, Cortana can only be integrated with Bing and Microsoft Edge. The server-side part of Cortana is locked down. You cannot change the search engine in Cortana to Google or use alternative web browsers for web links. This post explains how to Make Cortana open links in the default web browser.
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When you change the desktop wallpaper, Windows remembers the file name and path of the last five wallpapers. The Choose your picture box on the Personalize page in Settings displays their thumbnail images. First thumbnail image is your the current background, followed by thumbnails of previous four wallpapers. This post explains how to remove previously used desktop background images history in Windows 10.
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If you a Windows 10 user, you can add categories of Settings to the desktop context menu. This post describes a registry tweak that utilizes ms-settings: URI commands, which form the menu.
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