Change Default Search Provider in Microsoft Edge to Google
They make it purposely confusing
Windows 10 comes with an entirely new web browser from Microsoft called Edge. It’s actually surprisingly fast and works with all the websites I normally use. That being said, it […]
How to Disable Adobe Flash in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
On by default, this can prevent security vulnerabilities
If you’re using Windows 10 and Microsoft’s new Edge browser, you might be wondering how you can turn off Adobe Flash? By default, Microsoft Edge has built-in support for Adobe […]
8 Windows 10 Task Manager Tips
How to use it more efficiently
As I mentioned previously in an article comparing Windows 7 to Windows 10, the Task Manager has been completely redesigned. It’s now a lot simpler to use by default, but […]
OTT Explains – UAC (User Account Control) in Windows 10
The main gist: keep it enabled if you want to be protected
User Account Control is one of those features in Windows that many people really don’t understand. Most people just find it annoying that you keep getting pop up dialogs asking […]
5 Ways to Speed up Windows 10
Focusing on software that will do the trick
Windows 10 is pretty darn fast compared to older versions of Windows like Windows Vista and Windows 7, especially on boot up. If you replace your hard drive with an […]
The Online Tech Tips Guide to Chkdsk in Windows 10
All the great changes that will make your life easier
Chkdsk has been one of those great little tools built into just about every version of Windows that help fix NTFS file system errors, corruption in file system metadata, or […]
Change Desktop Icon Spacing in Windows 10
Be careful because you have to edit the registry
In Windows 10, there is no easy way to adjust the desktop icon spacing as we used to be able to do in Windows 7. There you could go to […]
Check Disk and System Files in Windows 8/10
Easy to use tools to help diagnose installation problems
If you’re having problems with your Windows install, there are a couple of tools you can use to try and fix the problems. For hard disk errors, you can run […]
Mount an ISO Image in Windows 10
It's actually pretty simple and straightforward
There is one great new feature of Windows 10 that has made life easier for some of us out there: you can now mount ISO images in Windows 10 without […]
Boot Windows 8/10 into Safe Mode
There are 3 ways to do it
We all have gotten accustomed to pressing either F2 or F8 to get the advanced boot options since Windows 2000, probably even before that. In every version of Windows, you […]
Show File Extensions and Hidden Files in Windows 10
Thankfully, it's now easier than ever
Microsoft has learned a few things in the last couple of years and one of those is that it was always a pain to view file extensions and hidden files […]