Pin a Setting to the Start Menu Remember the childhood party game “Pin the tail on the donkey”? If you’re younger than fifty you probably do not. But it doesn’t matter anyway because we are not going to play games today, I’m loath to say. But we are going to show you how to pin individual… Read More »
How to Put Control Panel on Your Desktop Right-Click Menu This tip will work in all versions of Windows 10 up to and including the very latest versions of Windows 10 Version 1809 (October 2018 Update) Microsoft is bound and determined to get rid of Control Panel in Windows 10 and replace it with Settings. But not so… Read More »
10 Ways to Open Settings in Windows 10 This tip applies to Windows 10 Version 1703 and newer versions of Windows 10. While most of us open Windows 10 settings from the Start menu, there are many other ways to do that. Why would you need to get to settings in other ways? Because you can… and because… Read More »
Some Settings In Windows 10 You May Have Missed As Microsoft continues to deprecate Windows Control Panel, we’ll continue to see overlaps between the new Settings app and the old Control Panel. While we wish they’d leave the Control Panel alone, our wishes plus one dollar won’t even buy a cup o’ black coffee in the Microsoft cafeteria.… Read More »
Enhanced Search in Windows 10 Version 1809 (October 2018 Update) Note: This feature will not appear in released versions of Windows 10 version 1809 until 2019. When I posted this I was using a “fast lane” update on a test machine. We’ll leave this posted and re-post it in January 2019 when this feature will be included in… Read More »
9 Ways to Open Settings in Windows 10 While most of us open Windows 10 settings from the Start menu, there are many other ways to do that. Why would you need to get to settings in other ways? Because you can… and because you may someday need to get to Settings when your Start menu isn’t working.… Read More »