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Hi Leora. To drag icons around on your desktop in Windows 10 or Windows 11 and arrange them as you like, you must first disable "Align to grid" and "Auto arrange icons". It's easy to do, right-click on your desktop, choose "View" from the menu that appears, and then uncheck "Auto arrange icons" and "Align icons to grid"... see the screenshot below.

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How to Change Your Computer’s Name
Windows 10 / Windows 11

What’s your computer’s name? Is it something you chose or something the computer manufacturer chose? Whatever your computer name is, remember that computer names are an important part of networking and can make it easier for people to use and manage computers.

Giving names to computers makes it easier for people to remember and refer to a computer. People can simply use the computer’s name instead of remembering a long string of numbers or letters. And some people like to give their computers names that reflect their personality or interests. This can make the computer feel more personal. So instead of DELL0x16B, you might want to name your computer Strawberry-Fields or JenkinsFarms – something that means something to you – and something you can remember.

Computer names can be important for networking too, for instance when you are connecting to a shared folder on a network, you will need to know the name of the computer on which that folder is located. If you’re using a remote desktop application, you will need to know the computer name you want to connect to.

There are many reasons why computers have names and we’re going to show you how easy it is to change your computer’s name to whatever you want it to be, whether you’re using Windows 10 or Windows 11.

How to change your computer’s name

• Type ABOUT YOUR PC in the taskbar search.
• Press Enter when you see About your PC appear in the search results.
• Click on the “Rename this PC” button.
  
  
• In the dialog that opens type whatever name you want for your computer.
  

You can use letters, numbers, hyphens, and periods in computer names, but the names cannot contain more than 64 characters.

Hyphens and periods can be used in computer names, but the name cannot begin or end with a hyphen or a period.

The computer name cannot contain spaces.

The name cannot contain special characters, such as exclamation marks (!), question marks (?), quotation marks (“), asterisks, or the at sign (@).

The name cannot contain words that are considered to be offensive or vulgar. So don’t try to name your computer “EB”. Wow! I’m just kidding, EB!

You can name your computer anything you want as long as you follow the rules.

Now you know how to give your computer a name that means something to you. 

How to Quickly Navigate the Windows Start Menu from A to Z
Windows 10 / Windows 11

This tip is for Windows 11, but if you’re using Windows 10, don’t worry. You can see the Windows 10 version of this tip here. Even though the Windows 10 Start menu looks much different than the Windows 11 Start menu, you can use the same method of navigation as we’re going to show in this tip.

OK. Let’s say you want to navigate to Windows Tools in the Windows 11 Start menu but don’t see it in the main menu, which is probably already crowded.

So you click on the Start button and scroll from the programs/apps that begin with A to the ones that start with W (for Windows tools). Well, yes you can scroll from the A’s to the down to W’s or do it the quick & easy way.

1> Click the Start button

2> Click “All apps” in the top-right corner.

3> Click on the letter “A”.

4> Click on the letter “W”

5> Click on “Windows tools”.

Here’s an animation for you. You’ll see how quickly you can go from the programs and apps that begin with a number or the letter “A” to the programs and apps that begin with the letter “W” or “X” “Y”, “Z” or any letter in between. You can do this anytime you would otherwise have to scroll down the Start menu to find a program or app. It’s a lot quicker than scrolling. Watch…

Oh, and one more thing. If you like typing, you can quickly get to most programs or apps anywhere on the Start menu by typing its name in the taskbar search. But I’d rather get to a program or app without typing – because I’m lazy. Life is complicated enough so I try to keep as many things as I can as simple as possible. 

How to Manage and Pause Windows Updates
Windows 10 / Windows 11

Both Windows 10 and 11 allow you to manage Windows updates by scheduling updates or pausing updates. The screenshots in this article are from Windows 11, but Windows 10 has the same settings options.

Scheduling Updates

When Windows updates are available and a restart is required to install them, you’ll see the “Update Restart” icon in the taskbar. It looks like this:

If you click on the Windows update restart icon, you can schedule the restart for a time and day that works for you. Updates can be rescheduled anytime within 7 days from the time you click the Update Restart icon.  You can also schedule the time for which you want to schedule the restart.

Did you know that you can pause updates for up to five weeks?

Did you know that you can pause updates for up to five weeks? If you’ve had problems with Windows Updates in the past and you don’t want to be among the first to get Windows Update, this option is for you.

Type PAUSE UPDATES in the taskbar search and press Enter when you see “Pause Updates” appear in the search results.

When the Windows Update page opens, look for “Pause updates” … next to “Pause for 1 week” you’ll see a small down arrow. When you click that arrow you’ll see options to:

Pause for 1 week
Pause for 2 weeks
Pause for 3 weeks
Pause for 4 weeks
Pause for 5 weeks

You can only pause updates for up to 5 weeks. Once the 5 weeks are over, the updates will be installed. In other words,  you can’t pause updates for another 5 weeks. But we hope that five weeks would be enough time for Microsoft to fix any faulty updates, right?