Windows Hello, the new biometric security feature in Windows 10 enables you to sign in to your Windows 10 PC with just a look or a touch. Although there are very few Windows 10 devices that can recognize your face and iris, most PCs equipped with fingerprint readers support Windows Hello. In this guide, we […]
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How To Use A PIN To Sign In To Windows 10
Windows 10, the latest iteration of the Windows operating system, offers a bunch of methods to sign in to your account. You can use a traditional password, picture password, PIN, fingerprint scan, or face recognition (Windows Hello) to log in to Windows 10. Both Windows 10 Home and Pro editions support signing in with a […]
How To Change The Location Of Users Folder In Windows 10
When you perform a clean install of Windows 10, the setup creates Program Files, Program Files (x86) if it’s 64-bit Windows 10, Users, and Windows folders in the root of the drive. You might also see Windows.old folder in the root of the drive if you haven’t removed the previous Windows installation or if you […]
How To Move Desktop, Downloads & Documents To Another Drive In Windows 10
Most of us save downloaded files in the default Downloads folder, and many of us have tens of folders and files on the desktop. Since most users have GBs of data in both Downloads and Desktop (all items on the desktop are saved in the Desktop folder) folder, it’s a good idea to move these […]
How To Create System Image In Windows 10
A system image backup is a copy of drives required for the smooth functioning of the Windows operating system. The system image can be restored if your PC’s HDD or SSD ever fails. The beauty of system image is that it can be restored without booting into Windows, meaning the system image can be restored […]
How To Delete User Accounts In Windows 10
We have previously seen how to disable or block Microsoft account, how to add a password to a local user account, and how to install and use Windows 10 without a Microsoft account. In this guide, we will see how to delete a user account in Windows 10. NOTE 1: You must have administrator rights […]
How To Turn On Or Off Fast Startup In Windows 10
Fast Startup (also known as Hybrid Boot) is a new feature introduced first with Windows 8 to start a computer faster than the time required to start a PC with the traditional cold startup. Fast Startup is present in the latest Windows 10 as well and is turned on by default. How Fast startup works? […]
How To Check Product Key Version & Edition In Windows
A few days ago, I happened to come across an interesting question while browsing Microsoft support forums. A PC user wanted to know the edition and version of Windows a product key belongs to so that he can download and install the right version and edition of Windows on his PC. Let us assume that […]
Location Of Registry Files In Windows 7/8/10
Windows Registry is nothing but a central database used to store Windows settings, application settings, and other vital information in the Windows operating system. When the Windows operating system is running, it continuously refers to the information saved in Registry, and because of this, a corrupt Registry might stop Windows from booting. Since almost every […]
How To Recover Windows Product Key From Windows.old Folder
Perhaps you upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 and now looking to retrieve the product key of your previous version from the Windows.old folder so that you can activate your Windows 10 OS using your Windows 7/8 key, or maybe you performed a clean install of Windows without formatting the drive, […]