While creating a Microsoft account, the sign-up page asks you to add an alternative email address and a phone number as security information to your Microsoft account. The alternative email address and phone number will be used when you want to change or reset forgotten Microsoft account password or to alert you if Microsoft finds […]
Archives for June 2017
How To Enable Or Disable OneDrive Files On-Demand In Windows 10
OneDrive Files On-Demand is a cool feature available in Windows 10 to access your OneDrive account files without downloading them to your PC. The Files On-Demand feature is a very useful feature, especially for users who have tens of GBs of data in their OneDrive cloud accounts but running out of space on their PCs. […]
How To Hide Files And Folders From Search In Windows 10
In Windows 10, the Start/taskbar/Cortana search can search for files and folders on your PC. With default settings, the search shows files and folders on your desktop, pictures, documents, downloads, music and other folders under your user profile folder. Sometimes, you might want to make sure that files and folders don’t show up in Start/taskbar/Cortana […]
How To Convert JPEG And PNG Pictures To PDF In Windows 10
Not too long ago, we had to download and install commercial applications to convert JPEG, PNG and other picture files to the popular PDF. Finding a decent free application that can convert files to PDF was difficult. Today, luckily, there are plenty of free online services to convert JPEG and PNG picture files to PDF […]
What Is OneDrive Files On-Demand Feature?
OneDrive Files On-Demand feature is a new feature for Windows 10. The feature is currently available for Windows 10 users on insider builds. For those don’t know, the feature is quite similar to OneDrive placeholders feature introduced a couple of years ago with Windows 8.1. What is OneDrive Files On-Demand? The OneDrive Files On-Demand feature […]
Your Device Is At Risk Because It’s Out Of Date Message In Windows 10
Unless you have changed the default settings of Windows Update or disabled Windows Update, Windows 10 usually downloads and installs updates without requiring your attention. But that seems to have changed now. Many Windows 10 PC users are getting “Your device is at risk because it’s out of date and missing important security and quality […]
How To Block Websites On Your Windows 10 PC
So much of our life is digital today. We visit tens of websites every day to consume and share information. But the sites we visit might not be appropriate for our kids. If you share your Windows 10 PC with your kids, it’s a good idea to block access to certain websites on your PC. […]
How To Change Forgotten Windows 10 Password Using Password Reset Disk
In one of our previous articles titled how to create a Windows 10 password reset disk, we discussed creating a password reset disk to reset the Windows 10 local user account password. The password reset disk feature comes as a savior if you ever forget your password. You can use the previously created password reset […]
How To Pin Websites To Windows 10 Taskbar
Over the past two years, Microsoft Edge browser has seen some big and numerous small features and improvements. Edge browser always allowed users to pin websites to the Start menu for quick and easy access. Popular browser Google Chrome also supports pinning websites to the Start and taskbar in Windows 10. With Fall Creators Update […]
How To Create Windows 10 Password Reset Disk On USB Drive
Creating a complex and secure password is an easy job but remembering a complex password is difficult. PC users often ask how to reset or recover a forgotten Windows user account password. If you have set a complex password for your Windows 10 user account and are feared that you might forget the password someday, […]