Over the past few years, Microsoft has improved the default Mail app in Windows 10 in a big way. Although it has not received any major UI overhauls, it is much more polished and reliable now. A significant percent of Windows 10 users are using the Mail app as the default email client because it […]
How To Stop Microsoft Office Word From Showing Two Pages Side-By-Side
If you are reading this, you probably are running Microsoft Office Word program on a PC with a high-resolution widescreen monitor. On a PC with a high-resolution widescreen monitor, the Word program automatically shows multiple pages of a document side-by-side at the same time. For instance, on my 24” 4k resolution monitor, Word displays two […]
How To Add Or Remove Events/Reminders In Windows 10 Calendar
The built-in Calendar app in Windows 10 is a capable tool to manage your schedule, meetings, and appointments. The Calendar app allows you to view, add, edit, and delete events or reminders. You can use this feature to schedule appointments, meetings, and other important everyday engagements. While adding and removing events or reminders is straight-forward […]
How To Turn On & Change Sleeping Tabs Settings In Microsoft Edge
This happens with computer users all the time. We keep tens of tabs open in our web browsers. Often, we keep tabs open because we want to go back to those pages (tabs) again. The problem with multiple open tabs is that they consume system resources when they are kept open. In short, more open […]
How To Use Vertical Tabs In Microsoft Edge
The vertical tabs concept is not new to web browsers. It can be enabled in all major web browsers through extensions. In fact, Chrome offered vertical tabs as a built-in feature for some time before removing it. Why use vertical tabs in Edge? Vertical tabs are boon, especially for wide and ultra-widescreen monitor users. These […]
How To Make Skype Close When You Click On The Close Button
The close button in the title bar of programs is supposed to close programs when you click on it. Almost all programs out there adhere to this default behavior except Microsoft’s own Skype. When you click on the Close button on the Skype window, Windows OS minimizes Skype to the taskbar’s system tray instead of […]
How To Disable Windows 10 Settings Header Banner
Some Windows 10 users are reporting that they are now seeing a header banner or top bar in the Settings app. The newly added Settings header displays your user account name with email address (while using a Microsoft account to sign in), Your Phone, Windows Update, Rewards, and OneDrive icons. Clicking on these icons in […]
How To Install & Uninstall Themes In Microsoft Edge
The Edge Add-ons page currently offers two types of themes for Microsoft Edge browser – themes for Edge and themes for websites. A theme designed for the Edge browser changes the Edge browser’s appearance, whereas a theme intended for website changes the color of websites it is designed for. For example, a dark theme for […]
How To Disable Chrome New Tab Page Background Picture
I have been using the Chromium-based Edge as my primary web browser ever since the first public beta was released over a year ago. My other browser is Firefox, although I use it rarely. Recently, I installed the latest version of the Google Chrome browser as I wanted to check how the Chrome has progressed […]
Fix: Cannot Close Cortana Window In Windows 10
Over the past weekend, I reinstalled Windows 10 on my ThinkPad laptop. This time around, instead of using a Microsoft account to sign in, I created a local user account and started using it. After installing Windows 10, while installing device drivers, I noticed the Cortana window (sign in window) was open. Since I was […]