Task Manager is the built-in system monitoring tool in the Windows operating system. The Task Manager displays information about running apps, services, current CPU, RAM, GPU, network and disk usage, programs that load with Windows, and some other valuable details. The Task Manager can also be used to figure out how many used and empty […]

I own a six-year-old ThinkPad T420 laptop which I use to keep a backup of data from other computers. Although the machine works flawlessly even today, it’s a bit (naturally) slower compared to my three-year-old ThinkPad T450s which is my daily driver. About four years ago, I upgraded the default HDD to SSD as an […]

When you upgrade from a previous version of Windows 10 to the latest version or when you upgrade from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10, Windows 10 keeps a copy of the previous version of Windows so that users can roll back to the previous version if they encounter issues with the newest version. With default […]

Like its predecessors, Windows 10 also displays the date and clock on the right side of the taskbar. With default settings, the clock shows time in 12-hour format, which many people don’t like to see for their own reasons. If you would like to see the clock in 24-hour format, you can configure the clock […]

With default settings, the Start/taskbar search in Windows 10 looks for files in the Start menu folder and library folders such as desktop, documents, pictures, videos, and music. It cannot find search for a file located on a different drive on your PC by default settings. There are some users who would like to search […]

In our previous guide titled how to enable or disable Settings and Control Panel in Windows 10, we talked about disabling or blocking the entire Settings app and Control Panel in Windows 10. While disabling or blocking the Settings is an excellent way to prevent others from making changes to your PC, you might want […]

The Start/taskbar search function in Windows 10 is pretty good. It allows us to search for apps, admin tools, files, and folders. With default settings, the Start/taskbar search shows search results for files and folders located in the desktop and libraries (documents, pictures, music, and videos) only. This is because, by default, Windows 10 indexes […]

At times, when you try to sign out, shut down or reboot your PC, Windows 10 will warn you that some apps are still running and if you would like to save your work before proceeding to sign out, shut down, or reboot your Windows 10 computer. If you don’t take any action for a […]