Windows

A step-by-step guide to streaming your Xbox Game Pass games to Windows 11.

If you don’t know how to change the refresh rate on your monitor, you’re missing out on both better performance while gaming and a longer lasting battery life for your machine.

Discover how to turn on dark mode automatically in Windows 10, at your preferred time of day or night.

Make your Windows 10 searches more comprehensive and accurate by enabling Enhanced search mode. Here's how to use the feature.

Learn how to find your Windows 10 product key when you need to reinstall or upgrade the operating system.

Here's how to watch Star Wars: Episode IV in ASCII on your Windows 10 PC, using an old-school Telnet trick.

Discover how to create a 'kill switch' in Windows, so you can cut your internet connection instantly when something goes wrong.

You can do a lot to change up the look of your Windows Command Prompt — here's how.

Need to stop your PC and monitor going to sleep? Here's how to keep your computer awake without touching it, using Microsoft PowerToys.

Snip & Sketch is a brilliant free tool for capturing screenshots. Here’s how to download it for Windows, with some alternatives for Android, iOS and macOS.

Save time and effort with our guide on how to batch rename multiple files in one go in Windows 10.

System Restore helps you fix problems with your PC by restoring it to a full working state. Here's how to use the feature.

Microsoft’s PC Health Check tool isn’t the only way to find out if your system meets the Windows 11 compatibility requirements. Here’s how to use WhyNotWin11.

Here’s how to share a printer in Windows 10, so anyone else who shares your network can print directly from it too.

Want to clean up your cluttered desktop? Here's how to hide your desktop icons on Windows 10 in just a few clicks.

Keep pressing the Windows key accidentally while gaming? Here's how to disable the key to stop it interrupting your activities.

Windows Defender (aka Microsoft Defender) is an excellent free antivirus program, but sometimes you need to turn it off in Windows 10. Here's how.

Don't want Edge on your Windows 10 PC? Here's how to uninstall Microsoft's web browser and stop it being reinstalled.

Here's how to disable or customize the "News and interests" news and weather widget in the Windows 10 taskbar.

Keep tabs on the health of the battery in your Windows 10 laptop by following our helpful guide.

If you don’t have the right mouse cursor, using your PC can be difficult. We’ll show you how to change your mouse cursor in Windows 10 in a few simple steps.

Need to know more about the inner workings of your computer? Here are the easiest ways to check your PC specs.

Read our guide on how to rotate the screen in Windows 10 and you’ll learn how to quickly change the display orientation of your laptop or desktop monitor.

If you need to reinstall Windows 10 on your device then our easy-to-follow walkthrough will guide you through the process.

If a Windows update has become stuck, here's a guide to getting it underway again.

If Windows 10 is running slow on your device, then follow these steps to make it faster.

If you need to factory reset on Windows 10, our how-to guide breaks the process down into simple steps.

If you need to install the Windows 10 operating system, this step-by-step guide will guide you through the process

Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office suite have some built-in file-encryption features. Here's how to use them.

Although Facebook doesn’t make it obvious, there is a way to upload photos to Instagram from a PC or Mac.