Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET If you use a cloud storage service such as Box, Dropbox or Microsoft’s own OneDrive, you’ve probably noticed that they appear as links in the navigation panel in File Explorer. Maybe you want this (after all, it’s a convenient way to quickly access your files from those folders), or maybe you don’t. …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET In Windows 10, everything looks just a little bit different — including the icons and pop-ups from the system tray. There’s a new calendar, a new “Action Center,” and a new volume mixer — one that slides horizontally instead of vertically. If you find yourself missing the old vertical volume mixer from Windows 8.1 and earlier, I …
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While Windows 10 has a nice little multi-monitor taskbar setup and support for multiple virtual desktops, it’s not quite as good at letting you choose separate, distinct wallpapers for each of your monitors. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done (without third-party software); it can, Microsoft just isn’t very straightforward about it. Here’s how to set different wallpapers for …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Verizon is ditching contracts and subsidized devices in favor of new contract-free plans that are slightly cheaper in some (but not all) circumstances. While current Verizon customers are free to keep the terms of their old contracts for as long as they please, dirt-cheap upgrades are a thing of the past. In other words, you can keep …
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We showed you how to change your Windows 10 log-in screen to a solid color — but what if you don’t want to see the login screen at all? Because Windows 10, like Windows 8, asks you to sign in with a Microsoft account, skipping the log-in screen isn’t as simple as simply deleting your password. Instead, you’ll need to …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Face it — cloud storage services have made our lives way more convenient. There’s nothing quite like being able to save a file in a folder and then instantly have access to that file from a completely different computer. But what if you forget to save an important file in your cloud storage folder? Well, if you’re …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Command Prompt users will be pleased to know that Windows 10 has introduced some useful keyboard shortcuts regarding copying and pasting. Specifically, you can now use Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V in the Command Prompt, which is something you definitely cannot do in previous versions of Windows. Enable the new shortcuts In the final version …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Good news: It looks like Microsoft has finally given up on trying to make the XPS file format happen. Windows 10 features native support for PDF files, including the ability to ‘print’ documents straight to PDF. And yes, Mac OS X has had this feature for a while. To Print to PDF in Windows 10, simply open …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Not all apps make it into the Windows Store. And if you want to install an app that isn’t in the Windows Store, well, you’ll have to sideload it. Sideloading apps in Windows 8/8.1 was a hassle — Microsoft, for some reason, really wanted to lock down devices so that they were only running apps from the …
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Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET Not all apps make it into the Windows Store. And if you want to install an app that isn’t in the Windows Store, well, you’ll have to sideload it. Sideloading apps in Windows 8/8.1 was a hassle — Microsoft, for some reason, really wanted to lock down devices so that they were only running apps from the …
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