Windows’ Snipping Tool makes it easy to capture a screenshot of your screen. We’ll show you how to use the many features of the Snipping Tool to take a screenshot of any part of your desktop. Taking a Screenshot Open the Snipping Tool. Click the “Start” button.” Type “Snipping Tool” in the search bar and … Read more
If you’re in love the OS X interface, but prefer the customizability of your Windows PC, you can modify your Windows environment to mimic that of Mac OS X. With just a few simple programs, your desktop will be virtually indistinguishable from OS X. If you want to actually install OS X on your Windows … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to remove the Windows validation notifications that you see when using an unregistered copy of Windows. The easiest (and most legal) way of doing this involves activating your copy of Windows from within Settings, but you can use a couple of different temporary work-arounds if need be. Activating Windows Make … Read more
This minHour teaches you the safest way to shut down any version of Windows. There are many ways to shut your PC down safely, but the most common way to do so is using the Shut Down option in your Start menu. To avoid data loss, make sure you’ve saved all of your open files … Read more
Are you that one geeky friend whom everyone calls when they need PC help? Reading this article will change the way you give them instructions. One amazing yet hidden feature of Windows is its step recorder, an app that notes your activity once you hit the record button and generates an instruction page, with text … Read more
Normally, when encrypting a drive with Bitlocker on a Windows computer, you set a password on it and save the recovery key, so that you can unlock the Bitlocker encrypted drive with them. You can double-click on the encrypted drive and then enter the password or click on more options to enter the recovery key … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to install the phpMyAdmin program on your Windows computer. You can use phpMyAdmin to control a MySQL server from within a web browser, but to do so you must first have a MySQL server set up on your computer. You can also use a free program called WAMP to automatically … Read more
Windows 11 in S Mode is a safety feature that will only allow apps that are downloaded from the Microsoft Store to run on a computer. This prevents potential malware from affecting your computer, but is also quite restrictive. To download apps that aren’t available from the Microsoft Store, you’ll need to exit S Mode, … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to completely erase everything on your computer, including the operating system, using Windows or macOS. Formatting your computer means erasing all the data on the hard drive(s) and then reinstalling Windows or macOS for a fresh start. This can be useful if your computer isn’t working right or you plan … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to use extra space on your Solid State Drive (SSD) as virtual RAM on a Windows PC. If you have a Mac with an internal SSD drive, macOS will automatically manage your virtual memory settings. Steps Right-click This PC. It’s the icon on your Windows desktop that looks like a … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to create simple desktop icons for your Microsoft Window apps. You can start with an image and convert it to an icon in a program like GIMP or Photoshop, or draw your icon icon from scratch in an illustration app like Microsoft Paint. Either way, it’s simple to create custom … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to create a Jarvis-like virtual assistant on your Windows computer. You can create a Jarvis-like AI using a free app called LINK Mark II. Steps Go to http://www.mega-voice-command.com/ in a web browser. You can use any web browser on PC or Mac. Click Create an account. It’s below the log-in … Read more
Does your Windows PC keep freezing or locking up? Whether your computer is frozen right now, hangs at startup or shutdown, or freezes at random, there are easy ways to narrow down the cause and fix the problem permanently. This minHour article will cover several simple troubleshooting tricks that are sure to help you resolve … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to change a Windows process’ priority in the Task Manager program. Changing a process’ priority determines how much of your computer’s memory space and resources are devoted to that process. Steps Open Start. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Type in task manager. Doing so … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to get extra space on your PC’s C drive by allocating space from another partition. Fortunately, your Windows PC comes with a free tool called Disk Management that makes it simple to reallocate unused disk space to a drive that can use some extra room. Steps Press the Windows key … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to turn off your Windows computer’s BitLocker encryption. BitLocker is a feature that’s built into most Windows 10 Pro, Education, and Enterprise editions, as well as some Windows 10 Home PCs. If you can’t decrypt your hard drive in order to turn off BitLocker, you’ll need to use your BitLocker … Read more
Do you want to customize the appearance of the icons on your Windows desktop? You can adjust icons by using the “Properties” options or you make new desktop icons entirely. You’ll only be able to change the icon for system desktop icons, folders, and shortcuts. This minHour will show you how to change a desktop … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to reboot your Windows PC to the boot menu. In Windows 8 and 10, the boot menu is called Startup Settings. Windows 10 and 8 Click the button. It’s usually at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Click. Press ⇧ Shift as you click Restart. The computer will power off … Read more
If you want more space on your computer or laptop background, you can hide the Windows taskbar when you’re not using it. You can do this from the Settings menu in Windows 10 and 11, or you can use the taskbar’s Properties in older versions. This minHour will show you how to remove and hide … Read more
You might be tired of using Microsoft’s desktop and laptop operating system. This guide will help you purge it from your computer. There are three methods you can use: use the first option if you don’t have a chance when booting the computer to mash any buttons to enter any menus, use the second option … Read more