Tools

Learning Your Computer’s Complete Configuration from the System Information Window

There are plenty of reasons why millions of people love Windows and being able to tell almost all that a user might want to know about their machine’s hardware and the operating system itself is just one of them. Yes! Windows has a feature which lists every detail that you need to know about your […]

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What is the DirectX Diagnostic Tool and How Can You Use it in Windows 10

Windows 10 along with the other modern Windows operating system editions that were released before it contains in them a secret tool that is designed to help you troubleshoot problems when they occur on your computer. The tool is called DirectX Diagnostic and with it, you can troubleshoot and identify problems that are related to […]

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How to Use the Disk Defragment Tool in Windows 10

In time as you use your Windows machine for different tasks, the hard drive would accumulate some bad sectors in it which if not fixed would make your machine become slower than usual and worst is it would cause disk errors that can lead to data loss. A problem with slow computer is often manageable […]

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How to Format Hard Drive, Memory Card or USB Stick in Windows 10

How do you clear certain storage devices using your Windows machine? Learning how to do this is crucial especially when a certain drive needs to be re-purposed in order to contain new set of files. Learning to format and delete everything that is contained in a drive is also important when it gets corrupted by […]

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Windows Tiles: What Do They Do and How Can You Tweak Them in Windows 10

The modern version of Microsoft’s flagship product we all know as the Windows operating system has gone through many changes in the past years. There have been several reasons for thee changes and improvements but all are designed to make the current version become the best that it can be in terms of providing smooth […]

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9 Ways in Launching the Disk Management Tool in Windows 10

Previously, we’ve shown the steps which are involved in creating a new hard drive partition in Windows 10. Along with the process, we’ve demonstrated 3 different methods in launching a tool called Disk Management. The tool itself is needed since it bears the wizard that will guide users through all the steps so everything completes […]

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How to Create Hard Drive Partitions in Windows 10

There are hundreds of problems that can happen in a Windows computer. Each user might have his or her own opinion on which one is the worst but for is here in WindowsTechies, the problem that we consider to be the worst is losing all files after the whole system is corrupted by a strong […]

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Starting the System Restore Tool When the Worst Thing Happens to Your Windows Machine

When you own a PC, laptop or even a smartphone or a tablet that runs on any operating system that is available at present, you also need to be ready for the worst. No matter how good your PC, laptop or mobile device performs, it would still fall into problems in the long run and […]

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6 Uses of the Windows Store App That You Need to Know About

If Google’s Android mobile operating system has Google Play Store, Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system that works perfectly in PCs and as well as mobile devices like tablets and smartphones has its own apps marketplace called the Windows Store. These features found in two different operating systems have many things in common. For instance, the […]

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Working With Windows Defender- Windows 10’s Built-In Security Software

One of the things that we like most about Windows 10 is it’s built-in antivirus/antimalware program which has been made available as a freely downloadable tool starting in Windows 10. Back then, it was called Microsoft Security Essentials and when Windows 8 was released, the tool itself started to become part of the Windows operating […]

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