Most PC users feel that Windows 10 is unable to scan file contents and that it can only be used by the Microsoft Office. Nonetheless, the fact is that file content can be searched using the search menu Start. And if you wonder why the content of files cannot be searched, this is because the ... Read more
Windows 10 is habitual of making use of its default search engine i.e. Microsoft Edge. However, you might want to change that search engine sometime in order to get better search results. In this article, we will explain to you the method through which you can force Cortana to use a different search engine in ... Read more
Microsoft’s digital assistant is known as Cortana. It helps you in searching for different things on your computer system. You can ask different questions from Cortana and you can even talk to it. It can help you in keeping reminders, notes, remembering certain important events etc. In this article, we will explain to you how ... Read more
The times are over where you just hit a key and typed everything you needed in to get there. Now you need to learn key combinations or know how to get to the items you need by clicking your way through. System items such as the Group Policy Editor that are usually hidden deep within ... Read more
Usually Google restricts its results to the language you have set for the page itself, which is the one spoken in the country it locates you in by default. You can easily change these settings by clicking on the cog wheel icon on the top right and going to Search Settings: Next, click on Languages ... Read more
When you use Windows 8 on a desktop computer you better learn the most important keyboard shortcuts first, since you will have extreme long mouse-ways to cover (I will certainly not use my TV as computer screen anymore with Windows 8). Windows-key = Switches between Metro menu and desktop if it is running Windows-key + ... Read more
It often happens that people use search engines just to access a site they know the url of but are too lazy to type it in with all the dots and slashes, although this adds one step to the process of opening the site. However there is a Firefox Add-on called FireJump that lets you ... Read more
The tools shown here are tools to be used together with a fully functioning anti-virus software and are not meant to replace it. They provide an additional source of security and work by scanning your system for malicious software and other potentially harmful stuff. The three tools I tested were Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware, SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition ... Read more
If you open a file with an extension that is unknown to Windows, it will react with the following prompt: I cannot remember to have used the web search a single time, that is why I disabled it long ago. One can accomplish that with a simple registry entry. Open your Windows Registry by entering ... Read more
This is usually useful if you are not the only one using the computer you are working on and want to hide the keywords you searched for on the Windows Explorer. The way to do it is to open the Local Group Policy Editor by entering gpedit.msc into a Run... prompt, browse this key on ... Read more
