Category: Tips

How to use Microsoft Assessments to improve your cloud adoption

Are you looking for a way to assess your cloud readiness and optimize your Azure solutions? Do you want to get tailored feedback and best practices from Microsoft experts? If so, you should check out Microsoft Assessments, a free online platform that helps you evaluate your business strategies and workloads on Microsoft Learn. Microsoft Assessments …

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CTRL key Tips in Task Manager

Here are 3 Task Manager hidden features that might come in handy: Stopping task manager from refreshing One of the features of the Windows Task Manager is that it automatically refreshes the data every few seconds. This can be useful for monitoring the performance and activity of your system, but sometimes you may want to …

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How to Securely Erase a Drive with Windows Reset This PC

If you want to sell or donate your old PC or just the drive inside, you need to make sure that none of your personal data can be recovered by the next person. Simply deleting your files or resetting Windows is not enough, as there are tools that can easily undelete them. You need to …

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Preparing to upgrade to Windows 11 (MBR to GPT)

If you want to upgrade to Windows 11, you may need to convert your disk from MBR to GPT. MBR stands for Master Boot Record, and it is an old way of partitioning disks that has some limitations. GPT stands for GUID Partition Table, and it is a newer and more flexible way of partitioning …

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Easy way to access your UEFI bios from Windows 10/11

Accessing the bios of a device has become quite challenging on a lot of devices, the time it takes to start loading Windows from power down ha sbecome so short it’s quite possible you are no longer able to quickly pres the right key on the keyboard to skip to the bios. One option is …

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New MS Paint is rolling out to Canary & Dev channels

Hi everyone! I’m super excited to share with you some amazing news: Microsoft Paint finally has a dark mode! 🎉 If you’re like me, you love using Paint for your creative projects, but sometimes the bright white background can be a bit harsh on your eyes. Well, not anymore! With the new dark mode feature, …

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The Windows 11 Right-Click menu

One of the most noticeable changes in Windows 11 is the new right-click menu that appears when you click on a file, folder, or desktop. The new menu is more compact and modern, with rounded corners and icons for common actions. It also integrates with Microsoft’s cloud services, such as OneDrive and Teams. Here are …

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Use Winget to update your 3rd party applications the easy way.

Patching 3rd party apps is often forgotten eighter due to an unused app or an app that has no auto update functionally built-in. This poses a vulnerability threat to your device. Winget is a command-line tool that allows users to discover, install, update, remove and configure applications on Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers. It …

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Retreive & install oem bios Windows License key

Having trouble with your Windows activation on an OEM device? You might be able to fix it by retrieving the key from the bios. Run this in Powershell (Elevation should not be needed) If your device came with a license this command will show the key (looks like this: XXXXX-XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX) Next you’ll want to check …

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