Month: August 2001

In Windows 7/8/8.1, the Display settings applet is found within the Control Panel. In WIndows 10, the Display settings were moved to Settings > System > Display Resolution Resolution settings…

Internet Options can be found in the Windows Control Panel. Internet Options allows you to manage how your Internet is used on your computer. General ○ Set a home page,…

Windows Update is a utility to keep your operating system up to date. It provides security patches and bug fixes. Windows Updates can be configured for automatic installation so that…

With System Restore, you can roll back your system configuration to an earlier point in time (a restore point). Windows automatically creates restore points whenever something happens with the operating…

Files saved on a traditional (non SSD) hard drive are split into multiple fragments and are stored in different places on the hard drive. To read the file, the hard…

Dxdiag stands for DirectX Diagnostic Tool. It’s used to manage DirectX installation. DirectX is an application programming interface (API) that developers use to create applications dealing with multimedia or graphics…

When you first get to a foreign computer for troubleshooting, you may not know anything about it. Therefore you can access the Windows System Information to quickly see what Windows…

Windows 7/8/8.1 have Windows Explorer for file management. In Windows 10, this was renamed to File Explorer. The Windows/File Explorer lets you view all of the files and folders that…

The Notepad is used to view and edit text files. It’s a text editor that’s built into almost any version of Windows. You can start notepad by typing in notepad…

Mstsc stands for Microsoft Terminal Services Client. It’s a Remote Desktop connection that allows you to see and interact with a remote computer. Start the Remote Desktop Connection by typing…