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WINDOWS 10 Have you ever been concerned about people accessing the data on your Windows computer? You hand over your computer to someone for a specific reason, and they end up going through your personal data. Most probably, you’ve been looking for ways to protect your data. Sure, you can always encrypt your drive for security, but the encryption process takes very long. Moreover, once you enter the password, the drive remains decrypted until the next time you log on. And you wouldn’t want to log off your computer every time you have to step away from it, would you? What if I tell you there was a better way to achieve what you’re looking for? Imagine if you could hide your disk drives from your File Explorer in such a way that their data can still be accessed by you. Yes, it is possible. In fact, there are more than a single way to do this. So, without any further ado, here are the best ways to hide drives in Windows 10: Note : I’m showing the process on my Win...

Ever noticed that booting up Windows 10 doesn’t play any startup sound? Yes, you read that right. The startup tone, which was present on many versions of Windows was let go by Microsoft from Windows 10. Though you can make your system play the startup sound by tweaking some settings, but what you can also do is play a computerized custom voice message instead. Yes, that’s right, you can set up a customized voice message to welcome you every time you start up your Windows PC. So, without any further ado, here’s how you can set a custom voice message to play on Windows 10 startup: To make your Windows 10 system play a custom voice message at startup, you need to create a Visual Basic Script in Notepad. It’s not as difficult as it may seem. We’ll guide you through the steps to help you accomplish this in the easiest way possible: IMP NOTE : These steps are tried on Windows 10 but should work on Windows 8.1 , 8  and as  well as Windows 7 .   ...

Tethering allows you to get online with your smartphone’s data connection, but you likely have a limited amount of data, and Windows 10 PCs can be very data hungry. You probably won’t want Windows 10 automatically downloading big updates and syncing large amounts of data until you get back to a normal Internet connection. Here’s how to limit that activity when you’re tethering Set Your Tethered Wi-Fi Hotspot as Metered You likely tether by creating a Wi-Fi access point on your phone and connecting your Windows 10 PC to that Wi-Fi access point. Since Windows 8, there’s been a way to tell Windows you’re using a connection with a limited amount of data. You just need to set the connection as “metered” When you tell Windows a connection is metered, the operating system knows it should go easy on that connection. This setting tames Windows Update and some other operating system features. Windows Update generally won’t automatically download updates on me...

There are some things you can only do from the command line—even in Windows. Some of these tools don’t have graphical equivalents, while others are just plain faster to use than their graphical interfaces. If you’re into using PowerShell over Command Prompt, you should note that all the commands we’re covering in this article work just the same in either tool. And obviously, we can’t possibly cover all the useful commands that these tools offer. Instead, we’ll be focusing on commands that should be useful even if you’re not a command-line person ipconfig: Quickly Find Your IP Address  You can find your IP address from the Control Panel, but it takes a few clicks to get there. The ipconfig command is a fast way of determining your computer’s IP address and other information, such as the address of its default gateway—useful if you want to know the IP address of your router’s web interface. To use the command, just type  ipconfig  at the Comm...

APPS & FEATURES Windows 10 allows you to install apps from the Store on any drive you like. You can also move app you’ve previously installed to a new location without uninstalling and reinstalling them. You can store apps on either an internal or external drive. A secondary internal hard drive or partition will work fine, but you can also use this trick to store apps on an SD card or USB drive. Expanding Your PC’s Storage If you have a Windows 10 tablet or laptop PC with a small amount of storage, an SD card may be the ideal way to  expand its storage —both for apps and other types of content. First, you’ll need to get an SD card that fits your device. Depending on your device, you may need a larger SD card or a smaller microSD card (which are often sold with adapters that allow them to function as larger SD cards, too). If the SD card sticks out of the side of your laptop or tablet when you insert it, you may want to consider a “low-profile” mi...

You too among those who spend too much time with their phones? Not really happy with the habit and wish if you could cut down the screen time? Worry not. There are quite a few apps that can help you in this. We have listed a few below: Checky     While smartphones certainly make our lives easy, they are frankly a huge source of distraction as well. Almost everyone stands guilty of checking their phones routine for updates - on social media or on instant messaging apps. There are compulsive smartphone "checkers" as well and if you fall in that notorious category, Checky is the app for you. It tells you exactly how many times you have checked your phone during the day. This way, you can monitor usage and cut down on the time spent on your smartphone.  RescueTime RESCUE TIME If Checky only tells you how much time you spend on your smartphone, RescueTime gives you data about how you spend that time. It gives out information on ...