Windows 10

iOS devices take photos in the HEIC format. If you try to download or open HEIC images on your Windows 10 computer, you'll see these images have the .HEIC file extension. But there's a major compatibility issue that arises when trying to open HEIC images on your Windows PC. Windows 10 does not support HEIC files. In this guide, we'll show you how you can bypass this … [Read more...] about Fix HEIC Images Will Not Download or Open on PC

Two of the key features of mobile phones are autocorrect and predictive text. Most users will use at least one of these two features constantly and will generally be very happy with it. It's a little odd then that these features aren't popular at all on PC. Autocorrect and predictive text were primarily created to have to reduce the number of required keypresses on the small … [Read more...] about Windows 10: How to Enable Autocorrect and Predictive Text

If you have a relatively small monitor, tiling windows next to each other can reduce the usable screen space you have too much to be comfortably usable. One way to get around this is to simply switch between windows, but this may not be ideal either. For example, if you’re trying to transcribe text that can’t be copied or trying to monitor performance stats while playing a … [Read more...] about How to Pin Any Window to Always Be on Top in Windows

Almost every time that you open an app, it will be through a shortcut. Every app on your desktop is really a shortcut to the actual app, even the entries in the Start Menu are shortcuts. This can occasionally make it annoying to find out where an app is actually installed. … [Read more...] about Windows 10: How to Find the Location of EXE Program

If your computer is running slowly or is producing a lot of heat, it’s likely that at least one program is hogging your system resources. Depending on which resources are being hogged the exact symptoms of the issue can vary, but if any resource is being hogged it can result in other programs running slowly. … [Read more...] about Windows 10: How to Identify Apps Hogging System Resources

If you use your Windows 10 computer to host or attend video conferences, or record audio and podcasts, you definitely need a reliable microphone. Your computer's built-in microphone is not capable of capturing high-quality audio input, so you need to buy an external mic and connect it to your PC or laptop. Well, sometimes Windows 10 may fail to detect your microphone. The OS … [Read more...] about Windows 10 Microphone Not Plugged In Error – Fix

Does your Windows 10 computer randomly play device disconnect sounds? You know, the kind of sound you normally hear when you disconnect your USB device. If the USB jingles happen for no reason, there are a few methods that you can use to get rid of this phantom disconnected device sound. … [Read more...] about Windows 10: Fix Device Disconnect Sounds

One of the experiences that almost all PC gamer share is that of your game crashing. It’s generally not particularly common thankfully, but it does happen. Whenever your game does crash, you always get a sinking feeling as you think back to when you last saved and how much you have to replay. Some game crashes are worse than others though. Simply crashing to desktop is one … [Read more...] about Windows 10: Force Close Apps That Are Frozen in Full-Screen

Your privacy is important, especially when it comes to your computer. One of the biggest possible invasions of your privacy would be if a hacker could activate a microphone in your house. Depending on where you keep your computer, this can be "just" a worrying privacy issue or an appalling invasion of privacy. We’ve collated some top tips to disable your microphone, so you … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Disable Your Microphone in Windows 10

Sooner or later, you're going to have to deal with a program that won't stop misbehaving. A buggy program can cause all kinds of problems, and that includes refusing to close. Sure, you could use the Task Manager or press the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys, but there are other options. One of those options is closing a process by using the Command Prompt as an administrator. … [Read more...] about Windows 10: Use the Command Prompt to Close a Process