Quick assistance.

This is an interesting feature of Windows 10. It allows you to help a third party to troubleshoot problems with the operating system. Or on the contrary, we can also receive help from another person. Quick Assistance allows you to remotely control another user’s computer. Or also give control to another user to control our pc. The best thing is that you don’t have to install any third party software. Nor do you have to open the browser. All you have to do is type Quick Assist in the search box. After opening the app all you have to do is log into the account, generate a code and share it with the other person. Immediately both users will share access remotely.

Automatically rename multiple files.

This tip is a Windows classic. However, many people don’t know it. In Windows 10 you can select multiple files at once and rename them all to the same numerical series. Consider this, you have a folder with photos from your last vacation. Then you select all the photos, right-click and select Rename. Then you assign Vacation as the new name. Consequently, each picture will be called Vacation (01), Vacation (02), and so on. Since Windows adds a number in sequence to each image.

Get text suggestions and autocorrection

Did you know that it is possible to make text suggestions when typing in Windows 10? Just like the autocorrect function on smartphone keyboards. To enjoy it, you just have to activate the text suggestions function for the hardware keyboard. With this intention follow the following path:

Windows Settings>Devices>Typing

Once there, select Keyboard Hardware. Next, enable the option to show text suggestions while typing. You can also enable the auto-correct option.

Change cursor color and size

Windows has many accessibility and customization features. Consequently, a very useful and nice one is the possibility to customize the mouse pointer. Since we can not only change the color but also the size. Which is very useful if you have eyesight problems. Or simply to give another look to the pointer. So just follow the following path:

Windows Settings>Ease of Access>Mouse pointer 

Once there, you can modify the size and color of the pointer. You can also edit the cursor size.

Record the screen without installing anything

Windows 10 allows you to record your screen without installing additional software. Simply use the Xbox Game Bar. The bar appears by simply pressing the Win+G combination. Then, just click on the recording icon. On the other hand, there are keyboard shortcuts that allow you to invoke the recorder without having to open the game bar. Pressing Win+ALT+R will start a new recording. In addition, you can control it with a small indicator.

Quick search

Almost all of us search in Windows using the Start menu. However, Windows 10 search has its own space. Indeed, it is enough to press the Win+S combination to open the search without the Start menu. In that box there are several quick searches. For example, the weather, important news and more. In addition, of the recently used apps and the most used ones. Finally we can do web searches from an image. For this purpose you just have to click on the camera icon in the lower right corner. This action will take a current screenshot and perform a web search.

Ultimately we have seen some little known Windows functions that are very useful. We hope you will use them and improve your productivity in Windows 10. Bye!

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A web browser.

Windows 10 comes with Microsoft Edge and also with Internet Explorer. But let’s face it, despite the efforts of Redmond’s company, neither of the two have managed to penetrate users’ preferences. There are many options on the market, such as Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave. However, lately, I’ve been using Microsoft Edge’s beta channel. This proposal is very interesting, as it is based on free software, specifically Chromium. They are the people behind the Chrome project. Although not yet ready for daily use, it is a good option to keep in mind. A good web browser is the first program to download, as it will allow us to access the other desired content.

An antivirus program

When using the computer and surfing the Internet it is always advisable to download and use a good antivirus. While it is true that Windows 10 comes with Defender pre-installed, it is always advisable to complement the protection with another program. There are several options, free and paid, such as Avira, Avast, Panda, Kaspersky, and Norton. The choice is in your hands, but I use the free version of Kaspersky and it offers me an optimal level of protection.

An office suite

In today’s globalized world, having an office suite is essential for our daily work. Microsoft has the most popular option, we are talking about Office. In addition, it is the most complete as it includes a word processor, spreadsheets, presentations and more. However, this option is paid and there are good alternatives in the market and free as LibreOffice. Please note that there are also online and free options, which may solve an eventuality but not for everyday use. Google document is a good option

Data decompressor

As you use the computer, you will probably get some .rar or .zip file. Some of these formats are decompressed natively by Windows 10, but others are not. There are payment options such as WinRar and WinZIP, however, there are free and open-source versions and very powerful, such as 7zip.

Graphics Editor

In the past, graphic editing tools were only available to professionals. However, with the advent of mobile phones, more and more users want to edit their photos. There are professional payment tools, such as Adobe Photoshop. However, there are free but equally powerful options like Gimp.

PDF Reader

Currently, it is a necessity to have PDF reader software. Some office suites such as Office incorporate a reader, but I must say that the results are not optimal. That is why it is recommended to download an efficient reader, such as Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader. It is important to note that most web browsers incorporate a PDF reader.

Torrent Manager

If you are one of the users who like to download a lot of information using the benefits of torrent files. Then it is paramount that you download a good torrent manager, in particular, I use qBittorrent. It is free, open-source and fulfills its functions perfectly.

Video Player

Certainly, Windows has its native application for video playback. But it’s not the most friendly if you want a powerful player that plays all your series and movies. I recommend VLC, it’s free and has hundreds of improvements and interesting features.

Conclusion

We have seen some apss to download after installing Windows 10. Obviously, it is not a definitive list but it does allow you to leave your operating system ready for action. I hope you enjoyed this post before I go I want to invite you to review our article on Overwrite in Windows 10.

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Enabling/disabling Windows 10 features

The first thing to do is type Control Panel in the bar search to go to Control Panel. Once there, select programs.

In the next windows, we have to select Turn Windows features on or off

Next, we will see a box with the list of Windows features with a checkbox next to it. If a feature has a checkmark next to it, it means that it is enabled. When it does not have a checkmark, it wants to say it is disabled. Finally, if you see a filled box it means that the function contains multiple sub-functions and only some of them have been enabled. We can expand the function to see which of its subfunctions are and are not enabled. This is the easy way of turn windows features on or of

Some of them and their use

Hyper V: This is a Microsoft virtualization tool. Includes the underlying platform and services and a graphical Hyper-V Administrator tool for creating, managing and using virtual machines

Internet Information Server Core hospedable Web: It allows hosting a web server using IIS within its own process. You only need to install this if you need to run an application that requires it

Windows Subsystem for Linux: In my opinion, this is one of the most interesting features. In order to run Ubuntu in Windows 10, we must enable this feature. In future tutorials, we will refer to this new functionality.

This is it for now! Please take a look at our tutorial about install Python 3 in Windows 10.

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