Windows Notepad – 2 useful tips/tricks

1.Create a timed log

Open up notepad and type in “.LOG” all caps,and save that file.

Now,every time you open it,a time stamp will appear.

Note:you can manually add a timestamp by going to edit – Time/Date

2.Header/Footer setup

If you wanted to print a notepad file,you can slightly modify it. Go to page setup:

In the Footer tab we have the following commands:

&L will allign the text to the left

&C will allign the text to the center

&R will allign the text to the right

&D will add the currect date

&T will add the current time

&F will print the name of the document

&P will put the page number in

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2 Windows tips and tricks you should know

1.Go down to your taskbar and search for “Phone link”

With it,you can connect your phone directly to your PC,once connected you and send/receive text messages and also make phone calls directly from your PC.

2.Head over to the Microsoft store and search for “PowerToys”

Once installed,you get a lot of windows useful utilities.

Two of my favourites are:

You can press

And that will keep the currently active windows on top of everything else.

And the second one,press

With this you can extract text from anything.

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How to fix crucial BSOD errors

The first thing you should do if you receive a BSOD is to try and restart your pc and boot into safe mode to try and reset your pc.

If you are unable to do this,what you need to do is to press the power button of your pc/laptop until it is fully shutdown,do this 3 times until the options below pop up:

Once this shows up,you have to click on Troubleshoot-Advanced options-Startup Repair and see if this finds an error,if not,go ahead and get back to the upper menu ,Troubleshoot-Advanced Options-Command Prompt

Here you have to run a few commands:

1:bootrec /fixmbr

2.bootrec /fixboot if you get access denied in this step just type : bootsect /nt60 sys

3.bootrec /fixboot

4.bootrec /rebuild

5.sfc /scannow  NOTE: this will take a while,just be patient

6.chkdsk c:  NOTE: this will also take some time.

After these 6 steps,close command prompt and restart your pc,what this does if it finds any software/hardware issuse this will rewrite them with the basic settings.

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3 Windows tips and tricks

1.If you have a gif that you really like, you can ass it to your Chrome screen.

Open up chrome and click on Customize Chrome

Click on Upload an image ,select the gif you have saved on your computer, and that will turn into your background

2.If you need to lock your computer really quickly just hit windows key + L on your keyboard and it will go to the lockscreen

3.You can reset your graphics card by pressing Windows key + Shift + Ctrl + B,you will hear a little beep and your screen will start flashing ,that’s how you know it worked.

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Useful Windows tips

Here are a couple Windows tips:

1.Press “Ctrl”+”Shift”+”Esc”- this will bring up task manager

Whilst in task manager go to options and tick the “Always on top” option.

This will allow Task manager to always show up on top of all other applications,whenever called upon.

2.Also in task manage,go to startup

Now go to startup impact and click it

Right click on anything you don’t want starting up when you start your computer.

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Windows tips and tricks

Here are a couple of things you can try on your PC.

1.Right click on desktop -“New”- “Shortcut” and type in “slidetoshutdown”

This will add a slide effect will pop up when you want to shutdown your PC.

2.Right click on an app that you frequently use and go to properties,in the shortcut tab,go ahead and type in any key combination you want that is not currently in use,now when you hit that combination the app will run.

3.Press windows key + R and type in “mrt” and hit ok

Now,this will pop up

Now you can do a quick scan for any viruses that might be in your computer.

Quick note,this might take quite a while to scan and i recommend you do this when you are AFK.

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PC freezes at startup – quick tip

If your PC keeps freezes after windows loads and/or has a slow startup, here is something you can try that might fix it:

  • Press “Windows key” + “R” or just go to the search bar on the bottom left and type in “run” as shown below

  • Click on “Run” and type in “msconfig and hit “Ok”

Here you need to untick the “Load startup items” and hit ok.

After this,restart your PC , Windows will now load only necessary programs at startup which will most likely fasten it up.

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How to make your Windows 10 computer run faster

If your Windows 10 computer sluggishly performs tasks, here’s a tip that will fasten up your computer.

1.Go to your start menu and then settings as shown below:

Then,in the search bar,type in “performance” and click on the “adjust the appearance and perfomance of windows”

Tick the “adjust for best performance” box and then apply.

This will disable non essential features to make your computer run faster.

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3 must know Windows tricks

Here are my top 3 windows tricks that help me go through long sessions at the pc:

1.Turn on Night Light

What this feature does is that it removes all the blue light from your screen which is a big reason behind why we remain awake late at night.To enable Night Light, go to Settings -> System -> Display, and turn on the toggle next to Night Light.

2.Turn on Dynamic Lock

When turned on, this feature will automatically lock your system whenever you walk away from your work-desk. Basically, the feature uses Bluetooth connection with your phone to determine if you are near it or not.You can enable this feature by going to Settings -> Accounts -> Sign-in Option and turning on the “Dynamic Lock” feature.

3.Enable Dark mode

What I love about the dark mode here is that it’s truly dark so you are not getting that dark gray color which you generally see on other operating systems. Also, since this is a system enabled dark mode, all your navigation panels in every app, including Settings, File Explorer, and more turn to dark mode.To enable dark mode go to Settings -> Personalization -> Colors and scroll down and enable the dark mode.

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Common blue screen erors – tips to fix

A stop error can occur if a problem causes your device to shut down or restart unexpectedly.

Common errors:

  • SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
  • DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
  • VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE
  • PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
  • DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  • SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
  • IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
  • VIDEO_DXGKRNL_FATAL_ERROR
  • KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
  • INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

Those may also receive hexadecimal error codes, such as 0x0000003B, 0x0000009F, 0x00000133, 0x00000116, 0x00000050, 0x000000D1, 0x0000007E, 0x0000000A, 0x00000113, 0x0000001E.

Try the option below,these should be attempted in the order shown until your issue is fixed:

  1. Perform a hard reset
  2. Run a hardware diagnostic test
  3. Disconnect external devices
  4. Boot into safe mode with networking
  5. Run the blue screen troubleshooter using SupportAssist
  6. Repair the missing or corrupted Windows system files
  7. Update the BIOS and drivers
  8. Restore the computer using Windows System Restore
  9. Restore the computer to factory default settings.
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