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Enable the Virtual Touchpad in Windows 10

Posted in Windows 10 by Steve Sinchak

If you have a touch display and would like more precise control of your mouse cursor you can turn on a hidden virtual touchpad that can be found in the latest versions of Windows 10. This virtual touchpad comes complete with virtual right and left mouse buttons.  Another great use of the virtual touchpad is with legacy games and applications that don’t work well with a touchscreen. 

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Pin People directly to your Taskbar

Posted in Windows 10 by Steve Sinchak

How would you like to pin contacts directly to your taskbar so you can easily communicate with them over Skype or email? Included in the latest update to Windows 10 is the capability to pin people directly to the taskbar.  Best of all, you can click on their icon in the taskbar, and communicate instantly with them over skype or email all within the popup window.

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Just Say No to Roaming Profiles

Posted in Windows 10 by Steve Sinchak

Roaming Profiles were an amazing invention that first appeared back on July 27th, 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1. Designed to make it easy for a user to roam from one computer to another, Roaming Profiles provided a synchronization capability that copied user profile information and application settings from the local computer to a central Windows file server. This synchronization would occur upon login and logoff and worked perfectly if you worked for a very small company and sat within 50 feet of the file server. 

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Easily Move from your Mobile to your PC with this Awesome Windows 10 Feature

Posted in Windows 10 by Steve Sinchak

With the release of the Microsoft Edge browser on iOS and Android, you can now easily transition from using the mobile browser over to your Windows 10 PC with an awesome feature called Continue on PC. This is very useful when you are browsing a site on your phone, but would like to move over to your Windows 10 PC without missing a beat. In order to set this up, you need the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (build 16299) or newer and an Android or iOS device that supports the Microsoft Edge mobile app. 

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How To Identify Your Version of Windows 10

Posted in Windows 10 by Steve Sinchak

With the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft switched to a new release cycle with major releases that occur about twice a year. All of these updates are released under the Windows 10 brand which can make it a little confusing to determine which version of Windows 10 you have. But there is a simple trick to identify when your version of Windows 10 was released. 

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