Helpful Windows 10 Tips And

Tricks

CUSTOMISE THE START MENU

Simply hover the mouse cursor over a tile and right click on your mouse or the right side of your touchpad. Now you'll see options to resize tiles to make them smaller or even wider.

 updating widgets like the ones you get on your phone, select 'Turn the live tile off' and it's all done. 

CREATE A VIRTUAL DESKTOP

A favourite with Mac OS X users, the ability to have multiple desktops running concurrently is now included in Windows 10 and it’s great.

tap or click on the small icon – or press Windows key + Tab –

 to the right of the Cortana search bar and this will bring up all of the your open windows. If you scan your eyes to the bottom right hand corner you should see the option to '+ New desktop'.

USEFUL WINDOWS 10 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Create new virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL + D

Close current virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL + F4

Switch virtual desktop: WIN + CTRL + LEFT or RIGHT

Snapping a window: WIN + LEFT or RIGHT (can be used with UP or DOWN to get into quadrants)

Switch to recent window: ALT + TAB (unchanged) – Hold shows new Task view window view, let go and switches to app.

Task view: WIN + TAB – New Task view opens up and stays open.

TRY USING THE TABLET MODE

Tablet Mode, of course, gets rid of the desktop and lets the Start Menu take center stage.

Tap on the ‘notifications’ icon (it looks like a message) on the taskbar

 – or swipe in from the right side if you’re using a touchscreen – 

in the taskbar to bring up Action Centre. 

-Click the 'Tablet Mode’ and repeat the method to exit it again. most TRY USING THE TABLET MODE  fans of Windows 8 users

HOW TO PUT ''SWITCH TO TABLET MODE'' AS A DEFAULT

Windows Start Menu and select Settings.\

option and when selected it'll give you a drop down option for 'When I sign in'

 Here you choose to boot up in whatever you used last or automatically switch to tablet or desktop mode every time.

INSTALL UPDATES AT THE MOST CONVENIENT TIME

Windows 10 will force you to accept updates to the operating system, 

but the installation process can be delayed by up to six days.

 going into Settings, then Updates and Recovery, and choosing Notify to schedule restart.

GOING BACK TO WINDOWS 7 OR WINDOWS 8.1

Go to the Windows Start menu and click the Update & Security option. Select Recovery and you should see an option to Go Back to Windows 7 or 8.1, depending on what you had last running on your device.

Once you've filled in an form saying why you've had enough of Windows 10, you can begin the very simple process

GET FASTER UPDATES WITH P2P

 Tap on Advanced Options, then Choose how updates are delivered and select Updates from more than one place to ‘on’ – see below for how to ensure P2P updates don't suck up all your bandwidth.