As if Windows wasn’t fat enough already, there’s a long list of Windows 10 Optional Features available to ‘extend’ Windows functionality. Those speech marks around ‘extend’ are there because some of the ‘optional’ features are downright essential to running other software and services.
A number of these run from ‘essential’ to ‘completely useless’ to ‘under no circumstances.’ At least you have a choice…
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Internet Explorer 11 will be retired and out of support in June, 2022. So why do you need IE mode on Edge? The answer is Microsoft’s long tail of compatibility for business customers.
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Previous instalments covered various security, telemetry and application settings that Windows regularly sends back to base. How else can you stop Windows 10 dialling home? This third part looks at Microsoft Account and Sync. Continue reading
In part one we ran through some of the built-in tools to diagnose and fix issues after Windows updates. What else can you do to fix the Windows 10 Go-Slow after updates?
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You conscientiously allow Windows Update to do its thing (because you can’t stop it for more than a week). It then runs about as fast as a sloth on LSD. So how do you fix the Windows 10 go-slow after updates? Continue reading
Windows Feature Experience Packs are the new type of Windows Update. But what’s the difference? And when you get an update, is it a Feature or is it an Experience? Does anyone know? Continue reading
