At the bottom left, click on the Start ( icon that looks like window pane) icon and tap Settings
Click on Accounts , tap on the Sign-in options , then enable (ON) the “Require Windows Hello Sign-in for Microsoft accounts
Access Notification settings from the Taskbar: To decide where your notifications will show up and ways to sort them out, click Notification at the bottom right-side of the screen and tap Manage Notifications displayed on the taskbar.
Deploy the Snip & Sketch feature to capture, mark up and share pictures: The Screen sketch feature is now referred to as Snip & Sketch. Launch the Snip & Sketch to take a snip of what is on your PC’s screen or to mark up an existing image and share it. From the Search space (located at the bottom left anywhere you are on the screen), enter Snip & Sketch (you will start getting suggestions of what you are looking for before you finish typing the word), then choose Snip & Sketch from the result displayed to launch the app. For quick snip, use any of your fingers to click on the Windows logo key + Shift+ S. The screen of your computer will get dark and the cursor will be displayed as cross. Select a point and left-click the cursor. Then proceed to highlight that area that you wish to capture by moving the cursor. The captured area is displayed right on the screen. The snipped image will be saved to temporal memory area called clipboard, and will be ready for pasting into a document or an email. If you wish to edit the snipped image, click on the notification that shows just after you have made your snip. The Snip & Sketch app gives options to save, copy, or share and also has a pen, eraser and a highlighter, all with variable line widths. Alternatively, you can also download the Skitch App from https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5705-skitch.html. The Skitch app for Windows is best for markup, screenshot and to annotate images with arrows, text and shapes. Many of the screenshots you will see in this guide were taken from my PC using the Skitch App for Windows.
Make items and stuffs on your PC’s screen get bigger: If it is only the text on the screen that you plan to make bigger, click on Windows logo , click on Settings , select Ease of Access , tap Display and just adjust the slider you will see under “ Make Texts bigger.” If your plan is to get everything bigger (and not just text), you will see a drop-down menu under “ Make everything bigger” where you can choose an option.
Increase the visibility of the pointer: If you are finding it difficult to identify the pointer on the screen, you can decide to change its color or make it a little bigger or very big to improve visibility. To do this, click on Windows logo , click on Settings , select Ease of Access and choose Cursor & Pointer.
Use Emoji anywhere you are on keyboard: You can express your feelings wherever you are, and however you wish to, by using the Emoji on your keyboard. To bring the Emoji panel on keyboard, click the Windows pane + Period (.)
Windows 10 installation Steps on your computer
System Requirement for Windows 10 installation on PC
Be reminded that if your computer doesn’t meet the specifications highlighted below, you won’t be able to install the Windows 10 Operating System or you might not really have a good experience on Windows if you find your ways around the whole installation process. The following are the basic requirements for installing Windows10 on your computer;
- Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or System on a Chip (SoC)
- Random Access Memory (RAM): 1 Gigabyte memory will suffice for 32bits computers, and 2 Gigabyte memory is okay for 64bits computers.
- Size of Hard drive: 32 Gigabyte or more.
- Graphics card: DirectX 9 graphics card or later version with WDDM 1.0 driver.
- Display: 800 X 600
- Stable Internet connection: Downloading features and updates require stable internet.
Updating the Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can opt to get information about updates, and how you desire to be get such updates. This is to get your PC running securely and smoothly. To manage options, click on the Start menu, navigate to Settings , select Update & Security and click on Windows Update .
Having issues installing Windows Updates?
There may be more than one reason why your computer is unable to update to the most recent edition of Windows 10. The tips below might help you troubleshoot your computer where it is unable to install updates. However, before you start anything at all, make sure that your computer is plugged to a stable source of power and connected to a good internet. Also, before you carry out any of the tips below, ensure you backup your files properly. You can slot in a USB drive inside your computer to copy your important files – this is a simple backup strategy.
- Free up spaces on your drive to run update: It might be that your computer doesn’t have enough space left. For an update on a 32bits computer, you need about 16BG of free space, and 20GB free space for a 64-bit operating system. If your computer has a small hard drive, you might have to insert a USB drive to update your computer.
- Restart your computer to apply the updates you have installed: Sometimes, updating your Windows may require that you restart your computer to begin the process. Before you restart
