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Question from Jackie: I read that Windows 10 will let you log in with a numeric PIN instead of a password sort of like when you use an ATM card.
Can you tell me how to set up a pin on my computer?
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Question from Rhonda: A few days ago I got a text message from Microsoft saying my computer has a virus and that I need to delete System 32, but I can’t find it on the list of programs to remove.
I texted them back and asked them what I need to do, but I haven’t heard back from them. Can you tell me how to find System 32 so I can delete it?
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Question from Betty: I have an Acer laptop that came with Windows 8 but was later updated to Windows 10.
It works great except for one problem.
This computer always booted to the Desktop after I installed Windows 10 but this morning it booted to what looks very similar to the old Windows 8 “Start Screen”.
My friend came over and used my computer last night and he must have done something to make it start doing this.
I really, really, REALLY want to use my computer with the Desktop instead of a stupid Start Screen. How can I fix it?
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Question from Penny N.: I have a laptop with a 23 inch external monitor attached to it. The laptop is a Lenovo IdeaPad with Windows 10 on it.
I use the laptop’s built-in screen to display my Gmail and the larger external monitor for everything else.
I never use the taskbar on the laptop’s screen so I’d like to disable it and have the taskbar displayed on the external monitor only. That would give me a little extra usable screen space on the smaller screen.
Is it possible to disable the taskbar on the laptop’s screen even though that’s the primary display? [Read more…]
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As you probably know, Windows 10 is a large and very complicated operating system with tons of options and settings available for you to tweak to your liking.
Windows also has to interact with hardware devices and all types of third party software to enable your computer to do everything you need for it to do.
Unfortunately, all of these complex interactions pretty much ensure that things can (and will) go wrong on occasion.
Many issues are caused by third party apps, drivers and installed software, but plenty of others are caused when something goes haywire with Windows itself.
Luckily, Windows 10 includes a handy tool called “Troubleshoot” that can (possibly) diagnose and (possibly) fix some of the problems and glitches that arise with your PC.