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You can easily customise your Windows 10 Start menu. To remove icons, simply right-click them and select 'Unpin from Start': And to add one in, find the program in your Start menu, right-click it and choose 'Pin to Start': An example of how your shiny new Start menu...

If you've lost control of your inbox, a good way to deal with it is to sort by 'From'. This will group together emails based on who sent them: It's generally much quicker to work through emails from a single person to make sure you've not missed anything, and if you...

If you've got a mouse with a scroll wheel in the middle of it, a quick and easy way to open a webpage link in a new tab is to click it with the scroll wheel instead of the normal mouse button. You can also hold down the 'Control' key on your keyboard as you click a...

It's all too easy to accidentally close a tab when you're browsing the web. Especially frustrating if you're reading something interesting, such as the EJC website. Just press Ctrl + Shift + T and the last place you were looking will magically reappear. On a Mac it's...

Notifications can be useful, but they can also be annoying if you're trying to focus on something important - or perhaps giving a presentation. Windows 10 has a built-in 'Focus Assist' which lets you limit, or turn off, notifications. Click Start and search for it....

If you're trying to copy and paste some content from, say, a website into a Word document or email it can be frustrating when the formatting is also copied across. Solve that problem with 'Paste Special' which lets you strip out unwanted fonts, bold, italic and other...

We’re torn on the use of ‘emojis’ in business. On the one hand, they perhaps aren’t particularly professional. On the other – language constantly evolves, and there’s a valid argument that with our increasingly text-based communication, there is a need for expressing...

You may already be familiar with the little green padlock you see next to a website address: It means the website is being delivered over a secure connection – which is good. But… beware of complacency. All the green padlock means is that the connection is secure – it...

Google, and to a certain extent Bing, offers instant conversions, translations and tools - just type what you need to know. Examples: Maths: 23*54 10 miles in km computer expert in french time in new york define: useful 15 minute timer There are dozens of things like...

If you're using your computer late at night (perhaps reconsider doing that!), Windows 10 has a setting to reduce the 'blue light' emitted from your screen. Don't forget it will change the colours you see, so don't go approving any artwork with it turned on... Click...