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Question from Shirley: How can I set the Desktop background on my Windows 10 PC to display pretty photos like the ones I see in screensavers and on the Lock screen?
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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…]