Category: Windows

With a feature called Clipboard History, you can see and use a recent list of items you have copied to the clipboard.

Clipboard History first appeared in October 2018 update for Windows 10, so you should have installed this update. The feature supports text, HTML (web pages) and images less than 4MB in size.

Clipboard History stores a maximum of 25 entries, with the older ones dropping off as new items appear. Unless an item is pinned, the list will reset every time your device is restarted.

This is for devices using Windows 10 operating system

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Enable Clipboard History

Navigate to Settings by pressing Windows + I. Once there, click the System option. Refer to below image:

On the sidebar, click on Clipboard. In this option, locate the section Clipboard History and toggle the switch to On. See below image:

Clipboard History is now enabled. You may close Settings and use the feature in any application.

View Clipboard History

You can now call up a list of items you have copied recently while using any application. To do so, press Windows + V. See following image:

A small floating window will pop up either near the application you are using, or if all windows are closed or minimized, in the lower-right corner of your screen. At the top of the list will be the most recent items you have copied. Refer to below image:

While the Clipboard History window is open, you can click on any item in the list to paste it into an open application or document at the location of your cursor. See following image:

Pin a Clipboard History Item

You can also pin an item to the Clipboard History list by clicking on the tiny Hamburger icon (the one with 3 dots) and selecting the Pin option. That way, the item will remain on the Clipboard History list even if you reboot the computer or click Clear all. See below image:

Remove a Clipboard History Item

To remove items from Clipboard History, click the Delete option beside an item on the list. Or you can clear the entire list by clicking the Clear all option. Refer to below image:

Disable Clipboard History

To turn off Clipboard History in Windows 10, navigate to Settings > System > Clipboard. Locate the option Clipboard History and toggle the switch to Off. See below image:

You may now close Settings. Once the feature is disabled, if you press Windows + V, you will see a small window alerting you that Windows 10 cannot show your Clipboard History because the feature is turned off.

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The Microsoft Windows 10 Whiteboard app is fully integrated and can now be accessed by all users. Let’s learn how to use it and share your whiteboard projects with others.

The Microsoft Windows 10 Whiteboard app features cloud storage and collaboration which are dependent on an active Microsoft account. This post shows how to access the Microsoft Whiteboard and share your whiteboard creations with others.

This is for Wiondows 10 operating system

Access the Whiteboard App

Access to the Whiteboard app is available from the System Tray if you activate that feature in your taskbar settings. (Optionally, the app is available from the Start menu and can be pinned to the Taskbar). Right-click an empty area of the Windows 10 Taskbar and select the Show Windows Ink Workspace button item from the list. Refer to below image:

A new icon will be added to the System Tray. See below image:

Click the new icon and you will be able to choose the Whiteboard app. See following image:

Now, click the Whiteboard app entry. You will be presented with thumbnails representing previous whiteboard projects, if any. Assuming you logged into Windows 10 with an active Microsoft account, those previous projects will be accessed from Microsoft’s cloud servers. Refer to below image for my screenshot with no whiteboard projects since this is my first time in using the Whiteboard app:

Create and Edit a Whiteboard

To create a Whiteboard project, simply click on the thumbnail Create New Whiteboard. If you have a touch screen you may use the pencil icon to draw on the whiteboard or just use text. There are several other options available such as add an image, insert a note and and add documents. Refer to below image:

Also, you can click on the Hamburger icon in upper right hand corner for the Settings menu. If you right-click on an empty whiteboard space, you will see even more features.

Share the Whiteboard

To share your current Whiteboard with another user, click the Invitation icon in upper left-hand corner. The app will ask you to turn on the feature. When turned on, the app will create a link that you can copy and paste in an email, text message or an online meeting. See below image:

Now, click the Copy link button. See following image:

In my example I am sharing the link by an email to myself. Refer to below image for using Outlook as the email client:

View Your Whiteboard

When you exit the Whiteboard your creation will be saved to your cloud storage. Now, when you restart the Whiteboard app, you will see thumbnails of your projects. See below image:

Of course, access to your Whiteboard creations will require proper credentials and authorizations arranged ahead of time.

If you want to share without collaboration, you can export your creation as an image file and send by a messaging interface.

While the Whiteboard will function with a mouse and keyboard combination, serious artistic collaboration will be more effective with a pencil input on a touchscreen device like a tablet. The Whiteboard has settings and features specifically designed to take advantage of that interface.

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There are numerous books, eBooks, social media, online and printed magazine articles, and posts on how to improve the performance of your PC desktop, laptop or tablet running Windows. Out of hundreds of examples, we are going to explore three little know tips on how to speed up your device.

These enhancements involve a couple of Settings examples and one Control Panel tip. There are no Yes or Okay buttons to click, simple make the change and its automatically saved. So, lets get started.

This is for PCs and similar devices running Windows. Screenshots are for Windows 10.

Adjusting Your Restart Settings

First, we are going to open the Settings dialog for changing our Sign-in Privacy option to improve performance. There are three ways to open Settings on your device:

1. Navigate to the Settings app by clicking the Start button and then select the Settings option (the cog wheel) in lower left of the Start menu
2. Type in Settings in the Cortana search bar, located in lower left hand of your screen, then click on the Settings app in upper left hand of the screen
3. Click the Start button, then click on the Settings tile (the cog wheel) on your display

Now, select the Accounts option. Refer to below image:

Next, select the Sign-in options. See below image:

Then, under the Privacy group, turn off the slider for Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart. See following image:

Tweaking Your Power Plan

By default, Windows 10 uses the Balanced power usage plan that can sometimes hamper performance. We can increase the CPU speed by choosing another plan through the Control Panel.

First, type in Control Panel in the Cortana search bar, located in lower left hand of your screen.

Next, click on the app in the upper left hand of your screen. You will see a similar screen as displayed below.

Note! Your screen may be different depending on how the Control Panel is configured.

Now, select the Power Options. Refer to below image:

Then, select the High Performance option. We are not overclocking the CPU, that is a different option outside of Windows. See following image:

Recovering From a Sudden Slowdown

If your PC is suddenly slowing down, there are two culprits to look at, Microsoft updates and Malware.

First culprit may be Microsoft updates. Open the Settings app by one of the three methods listed under Adjusting Your Restart Settings at the beginning of this post.

Now, select the Update & Security option. Refer to below image:

Next, select View update history. See below image:

Your Microsoft updates will be displayed. Now, search online by the update’s Knowledge Base (KB) number (it’s in brackets at the end of each update title) to see if anyone else is having problems about the update from your browser results, PC news sites, forums or social media posts. To view infomation abou the update, just click the blue link for that KB number.

If lots of people are having trouble since that update, then you may need to uninstall it (click on Uninstall updates blue link at top of the screen and find the KB number) or wait for Microsoft to send a fix. See following image:

Second culprit may be Malware. You can run a free Malware scan using Malwarebytes. Click here to install and scan your device using Malwarebytes.

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So, how do you fix the Windows detected a hard disk problem error in your PC? We are going to look at two ways to resolve this error.

Note! It is recommended to exit all running programs. Also, you may want to backup your important documents and files to an external drive or cloud storage.

This for for the Windows 10 operating system, other versions will be similar.

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Open a Command Prompt

First, we have to open an administrative Command Prompt by using the Start menu. Click Start, type command in the Cortana search bar and you’ll see the Command Prompt menu options on the right. Now, just click the Run as administrator option. Refer to below image:

If you get the User Account Control dialog box, just click the Yes button.

Using the System File Checker Utility

To preview the available options in using this utility, type in sfc help and press Enter. See below image:

We are going to opt in for the scannow option. Now, type in sfc /scannow and press Enter. This may take a little while, so be patient. Before you close this Command Prompt window, ensure that it is 100% complete. See following image for a result similar to yours:

This option will scan all protected system files and replace all corrupted files with a backup copy. After the process is 100% finished, exit the Command Prompt, restart your machine and see if the problem is resolved. Notice, I had corrupted files that the utility resolved.

If you are still experiencing problems, lets try the second method to fix the error.

Using the Check Disk Utility

To preview the available options in using this utility, first open the Command Prompt and select the Run as administrator option as noted in the first image above. Then type in help chkdsk and press Enter. See below image:

First, lets scan your main volume, or drive C. Type in chkcsk C: /scan and press Enter. Refer to below image for results similar to yours:

If the scan shows no errors, then you are finished and your hard drive should be funcational. If not, we are going to opt in for several options as follows:

/f – fixes errors on the selected volume

/r – locates bad sectors and recovers readable information

/x – forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. Imples using the /f option.

Now, type in chkdsk C: /f/r/x and press the Enter key.

You may receive the following screen denoting that chkdsk needs to run after a restart. If so, respond with a y, exit the Command Prompt and restart your device. See below image:

If you need to check and fix a hard drive problem on other partitions, replace the drive letter C: with those partition letter (s).

Getting Rid of the Hard Disk Failure Message

Sometimes the message Windows detected a hard disk problem pops up even when there are no errors with the hard disk. In order to not be annoyed by this, you can follow the steps below to disable it.

First, open the Run dialog box by pressing Windows+R key. Then type in gpedit.msc and click OK. Refer to below image:

Next, head to Administrative Templates > System > Troubleshooting and Diagnostics > Disk Diagnostics. Then double-click on Disk Diagnostics: Configure execution level on the right pane. See below image:

Now, click on Disabled option and click OK. See following image:

Finally, exit the dialog box and restart your PC. Your hard drive should now be fixed. If the error message no longer appears, navigate back to the image above and click the Enabled option, then exit and restart your machine. Congratulations, you are finished. Please feel free to share this post! One way to share is via Twitter, as mentioned below.

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