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The Five Best Journaling Apps for Windows Desktop

Do you forget half of the interesting stuff you learn? Have trouble remembering what you were doing six months ago? Want to be able to look back and have a tangible sense of progress? You may want to give journaling a shot. Even if it’s just a sentence a day, it’s a good way to remember things you learn, record your life, and track your progress. If you’re like me, though, it’s too easy to forget to log in to a website and too annoying to type things out on mobile, so you need an app right there on your desktop, reducing the steps between… Read more

How to Change Your Computer’s Name in Windows 10

When you buy a Windows 10 computer, the first thing you usually do is personalize it. You set everything up to your liking, but may not remember to change the name. If not, there are various ways you can do it that will only take you a few minutes. Adding a personalized name to your computer is something you come across when you first set it up, but maybe the name you first added was a total mistake. The options to change your computer’s name is quick and easy. You won’t have to reinstall the entire system just for a name change. Related: How to… Read more

7 of the Best Terminal Emulators for Windows 10

For a long time Windows 10 hasn’t had a great command line interface. As a result, developers and system admins have installed third-party options to emulate Unix style and other kinds of consoles. And while it’s possible to get a bash shell inside Windows 10 now, many users still prefer a more configurable terminal emulator. Check out the best terminal emulators for Windows 10 below. 1. MobaXterm Rammed with robust features like X11 servers, a library of plugins, and even its own protocol clients, MobaXterm is a great server tool with myriad Terminal options for those who really want to dig deep (conversely, you… Read more

Windows Store Not Working? Here’s How to Fix It

The Windows Store, Microsoft Store, whatever you want to call it, isn’t the most popular store out there, riddled as it is with bugs, crashes, and a tendency to just outright not work. It does have some good stuff in it, though (like these free apps), and if you’re a gamer, then you may find that you need to have access to it to download games from the Microsoft stable like Forza Horizon 4 and Gears of War 4. So it’s good to have it working. If your Windows Store stops working, however, here are the best fixes to get it back up and running…. Read more

How to Automatically Create a System Restore Point in Windows on Startup

Your computer is capable of time travel. On Windows 10 the System Restore feature can take your computer back to an earlier point in time. This is useful when your computer needs to recover from a significant issue like a virus. You take your computer back to the last time it worked correctly and restore it to that point. As long as your restore points are recent, you should be able to restore your computer without losing any files. But it’s impossible to know when your computer is going to face a potentially devastating problem, so it’s a good idea to create these System Restore… Read more