The Microsoft Surface has plenty of ways to make use of a digital pen, but not all apps are created equal. Here are five apps that excel at their respective tasks.

The Shell command offers a handy way to view your Applications folder. Here's how it works--and why you might find the trick useful.

Getting to the BIOS configuration settings on modern PCs running Microsoft Windows 10 is not an intuitive process. Here is how you do it.

By adding a helper column and a simple conditional format rule, you can apply an alternating band scheme that expands to accommodate a group.

A hyphen by any other name might not be the hyphen you need. Learn when and how to use four hyphen characters at your disposal.

Cisco's VPN Client v5 is not officially supported on Windows 10--but what if you rely on the software to communicate remotely to business resources? Here's a workaround to help you out.

The Anniversary Update includes a new feature that lets you use Wi-Fi to project the display from a Windows 10 phone or computer to your Windows 10 PC. Here's how to set it up.

This month, Susan Harkins introduces an Excel user to advanced filtering and helps a PowerPoint user reduce his work when positioning pictures in PowerPoint.

The Windows 10 Task Manager offers a treasure trove of details. Here's a look at the information you can access on the Performance tab.

Enabling PowerShell Remoting using Group Policy provides command-level access to all clients, allowing administrators to fully manage devices as if they were sitting at the console locally.

Some malware is really good at hiding itself. You can thwart those malicious plans by running Windows Defender in offline mode.

PowerPoint 2016's Morph transition makes it easy to show motion, zoom in and out, and change shapes.

Slicers are a great tool for filtering a data set or PivotTable. Learn how to use one slicer to manipulate more than one PivotTable or PivotChart.

Certain Windows 10 apps can't be uninstalled the normal way--they have to be removed with PowerShell commands. Here's how you do it.

If you've fallen behind on your File History backups, a VHD could be your safety net. Here's a clever trick for retrieving specific files from a system image.