Windows Tips and Fixes

Excel is a dynamic spreadsheet program from Microsoft and a component of the different Office product groups for all business applications. It is an incredibly amazingly powerful tool. This tool can be used to get meaning out of a vast amount of data. However, it also works great for really simple calculations and for tracking

If you want to learn how to convert a pdf into an excel file, then you have come to the right place. In this article we will be looking at how to accomplish this in just a few easy steps. This will be done from your Excel file once it is open. But first we

If your computer is moving so slow that you are now thinking to get a new one, STOP. You may not need to spend all that cash to get a new fast moving computer just yet. In this article I will be discussing how to speed up a computer by defrag. What is defragging you

Hi there and welcome back to Encyclotek.com. In this article we will be looking at how you can access and change the country or region on a PC. This outline is specific to the Windows 10 computer system. However, the procedure is pretty universal. Well except for Apple products, which is a whole other world

This article is meant to help you make your device easier to use. How easier to use you may ask? Make your device easier to use without sound by displaying audio as text. Yes, we are looking at how to setup closed captions on windows computer system. This is a very useful tool built into

There are many and various ways to get your computer to work much better. Performance is always a challenge especially when you are on a budget friendly computer system. What if there was a way to get much better performance out of your computer? Regardless of the type of computer you have we all could

Ok in this article we will be looking at where to go to access your proxy settings on your computer. Yes we will be looking at how you can do this straight from your Google Chrome browser. If you ever need to open computer proxy settings from Chrome follow through in this article. Accessing proxy

Are you aware that there is a Windows storage sense option on Windows 10? A storage sense option that allows you to have your computer automatically free up space? Well there is such a feature and in this article we will look a bit at this feature. The feature is meant to, as said before,

Hey there, can you use your Android phone from your PC – personal computer? This might be a question that may have crossed your mind. Or, perhaps you are just thinking about it as you came across this article. Well the answer is quite simple. Yes you can. In this article we will be looking

For this article we are simple looking at how to combine taskbar buttons on windows computer. This can be helpful as it frees up space on your taskbar allowing you to perform greater multitasking. By freeing up space through combining taskbar buttons you can work with Microsoft Office applications more. Also you can now work

Here is how to quickly auto hide taskbar on windows 10 desktop computers. This will allow a bit more desktop viewing capability. Also, this will give your computer a more personalize touch and a more unique look. This is a very quick and easy modification to do to your windows computer system. Desktop or laptop

Ever wonder why your computer takes so long to bootup? Why it takes such a long time to get ready for you to work? For many, they experience this even with a new computer. After a little installation here and a little installation there. Suddenly they realize that they computer just keeps getting slower and

Here is another helpful article from encyclote.com. This article focuses on the concept of how you would setup battery saver on laptop. This will also apply to your desktop computer systems as well. This is also a very quick and easy process. Let us get right into it. On an empty location on your desktop,

Hi there and welcome back to Encyclotek Site. For this article we will be looking at how to set sleep options for a laptop. This article focuses on setting up your power options for your laptop. This will eventually save you money on your electricity bill. Have you ever realize that you left your laptop

Here is how to go about customizing your lock screen on Windows 10. Windows 10 is automatically setup to have images pull from the web and update your lockscreen every now and then. This is aimed at keeping the look of your computer fresh each time you log on. But just how to set a

Just in case you have an older version laptop that just does not work anymore. You may be thinking of throwing it out. You just do not know what to do with it. It seems like such a waste to just through it in the garbage. You just may have to do so. But not

For the purpose of this article we will be looking at how to screenshot on windows 10. This little trick is very useful when you wish to capture what is displayed on your computer screen. You can then paste it anywhere you like. For example you can paste it in Microsoft word. You can past

Many times you will come across some issues with Microsoft word or even Microsoft office in general. One of the most coming issue you may experience is Microsoft word not responding or not starting up. For this article we will look at how to fix this issue. Hi and welcome back to Encyclotek.com. So, just

For this article / tutorial I will be looking at how to close Firefox without losing your browsing tabs. These are the windows that you have open within your browsing platform. Here is an article on How to close Google Chrome and not Lose your Browsing Tabs as well. In the previous article on how

Hi there, and here is how to remove all stored password in Firefox. From time to time Firefox may store your passwords so that you can log into regularly visited sites faster and easier. However not everyone need to have their passwords stored. Specially if you are sharing a laptop or a desktop computer. This

For today’s article we will be looking at how to use the snipping tool on your PC windows 10. Also known as the Snip and Sketch tool. This is a very useful tool in capturing and cutting things displayed on your computer screen. It is quite useful if you wish to capture what is being

In this article/tutorial I will explain how to quickly change the column headings in MS excel from numbers (1,2,3…) back to letters (A,B,C…). An issue like this can be real troublesome especially if you work with a lot of formulas within excel as I do. This can create confusion for those new to excel and

It can be a great tragedy to have multiple important windows open in google chrome, only to accidentally close it and lose it all. After all we all multitask from time to time and having a number of open tabs/windows in one browser can be very handy. However, it is also very stressful when all