Windows Help & Advice - UK (2019-12)

WINDOWS 10 TIPS FEATURES EXPLAINED NEW TIPSANDTRICKS

Welcome

Windows 10 is

alwaysevolving,

andlooksquite

differenttotheway

it didbackin2015.

It’salwaysworthinstallingthe

latestsecurityandcumulative

updatesforyourPC– the

benefitsfaroutweighany

dangers,andproblemupdates

caneasilyberolledback.Big

featureupdatesaren’ttobe

fearedeither,evenif theycan

takea longtimetodownload.

Onp70wefindouthowto

repairWindows 10 without

reinstalling,whileonp72we

performa full,destructive

reinstalloftheOS.Finally,p74

hasa guidetoalltheother

reinstallandrecoveryoptions.

MattHanson

AssociateEditor

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Windows 10 tipof themonth Switchbetweenlightanddarkmodes

It seems like everything has a dark
mode these days, especially if you’ve
got an Android phone. Facebook,
Twitter, even the Chrome browsercan
be set to use dark colours. Windows 10
has one too, but the May 2019 update
introduced the complete opposite

• a light mode that introduces anew,
  brighter version of the defaultblue
  WIndows logo wallpaper and some
  lighter shades of grey throughout.

The dark side, and the light

Windows 10

DARKMODESearchforandopentheSettingsapp,

thenunderPersonalization,clickonColors.

LIGHTMODEYou’llfindswitchestochangeboth

Windowsitselfandappsfromdarktolightmode.

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70 Repair a faulty

Windows installation

72 A full, destructive,

reinstallation

74 Other reinstallation

and recovery options