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GENERALPC

CheckyourPC’shealth
Youcan’t always tell whetheryour PC
is healthyornot, so it’s agood idea to
perform ahealthchecknowand then.
If youuse Windows Defender,right-click
its icon in the taskbarand selectOpen,
or go to Settings(Windows+i), ‘Update &
Security’,Windows Defender,then Open
Windows DefenderSecurityCentre.
Openthe menuat the side if necessary,
and select‘Deviceperformance&health’.
This has four sections:Windows Update,
‘Storage capacity’,‘Devicedriver’and
‘Battery life’. If your PC is healthy, you’ll
see ‘No issues’undereach heading,but if
thereare problems,youcan expandthe
highlighted sectionto find out more.
JasonFarmer, viaemail

GAMES

Card gameswithUndo

It’s frustrating whenyoumakeamistake

whileplaying the solo cardgamesthat

come with Windows.However,afew of

our favourites offer an Undooption,

so youcan go back astepifyou

accidentallyplaythe wrong card. You

can do this with KlondikeinWindows 10,

and also in the Windows 7versionof

Solitaire, althoughif you’reusing it in

Windows 10,you have to pressCtrl+Zto

undoyour move –there’sisn’t amore

obviousoption.If youplaySolitairein

Windows 7, however,you can select

Undoin the Game menuas well as using

the Ctrl+Zkeyboardshortcut.

Cantrel, Madeline and roy5051uk,

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GENERALPC

SwitchExplorer columns

If youuse the DetailsviewinExplorer,

youmay find thatthe columnsof

information it displays aren’t always in

the mostconvenientorder.For some

reason,minearealways arrangedby

Name,Date, Type then Size. IpreferSize

to come beforeType,but nowI’vefound

thatyou can click and drag the column

headingsto changethe order.Click and

drag Sizetothe left, forexample,and

youcan drop it to come beforeType.

To add or remove columns,right-click

anytitle and selectthe attributes you

want to show.

TomSpencer, viaemail

MOBILE

Record your Androidscreen

straight to YouTube

I’vefoundatrick thatlets yourecord

the contents of your Android device’s

screen and send it straight to YouTube.

It uses YouTube’sgamingsiteatgaming

.youtube.com.The sitehas beenset up

to let gamerssharelivefootage,asa

responseto the arguablymorefamous

Amazon-ownedserviceTwitch (www

.twitch.tv).However,there’snothing

to sayyou have to use it forgames.

First, downloadthe YouTube Gaming

app frombit.ly/ytg446and install it on

your Android device. Youcan choose

whetheryouwant to stream livevideo

straight to YouTube,orsimplyrecord the

TOP TIP

Microsofthas beenpushingits Edge

browser hardrecently,and Iwas

beginningto find this annoying. While

usingChrome,Iwould see lots of pop-

ups saying thatEdge is faster,uses less

battery,uses lessmemoryand has

moreofthis, thatand the other.

Thankfully,I(or rather Google)

managedto find away to curb and

perhapseliminate thesemessages.

Openthe Windows 10 Settingsapp

(Windows+i) and click System. Click

‘Notifications&actions’and, among

the settings,you’ll see one called‘Get

tips, tricksand suggestionsas youuse

Windows’. Sinceswitchingthis off,

Turn offadverts in Edge

GENERALPC

Ihaven’t seen asingleEdge pop-up.

I’m keepingmy fingerscrossed that

I’vefinallyseen the lastofthem.

Gary Lee,via email

UseUndoifyoumessupamovein

Klondike.It’snotcheating-honest!

DragtorepositioncolumnsinExplorer’s

Detailsview,orright-clicktochangethem

Switchoff thetipsoptiontogetridof

unwantedsuggestionsinWindows1 0

Mug

winner

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