Craig Chamberlin

SPECIAL SUBSCRIBER COUPON CODE: YOUTUBE SAVE 50% On My Windows 10 Basics Course! https://www.craigthetechteacher.com/courses/windows-10-basics/ Very few people know that they can customize their Windows 10 lock screen. The lock screen is the screen you are greeted with when you restart your computer or come back to your computer after it has gone into standby. Most of the native Windows 10 apps such as mail, messenger and weather can be added to the lock screen immediately after the Windows 10 installation. There is one catch, however. If you don't actually have these apps configured then they will not show up on the lock screen. They also will not show up if there are no notifications to show. In general, having the lock screen customized can give you "at a glance" information such as notifications and weather. This video will show you how to activate them.

This video is brought to you by: http://www.craigthetechteacher.com - The Windows 10 environment comes with a standard background for your lock screen. For those of you who do not know, the lock screen is the screen that appears when you either first login to your computer or optionally logout. Changing the background picture for the lock screen is extremely easy and can be done by pretty much anyone. I personally prefer to use my own image that I downloaded for my Windows 10 lock screen, but you can also choose to use one of the images included with Windows 10. Whatever you decide, this video will show you how to use your own background image or a Windows 10 image for your lock screen background.

This video is brought to you by: http://www.craigthetechteacher.com - Whether you love or hate them the Windows 10 start menu tile shortcuts are here to stay. These shortcuts can be rearranged, resized and categorized to your liking. Many people find the tile shortcut system useful if they a bit of time is dedicated to organizing the tile system. Windows 10 gives you alot of screen real estate to do this and it's mostly popular for users who have a touch screen monitor on their computer, desktop or tablet. You can also disable what are called "live tiles" - the tiles that regularly update themselves with videos, news articles or animations.

This video is brought to you by: http://www.craigthetechteacher.com - Windows 10 comes jam packed with many Microsoft Store applications that you may (or may not) want to have. If you don't want an application then it is typically a good idea to uninstall them... but how is this done? This video will walk you through the uninstallation and removal of unwanted Windows 10 Microsoft Store apps. This process can be done in a couple of ways and I will make sure to show you a common error people make when attempting to uninstall their Windows 10 applications. For those of you who don't know the difference, an "App" is a program that was downloaded directly from the Microsoft App store on your Windows 10 computer or tablet. A "program" is a Windows 10 program that was installed with a downloaded (or disk based) installer. Apps tend to have smaller functions than full program software packages.

This video is brought to you by: http://www.craigthetechteacher.com - Windows updates, they're notorious, and obnoxious... but necessary. It's extremely important to always make sure your computer has the latest Windows Updates installed. If you don't have them installed it will likely put your computer's security (as well as your own information) at risk. The good news is Microsoft has come a long way in it's successful distribution of Windows updates. Updating Windows 10 is seamless and painless, not to mention it can now come packed with some additional features and major operating system releases. In case you didn't know, Microsoft has switched to the "Apple" model of rolling out updates for it's operating system. No more purchasing "Windows 11.. 12... 13... 75". That's right! Let's just hope they keep their word on that one. In either case, this video will walk you through updating Windows 10 as well as some advanced features of configuring your Windows 10 automatic updates to be less obnoxious.