Author

James Walker

I'm a web developer and technology journalist with a particular interest in Microsoft innovations. I'm the founder of Heron Web (heron-web.com), a UK digital agency for web design and development. When I'm not working, I'm a PC gamer and passionate transport enthusiast.

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Articles by James Walker

News

Edge Insider makes 130+ network requests on first launch

Microsoft’s new Chromium-powered Edge browser, currently in canary, dev and beta Insider testing, makes over 130 network requests upon first…

James Walker · August 29, 2019 · 3 min read

How-to

How to set your Quick Actions in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update

How to edit your Quick Actions To edit your Quick Actions in Action Center: Open the Action Centre panel. Right-click…

James Walker · August 28, 2019 · 2 min read

How-to

How to see which apps are using your webcam in Windows 10

How to see which apps are using your webcam in Windows 10 To check which apps are using your webcam:…

James Walker · August 27, 2019 · 2 min read

How-to

How to enable “enhanced” search in Windows 10

How to enable "enhanced" search in Windows 10 To enable Enhanced Search in Windows 10: Launch the Settings app. Click…

James Walker · August 22, 2019 · 2 min read

How-to

How (and why) to use Windows Sandbox

How (and why) to use Windows Sandbox To use Windows Sandbox, enable it in optional features and then launch it…

James Walker · August 21, 2019 · 3 min read

How-to

How to get the most out of Windows 10’s new emoji and symbols selector

How to get the most out of Windows 10's new emoji and symbols selector To use Windows 10’s emoji selector,…

James Walker · August 21, 2019 · 2 min read

How-to

Getting started with BitLocker, Windows 10’s built-in full disk encryption tool

How to enable BitLocker for a drive To enable BitLocker for a drive: Search for “bitlocker” in the Start menu…

James Walker · August 20, 2019 · 4 min read

Feature

Scoop or Chocolatey? Which Windows 10 package manager should you use?

Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve published overview guides for two of the most prominent third-party package managers for…

James Walker · August 1, 2019 · 3 min read

How-to

How to install and use Chocolatey, a tasty package manager for Windows 10

How to install and use Chocolatey, a tasty package manager for Windows 10 To install Chocolatey: Follow the directions on…

James Walker · August 1, 2019 · 4 min read

How-to

How to create sub-tasks in Microsoft To-Do

How to create sub-tasks in Microsoft To-Do To add a step to a task: Click a task in To-Do. Click…

James Walker · August 1, 2019 · 2 min read