Whether you are acquiring your laptop for the first time or would just like to check its battery health or life, the built-in command line prompt will get you sorted out. Before we get started, note that this method works for Windows laptops. Here are the simple steps: 1. Open Command promt on your PC. You can do this in two ways: Press Windows button + R and type CMD then press enter or click on the search bar and type Command prompt. 2. Select the command prompt option and open as an administrator. 3. When the command promt window opens, type the command as it is "powercfg/batteryreport". Do not use the quotation marks. 4. Press enter key on the keyboard and wait for the report to be generated. 5. Once complete, go to your PC drive(usually Disc C), open users, select your mai user and look for battery report file. This file is usually a html file and must be opened using a browser like google chrome. Ensure you are connected to the internet when opening this file Once ope...
It gets quite annoying when you start your PC and some 4 random applications scramble for memory to get started before you open what you want. It gets even more frustrating if you have a slower computer or one with a lower processing memory capacity. The great part is that you have the option to decide what starts when you switch on your PC and what doesn't. This setting(as presented) only works for windows Operating system. To change startup app settings, follow these steps: 1. Go to your Windows search option(press F3 or WIndows button) and type startup 2. There will be a pop up of the startup application 3. Click on it to proceed with the necessary settings 4. Once it loads, it is simple, toggle between on and off from the list of applications listed. Ensure you only switch OFF what you do not need. When done, you don't have to save anything as it is automatically done. The next time you power up your PC, it will start much faster. The applications can then be start...