Top 14 Computer tips And Tricks 2020

Top 14 Computer tips And Tricks 2020

Computers are the most advanced device in the tech industries. Nowadays computers or laptops are widely used in the world. Almost every computer science students have a computer or a laptop and they use it normally.

There are lots of hidden tricks present on the computer/laptop that are unknown to most of the users. I have written the top 14 computer tips and tricks [2020] article to let you know all the hidden tricks that are present on your computer.

Top 14 Computer tips and tricks are as follows:

1. Clear Useless Temporary Data- There are lots of temporary data present in your laptop/computer machine which should be cleared in some certain time.


To clear the temporary data from your windows, click on the windows logo search 'run' and open it. Now type %temp% and hit enter, there will be lots of useless folders and files you have to select all and delete all the files and folders. Clearing temporary data will boost your Computer(PC) and increase the hard drive space.

2. Play media into chrome browser- Sometimes you don't have any media player to play audios and videos to play but you can play the audios and videos in the Chrome browser.
To play audio and video simply drag your file into the Chrome browser, it will automatically play your audio or video.


3. Lock Windows instantly- Sometimes we are some doing private works on our laptop/computer and suddenly your friend or parent enters your room. Click Windows+L to instantly lock your Computer/Laptop.

4. Increase system sound more than limited- You can increase your volume level more than currently present on your Computer/Laptop.
To increase volume- Open control panel -> Sound -> Speekers -> Right-click -> Properties -> Custom -> untick the Limited Output click apply and save. That's it.

5. Open Chrome built-in Task Manager- To manage all the open tabs and processes on chrome browser, Use Chrome in-built task manager.

To use Chrome in-built task manager press Shift+Esc on chrome browser. From this task manager, you can close the tabs instantly.

6. View Administrator Password- To view the login password, you have to access the computer in administrator mode for once. Once you got accessed the computer as an administrator follow these steps:-

Search command prompt -> Run as administrator -> Type in command prompt

Now you will be able to view the administrator password.

7. Use the Snipping Tool- Take a screenshot of the part you need, use the Snipping Tool.

To use this click on windows and search Snipping Tool. Now open this tool to take a screenshot of the part you need.

8. Stop Automatic Windows Update-  Windows OS provides updates every second day, and your Computer/PC automatically starts downloading the new latest update consumes a lot of data. 

To stop automatic update in your computer open- Setting -> update&security -> click on pause updates for 7 days.

9. Use the Middle Button Of the Mouse- You will have seen a middle button in the mouse and it seems useless but there are lots of things you can do with it. Let's start it from first
Open New Tab in Chrome: You can use it to open a new chrome tab directly from the home window by clicking the middle button on chrome from the taskbar.
To change the DPI: If you have a mouse that has a middle button, you can use it to increase and decrease the DPI level of the mouse by clicking on it.
Open a link in a new Tab: To open a link in a new tab move your mouse cursor to the link and click the middle button of the mouse.
Note: Not every mouse has this middle button.

10. On-Screen Keyboard- Sometimes your keyboard is not working in that case you can use an on-screen keyboard.
There is two way to bring on-screen keyboard:

#1 way: Press Windows+U -> search keyboard from sidebar -> Enable on-screen Keyboard.

#2 way: Open control panel -> Ease of Access center -> Start on-screen keyboard

11. Use TAB to Select- In some cases, we don't want to use the mouse to select a file, folder or a link, for it you should use Tab key to select it. Just try it yourself.

12. Use Keyboard as Mouse- Sometimes your computer mouse has been damaged or it is not working, You can use your keyboard as a mouse.

To enable it, click on start and open control panel -> Click ease of access center -> make the mouse easier to use -> Under control the mouse with keyboard then turn on mouse key.

13. Open Task Manager in a new way- There is an old tradition to open task manager by clicking Ctrl+Alt+Del but it takes more time to reach fingers on these keys. Ctrl+Shift+Esc is a new and quicker way to open task manager. This computer keyboard trick is my favorite. I use it every time when my computer hangs.

14. Use Emojis on Computer- There are two ways to use emojis on the laptop/desktop/Computer but the simplest way is the press Windows+ .(dot) on the text area to bring emojis.