Windows

How to Stop Microsoft Office Notifications in Windows 10

This quick tip will show you how to disable those annoying “nag screens” that Microsoft pushes in Windows 10 for its “try Office 365 for 1 month” subscription service.

  1. In your System Tray, click the Action Center icon (see screenshot below).
  2. The Windows 10 Action Center icon

  3. Locate the “Get Office” notification.
  4. The Windows 10 Action Center with a Notification being displayed

  5. Now right-click (or “tap and hold” if you’re using a Windows 10 Tablet) and then select Turn off notifications for this app
  6. the right-click menu for an item in the Action Center in Windows 10

  7. That’s it – no more annoying “reminders” begging you to sign up for Office 365.
  8. Note: you can repeat the above steps for any App that you don’t want to receive notifications from :)

How to Display a Custom Message at the Windows 10 Login Screen

This brief guide will show you exactly how to create a custom message that’s displayed before anyone can sign in to your Windows 10 laptop/desktop/tablet. One of many reasons you may want to do this is so that you can include information about how to return your laptop or tablet if it’s lost or stolen (ie. a reward message, contact information etc). Whatever your reason, here’s how you change the text that’s displayed right before the “log in” screen in Windows 10.

a custom Windows 10 login message

How to Block a Program From the Internet in Windows 10

Most of the time you’ll want all your Apps to be able to use the Internet. However, there are times when you may need to block a program from being able to access the Internet. This guide will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a Windows Firewall Rule to block a specific program (whichever you want) from being able to access the Internet in Windows 10. …

How to Securely Store Passwords in Windows

In light of the recent Heartbleed Bug and several other major website hacks (one of which involved 40 million credit cards being stolen) – it’s time to take your passwords seriously. Long gone are the days of thinking that a word with the vowels replaced by numbers (l1k3 th1s) can be considered ‘secure’. If you use the same password on more than one site or service, you’re asking for trouble. To keep yourself safe, you have to use a different password for every single service or site that you use, and those passwords have to be impossible to guess. Trying to commit dozens of secure passwords, like “#dOzu3!pDD”, to memory – not likely. So what’s the solution? To use a password manager. …