From here, you can fine-tune the elements you want to clean out. You can choose specific programs or OS components to scan, and even which files you¡¯d like to remove within.If you're happy with the scan, hit the ¡°Analyse¡± button to see how much space you could free up. After the scan is complete, make any further adjustments, and then click 'Run Cleaner' to remove the files.The Surface Pro 4 is close to a year old, but remains an exceptionally good product. It's one of those products that proves the best route to success is to take an already great recipe and tweak it very slightly, year on year. Using this method, Microsoft turned an average product into a very good one in three years flat, and this latest model builds yet again on that accumulated achievement.The improvements evident in the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 are mostly small and incremental, then, but don¡¯t, whatever you do, make the mistake of thinking they¡¯re ¡°only¡± iterative. As Apple has proved time and time again, constant iteration leads to products that end up head and shoulders above the competition. That¡¯s where the Surface Pro 4 finds itself, and it's why its stablemate the Microsoft Surface Book ¨C though quite, quite lovely ¨C isn¡¯t at the same level just yet.
In case you haven¡¯t seen a Surface Pro, or you've been hiding from the multi-million-dollar advertising campaign Microsoft has run since the first one launched, it is designed to be the tablet that can replace a laptop. It runs Microsoft¡¯s desktop OS software, Windows 10, and as such allows you to run any Windows application on the planet, as well as apps from the Windows Store.That makes it a very different proposition to the Apple iPad Pro, which only runs iOS apps. It¡¯s all at once a powerful laptop replacement that you can use in a business environment to run legacy Windows apps, browse networks and copy and paste files, and a consumer tablet you can use to run casual games and watch Netflix. It¡¯s truly a one-size-fits-all machine.
Downloading Windows 10 is easy. Simply head over here to download the OS, and if you need to you can also copy it to a USB thumb drive or DVD. This has the benefit of allowing you to use it to perform a completely clean installation, or install Windows 10 on multiple computers. First things first, though, make sure that you've made a note of your existing Windows 7 or Windows 8 serial key. Without it, you'll be stuck.And as with any major upgrade, update or system setting change, it¡¯s also best to back up your data before proceeding. We've seen a handful of machines get stuck in a loop of crashing and restarting, so it's better to be safe than sorry. If you can be bothered, we'd make a clone of your existing hard disk onto a secondary or external drive ¨C that way you can always go back to a working system if things go horribly, horribly wrong.Before we reveal how to download YouTube videos, we feel duty-bound to discuss the legal and moral issues of downloading content from YouTube.
One of the easiest methods to download videos from YouTube has been around almost as long as YouTube itself. KeepVid is a website that provides multiple download links to YouTube videos; to use this website you'll need an up-to-date version of Java installed on your computer.Search for the YouTube video you wish to download and once you have located it, copy the full URL.Note: other on-page download buttons will be links to sponsored third-party software, which you probably don't want on your computer. Alternatively, you can financially support the site by donating via links found at the bottom of the page.The third and final step is to choose in which format you'd like to download the video, plus the quality. Once you've made your choice simply click on the link clearly provided and your download will begin automatically.Laptops are great for on-the-move computing, but their comparatively small displays can feel restrictive when you get back to your desk. Adding a second, third (or even fourth!) screen to your laptop gives you room to spread out and can make your laptop more comfortable to use.
With your email on your laptop's native display and your Excel spreadsheet on the big monitor, there's much less need for Window flipping. A multi-monitor setup like this is the most productive way to work.If you own a Windows laptop this is fortunately very easy to set up. The first step is to determine which type of cable you need. Most modern laptops will have HDMI, DisplayPort, mini-DisplayPort or USB Type-C. If your machine is a few years old, however, you might have only DVI or VGA. The same goes for your monitor.
If the inputs and outputs on the monitor and laptop match, happy days: you can purchase a cable for a few quid ¨C such as this simple HDMI lead on Amazon ¨C and hook the two together.Even if you have a mix of DVI and HDMI, or HDMI and DisplayPort, or even VGA and any of the above, never fear - it's likely that you can still connect, either by using a dual-personality cable (i.e. DVI to VGA or HDMI to DVI), or some kind of adapter or converter. Bear in mind, though, that an increasing number of laptops are replacing these traditional connectors with a USB-C socket that requires a third-party adapter to be used as a monitor output ¨C make sure to check carefully before splashing the cash. If you do need a HDMI to USB-C adaptor, you can get one for just over a tenner on Amazon.
DisplayPort and USB-C are the most versatile of the bunch when it comes to adapters, as there's a healthy market for VGA, DVI and HDMI (or DisplayPort in USB-C's case) convertors. If you're thinking of using a dual-personality cable (a cable which has different connectors at each end) to convert between the older standards, though, check out TVCables to find out if your mix will work.There is another factor to your choice of cable or adapter, however. Depending on the specifications of your secondary monitor, some video connections may not be capable of displaying images at the monitor's native resolution. Although you will still be able to connect to them as a secondary monitor, you may find that images are stretched out or more blurry than they should be. With many affordable consumer monitors now offering WQHD (2,560 x 1,440 pixel) or 4K (3,840 x 2,160 pixel) resolutions, it's worth making the right choice so as to make the most of your particular display.
VGA
For reference, although there's no hard limit to the maximum resolution of a VGA connection (shown above), we've found that laptop graphics cards often top out around 2,048 x 1,536, and it's worth knowing that images can look softer and less sharp via a VGA cable as it's an analogue rather than a digital connection. A DVI connection is a better bet, partly as it's a digital connection, but even here you still have to be careful: if you want to use resolutions above 1,920 x 1,200, you'll need both a dual-link DVI cable and a dual-link compatible connector on your laptop. Take a look at the image below to see the difference between a dual-link (left) and a single-link cable (right).
Similarly, although the HDMI 1.3 standard added support for monitors and displays which stretch beyond the popular Full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080 pixels), and HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 now support up to 4K resolutions, both your laptop and monitor will need to support the standard for the connection to work. If you have a laptop with an HDMI 1.2 or earlier port, then you won't be able to push the secondary monitor resolution higher than 1,920 x 1,200.
Displayport is the most flexible connection of the bunch. Even the older DisplayPort 1.1 standard supports up to 4K resolutions at 30hz (this limits the onscreen framerate to a jerky 30fps so, while movies look fine, it isn't suitable for 4K gaming); DisplayPort 1.2 adds support for 4K resolutions at a smooth 60hz; and the most recent standard, DisplayPort 1.3, adds support for 8K resolutions (7,680 x 4,320 pixel). With some laptops, and graphics cards, different outputs will support different resolutions and refresh rates, so it's worth checking which is the most capable before buying any cables or adapters ¨C if you don't, you may end up not getting the highest resolutions and refresh rates out of your monitor or TV.