Essential Guides

Here you'll find our member-submitted guides.

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This is Neowin's 'A' Forum. If you came here looking for help when no-one else could help you, chances are you need the 'A' Forum *cue music* 'A Collection of Essential Guides' are member and staff submitted articles or guides that cover most areas and have been deemed both accurate and helpful to our community.

If you are willing to contribute a guide, Neowin requests that you post the entire guide in the first post of the thread (or at least as much as possible). Threads that post little more than a brief description and a link to an external guide will be closed. All posts started here must contain guides only, all other topics will be deleted, misuse of this forum will result in account moderation.

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  1. Let’s talk: Fake 1TB (or larger) USB Flash drives being sold on Amazon and other online retailers. 1 2

    By +Warwagon,
    • 36 replies
    • 48.7k views
    • Nemo288

  3. Keep phone numbers of family and friends in your wallet or purse.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.7k views
    • cork1958

  4. How to block notifications in web browsers

    By goretsky,
    • 2 replies
    • 5.6k views
    • Riggers

  5. PSA: Fake emails claiming to be from "Norton" and "McAfee" are on the rise.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 4 replies
    • 6.4k views
    • souper82

  6. Crowdstrike Incident explained for the average Joe.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 13 replies
    • 4.7k views
    • neufuse

  7. Maintaining good records for family in case you die

    By +Warwagon,
    • 4 replies
    • 8.5k views
    • Fezmid

  8. [GUIDE] Hide users from Global Address List in AD Hybrid Joined Domains.

    By LittleNeutrino,   
    • 3 replies
    • 4.9k views
    • binaryzero

  9. [How To] Switch Your Windows 11 System Region to the EEA Without Clean Installation

    By MrElectrifyer,   
    • 0 replies
    • 5.9k views
    • MrElectrifyer

  10. Let’s Talk : Domain names and why if you have one, it should be under your name.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.3k views
    • +Warwagon

  11. Let’s Talk: The unforeseen consequences of changing/disconnecting phone numbers and Internet Service Providers Email.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 7 replies
    • 4.1k views
    • +Nik Louch

  12. Determining the manufacturer of your computer's RAM

    By goretsky,
    • 6 replies
    • 25.5k views
    • hellowalkman

  13. The Different ways to tell if a Facebook profile is Fake

    By +Warwagon,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.8k views
    • +Warwagon

  14. Let's Talk: IOT devices and why you put them on a guest network.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.3k views
    • +Warwagon

  15. PSA: Email Smokescreens

    By +Warwagon,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.5k views
    • +Warwagon

  16. Why a shutdown in Windows 8 / 10 is not a restart.

    By +Warwagon,
    • 23 replies
    • 9.3k views
    • xrobwx71

  17. PSA : How to prevent your Facebook account from being cloned!

    By +Warwagon,
    • 1 reply
    • 6.2k views
    • spaceelf

  18. HOW-TO: pfSense with Single NIC, VLANS and a Wifi-AP (Router on a Stick)

    By Lyric,
    • 0 replies
    • 10.5k views
    • Lyric

  19. HOW-TO: Migrate off of Authy's proprietary system and extract your OTP Secrets

    By Lyric,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    • Lyric

  20. How to turn off Microsoft News on the Microsoft Edge new tab page.

    By +Warwagon,   
    • 0 replies
    • 6.1k views
    • +Warwagon

  21. How to use an IP address as a printer port.

    By +Warwagon,   
    • 0 replies
    • 5.3k views
    • +Warwagon

  22. Switching from Plex to Kodi + Emby add-on for 4K HDR streaming with subtitles

    By Steven P.,   
    • 13 replies
    • 23.1k views
    • +BudMan

  23. [Guide] Organize music folder/file structure 1 2

    By Hani,
    • 31 replies
    • 104.2k views
    • han12345

  24. Creating a secure browsing environment using VirtualBox

    By Fezmid,
    • 1 reply
    • 6.5k views
    • Webbie

  25. Windows To Go UEFI & BIOS compatible Deployment Guide 1 2

    By TPreston,   
    • 27 replies
    • 54.5k views
    • adnanbcs

  26. Looking for essential addons/tweaks for Win10

    By Peresvet,
    • 4 replies
    • 9.4k views
    • zhangm

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