8 powertoys you’ll use every day

The keyboard shortcut Windows key+Ctrl+L turns on live captions in Windows 11, showing subtitles on screen for any spoken audio playing on your PC, whether that’s a video (saved or online) or a call.

WINDOWS 10 & 11 Use the improved PowerToys dashboard The latest version of Microsoft’s PowerToys (0.93) introduces a vastly improved Settings dashboard. On the homepage, there’s now a ‘Quick access’ p

www.snipca.com/56404 What you need: Windows 10 or 11 Google Play Games lets you play more than 200,000 free Android games on your PC, using your mouse rather than a touchscreen. Launched in beta two y

Q I have a Dell laptop that sometimes suddenly says ‘low battery’ and then immediately shuts down, literally seconds after the message appears. However, this happens even when it’s plugged into the ma

What you need: Flyoobe Time required: Three hours In Issue 178’s ‘Windows 10 survival guide’ (buy a back issue from www.snipca. com/56396), we recommended Flyoobe (www.snipca.com/56372) as the best wa

What are they? Animations and videos you can set as desktop wallpapers, giving you something more interesting to look at than a static image. They might be making a comeback in Windows. When were they