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Tune Windows 10 for laser-focused productivity

Find yourself suddenly needing to be more productive in the midst of chaos? Good news! Windows 10 comes loaded with all sorts of tools designed to help you Get Things Done, along with deeper tweaks to optimize the operating system for productivity. Each new major upgrade—like the Windows 10 May 2021 Update, the most recent one—adds more. Now for the bad news: All those excellent productivity-boosting Windows tools and tweaks aren’t immediately obvious, with many of the most useful settings buried deep inside a maze of options menus.

We can help. Taking five or ten minutes to tinker with Windows 10 can supercharge your setup, regardless of whether you’re trying to keep working while stuck at home temporarily or setting up something more permanent. Let’s dig in.

GET RID OF INTERRUPTIONS

If you want to stay focused on a task, reducing your interruptions is key. That can be as simple as checking your email and social

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