When Windows 10 was first released in 2015, there were only a few options for changing the mouse pointer color. We have covered that in a previous post – how to choose mouse pointer color and size in Windows 10. Back then the only colors available for mouse pointer were white, black or inverted color. Read More …
Windows 10 comes with the Microsoft OneDrive app already installed by default. You can remove it if you want, but there is no reason as it does not cause any significant performance issues. Besides you can get free cloud storage space using this OneDrive app. Free users of OneDrive get 5 GB cloud storage without Read More …
Patchfluent is an open-source tool that gives Windows 10 users much more control over how regular system updates are downloaded and installed. Patchfluent works with Windows 10 and has a requirement that you should turn off Windows 10 Automatic Updates first. This requirement makes sense because Patchfluent is for manual installation of updates – if Read More …
Recently I was greeted with a shocking message “Your Windows license will expire soon” as soon as I powered on my PC. This was very unexpected as I have bought the computer from Dell and Windows 10 came preinstalled and already activated. So I had to find what is going on with the Windows 10 Read More …
For the previous versions of Windows, you had to install third-party apps after a fresh installation of the operating system. But starting with Windows 10, a new step has become necessary – to remove some of the pre-installed Windows 10 apps that you do not really like or need. For example, if you are going Read More …
Using an open-source tool Mach2, we can enable or disable some of the hidden and new features in Windows 10. This tool analyzes the debug PDB files and finds out the features available in the latest Windows versions. Afterwards, you can use the same tool to enable or disable these features. Mach2 is designed only Read More …
When you start any Windows PC, it takes you directly to Windows desktop from where you can proceed to launching programs or accessing your files. On Windows desktop, there is always a taskbar which is used to hold the running tasks and open windows. You can switch back and forth between windows and tasks through Read More …
After installing and uninstalling dozens of CD/DVD burner and ISO files management software on my Windows 10 PC, I realized that the “Mount” option is missing in Windows File Explorer. This “Mount” option appears when you right-click on an ISO file in Windows File Explorer. By using this option, you can mount the ISO image Read More …
Microsoft Windows 10 allows you are try some of the new features under the Windows Insider Program. These features are not yet available for the release builds and only available as experiment for the Beta and the Dev channel. In the latest Windows 10 Dev build 20161, Microsoft has announced a newly designed Start Menu. Read More …
Windows 10 comes with two themes – dark theme and light theme. These themes can be activated from Windows Settings (hotkey Win+I) for either Windows 10 apps or windows. You will be able to find these settings under Personalization / Colors section in Windows settings. But since some users find it rather cumbersome to open Read More …