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 …
Action center is a special feature in Windows 10 from where you can access some settings, turn on or off some features and can also view some notifications. This action center can be accessed by clicking on its small icon in the notification area of the Windows taskbar or through its hotkey Win+A. While the Read More …
When Microsoft released Windows 95 decades ago, one of the features it introduced was the date and time applet (also simply called clock) being displayed in the system tray near he bottom-right corner of the desktop. This feature has become a standard since then and the latest version of Windows 10 also displays the current Read More …
Now all the operating systems are coming with dark and light themes or modes – macOS, Android and Windows 10. In the case of Windows 10, you can choose dark or light theme for the Windows user interface itself and for the universal apps (UWP apps). You have to choose these themes from the Windows Read More …