If your Windows 10 device comes with a wireless network adapter, then it can be configured to connect to a wireless network in advance. You can define a wireless network profile for a network which is currently out of range in order to connect to it later. Sometimes this is very useful.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Automatically Make OneDrive Files On-Demand Online-Only in Windows 10
OneDrive is the online document storage solution created by Microsoft which comes bundled as a free service with Windows 10. It can be used to store your documents and other data online in the cloud. It also offers synchronization of stored data across all your devices. "Files on-demand" is a feature of OneDrive which can display placeholder versions of online files in your local OneDrive directory even if they were not synchronized and downloaded. In recent Windows 10 versions, you can automatically make your downloaded files in OneDrive online-only if you haven’t used them for a certain number of days.
Backup and Restore Network Shares in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows the user to share his or her locally connected printers and stored files with other users over the network. Shared files can be accessible for reading and writing to others. Shared printers can be used for printing on the remote computer. You can backup your network shares in Windows 10 and restore them later. Let's see how it can be done.
Disable Autoplay Videos In Edge Browser In Windows 10
Microsoft Edge is the default web browser app in Windows 10. It's a Universal (UWP) app which has extension support, a fast rendering engine and a simplified user interface. With Windows 10 version 1809, the browser has got a new option that allows preventing web sites from automatically playing videos. Here is how to enable or disable it.
Isle of Man theme for Windows 10, 8 and 7
The Isle of Man theme comes with 12 desktop background images with stunning views to decorate your Desktop. This beautiful themepack was initially created for Windows 7, but you can use it in Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Change Text Size in Windows 10
It’s a well known fact that Microsoft has removed a number of features and options from Windows since Windows 8. One of them was the Advanced Appearance dialog. In Windows 10, all the advanced appearance options were removed. However, starting with Windows 10 build 17692, there is a new option in the Settings app that easily allows adjusting the text size.
How to View Network Shares in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows the user to share his or her locally connected printers and stored files with other users over the network. Shared files can be accessible for reading and writing to others. Shared printers can be used for printing on the remote computer. Let's see how to view all network shares available on a computer in your network.
Windows 10 Build 17692 Is Out With New Features
Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17692 from the "Redstone 5" branch to Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring and Skip Ahead. This release comes with a number of improvements made to touch input, to Edge, to Narrator, to Game Bar and to Ease of Access. Starting in this build, you can quickly change the text size to what you want!
Enable SMB1 Sharing Protocol in Windows 10
In this article, we will see how to enable the SMB1 file sharing protocol. In modern Windows 10 versions, it is disabled for security reasons. However, if you have computers in your network that run pre-Windows Vista systems or Android or Linux apps that only work with SMB v1, you need to enable it to network with these devices.
Backup and Restore Maps App Settings in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a built-in Maps app powered by Bing Maps. It is Microsoft's own answer to Google Maps which are available on Android and online. Maps can be useful because of voice navigation and turn-by-turn directions. They can be used to quickly to find directions or locate a building. It is possible to backup and restore its options. This is very useful, because you can restore them when required or transfer them to another PC or user account.
