In recent Nightly versions of Firefox, Mozilla has added a new system add-on called FlyWeb. You can learn about it in detail HERE. Basically, it allows the Firefox browser to connect directly to devices which have Web API enabled. It is enabled by default, so you might want to disable it if you have no use for FlyWeb. Here is how to disable it.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Firefox Nightly comes with a new FlyWeb system add-on
Mozilla Firefox has "system addons" which cannot be removed and work like an integrated feature of Firefox. In Firefox Nightly, a new system add-on appears to be installed out-of-the-box. Besides Pocket and Hello, an extension called "FlyWeb" now comes with the browser.
Microsoft locks some Group Policy options to Enterprise editions in Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Today, we surprisingly discovered that Microsoft has secretly changed the availability of some Group Policy options in Windows 10 version 1607. Windows 10 version 1607 "Anniversary Update" has reduced the control via Group Policy that you have in Pro edition. Pro edition users have lesser options available compared to version 1511, so many behaviors of the OS cannot be controlled.
Winaero Tweaker 0.6.0.3 is out with a couple of new features
I just released a new version of my Winaero Tweaker app. As usual, it comes with bugfixes and new features.
Retrieve the product key in Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7 with this command
If you lost or forgot where you had stored your Windows product key, here is a solution for you. Today we will see how to retrieve the product key in an installed copy of Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7 with a single command. It is a simple solution to extract your product key from the OS installed on your PC without using any third party software. Here we go.
Reduce hibernation file (hiberfil.sys) size in Windows 10
When hibernation is enabled in Windows 10, the operating system creates a file called hiberfil.sys in the root of your C: Drive. This hiberfil.sys stores the contents of memory (RAM) when you hibernate your PC. When you resume from hibernation, Windows reads this file again and transfers its contents back to memory. Because memory capacities on modern PCs are always increasing, the hibernation file takes up considerable disk space. Here is how you can compress the hibernation file and reduce its size in Windows 10.
Disable Cortana in Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607
Cortana is a digital assistant bundled with Windows 10. You can control it using voice commands or type into its search box to find various information from the web or automate certain tasks on your computer. If you do not plan to use Cortana, then you can be surprised that the option to disable Cortana has disappeared in Windows 10 Anniversary Update version 1607.
Change network card MAC address in Windows 10
Every network adapter you have installed in your PC, laptop or tablet has a physical address called the "MAC address". The MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to each network interface for communication on the physical network segment. There are a number of situations when you need to change your network card's MAC address in Windows 10. Let's see how it can be done.
Winaero Tweaker 0.6.0.2 is out, allows to disable Telemetry in Windows 10 and more
Today, I have released a new version of Winaero Tweaker, 0.6.0.2. The application got a number of new features and bugfixes. Let's see these changes in detail.
Create elevated shortcut to skip UAC prompt in Windows 10
User Account Control, or just UAC is a part of the Windows security system which prevents apps from making unwanted changes on your PC. When some software tries to change system-related parts of the Registry or the file system, Windows 10 shows an UAC confirmation dialog, where the user should confirm if he really wants to make those changes. Usually, the apps that require elevation are related to the management of Windows or your computer in general. A good example would be the Registry Editor app. If the application you are using frequently requires a UAC request every time you start it, confirming the prompt on every launch can get a bit annoying. In this article, we will see how to create a shortcut to run apps elevated without a UAC prompt in Windows 10.
