If you put your Windows 10 PC to sleep, you might be surprised to find it in a running state later. There are many reasons behind this. One such reason can be scheduled tasks. Often, users forget to make sure that there aren't any scheduled tasks set to wake up the PC. There's see how to easily fix this.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Fix Start menu in Windows 10 with one click
Windows 10 features a completely overhauled Start menu if you compare it with the Windows 7 Start menu. In Windows 10, it is a Universal (Metro) app bundled with the Explorer shell which mixes Tiles and classic app shortcuts. Here is a quick way to troubleshoot various issues with the Start menu with just one click.
Download Darker active window theme for Windows 7 and 8.1
Darker active window theme for Windows 7 and 8.1.
This theme makes the button of the active window appear pushed down and darker in color.
Pin a batch file to the Start menu or taskbar in Windows 10
Sometimes you need to pin a batch file to the Start menu or taskbar in Windows. Unfortunately, the operating system doesn't allow you to do it out of the box. "Pin to Start" and "Pin to taskbar" context menu commands are missing in the context menu of File Explorer in Windows 10. Here is a quick workaround which will allow you to achieve the goal.
Set Details, Content or List view for Desktop icons in Windows 10
Set Details, Content or List view for Desktop icons in Windows 10
Out-of-the-box, Windows 10 gives you only three sizes for Desktop icons: Large, Medium and Small. Although you can resize them using Ctrl+mouse wheel, you can't change them to any view like Explorer. In this article, we will see how to apply any Explorer view to Desktop icons.
Fix broken icons (reset icon cache) in Windows 10 without reboot
If icons in your Windows 10 File Explorer look strange or broken, your icon cache might have become corrupt. This issue is very common for all Windows versions. In this article we will see how to fix broken icons and reset the icon cache without reboot in Windows 10.
How to watch restricted videos on YouTube without signing in or proxy
Sometimes, when, you want to watch a video on YouTube, it asks you to sign in to continue. Another restriction is that a warning appears saying that the video you want to watch is not available in your country. Here is how to quickly bypass these restrictions and watch the desired video instantly.
Firefox is getting Simplify Page for Print feature
Yet another useful feature is coming to Mozilla Firefox. With Firefox 49 and above, it is possible to print web pages in simplified mode, where all the unnecessary elements will be stripped from the web page to clean it up and save printing resources. This will make the main content on the page more suitable for reading. For those who do not even wish to print the rest of the clutter, this is an extremely useful feature.
How to disable Containers in Firefox
Recently, a new Containers feature was introduced in the Mozilla Firefox browser. If you found no use for this feature, you can easily disable it. Here is how to do that.
First Look at Containers Feature in Firefox
A new feature, called "Containers", has recently landed in Mozilla Firefox Nightly builds. With this new feature, you get a set of private tabs in addition to private windows which exist in current versions of the browser. Containers isolate tabs from each other so you can be logged in to two different user accounts for the same website, for example.
