Many users who have installed Windows 10 build 11099 are facing an issue with the Windows Store. An annoying error message pop-ups every time you sign in into your account. It says: Error in WSClient.dll. Missing entry: RefreshBannedAppsList. If you are affected by this issue, here is what you should do.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
How to Customize Shortcut Tooltips in Windows 10
File shortcuts have been in Windows since Windows 95. A shortcut is merely a link to another file or folder on your hard drive's file system or to some system object. The object that they link to is called the target. Shortcut files can be placed anywhere - on your Desktop, in the Start menu or pinned to your Taskbar. When you hover over a shortcut with the mouse, a tooltip appears. Today, we will see how to make those tootlips useful and display more details about shortcuts instead of just the shortcut comment.
Download Enable extended shortcut tooltips
Enable extended shortcut tooltips.
This tweak will allow you to enable extended shortcut tooltips in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 and Windows 7.
How to enable CTRL + ALT + DEL logon requirement in Windows 10
If you are familiar with early Windows versions like Windows XP or Windows 2000, you might remember their classic logon dialog. It came with user name and password fields. As an additional protection, those operating systems had the ability to turn on the CTRL + ALT + DEL requirement before signing in to your user account. In Windows 10, the login screen is again completely reworked by Microsoft, however, it is still possible to turn on the Ctrl + Alt + Del requirement. Here is how it can be done.
Internet Explorer 11 got settings protection, but only in Windows 10
Microsoft made a significant update to Internet Explorer 11 in Windows 10 in January. IE11 which has now mostly been abandoned in favor of Microsoft Edge, has got a new security feature to protect user settings against unwanted changes.
Update Windows Defender and run Quick Scan with one click
Windows Defender is the built-in security app bundled by default with Windows since Windows Vista. Although Microsoft claims that it offers only baseline antivirus protection, it's better to have to preinstalled and running than to have no antimalware at all. If you have Windows Defender enabled, you might find this trick useful to update it and then perform a Quick Scan with just one click.
How to adjust sound volume per app in Windows 10
In Windows 10, many users are getting confused how to adjust the sound volume on a per-app basis. Due to user interface changes, Microsoft added new, touch-friendly audio volume controls. If you left click the Sound icon in the notification area, it is possible to change only the master volume. Here is how to adjust the sound volume per app in Windows 10.
Add sound to PrintScreen screenshot in Windows 11, 10 and 8.1
In Windows, there are several ways to capture a screenshot without using third party tools. You can either use Snipping Tool, or good old PrintScreen key. But PrintScreen has always been a silent event - there is no sound, no visual indication that the image was captured to the clipboard. This changed with Windows 8/8.1 Windows 10, and Windows 11. In these OSes, if you use the Win + PrintScreen keyboard shortcut to take a screenshot, it dims the screen.
Download Screenshot sound for PrintScreen
Screenshot sound for PrintScreen.
This tweak activates the screenshot sound event for PrintScreen. So every time you press Print Screen, the selected sound will be played.
How to prevent Windows 7 and Windows 8 from upgrading to Windows 10
It's a well known fact by now that Microsoft is aggressively pushing Windows 10. But if you have no plan to migrate to Windows 10, the constant upgrade prompts can become annoying quickly. Windows 10 is also silently being downloaded on your PC. To avoid all these issues and stay with your favorite OS, you can apply a simple Registry tweak.
