Windows 10 comes with a completely reworked Start menu, which combines Live Tiles introduced in Windows 8 with classic app shortcuts. If you are happy with the default Start menu of Windows 10 and do not use a third party Start menu replacement like Classic Shell, you might find it useful to arrange your pinned tiles into groups and name them according to your preferences.
Category: Windows 10
Create Sleep Study Report in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a nice feature called 'Sleep Study report'. It is available on devices which support the Modern Standby/Instant Go (S0 state). Let's see what is included in this report, and how to create it.
Sticky Notes 3.0 now available to Windows 10 Insiders in Skip Ahead
Sticky Notes is a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app which is bundled with Windows 10 starting in "Anniversary Update" and comes with a number of features which the classic desktop app didn't have. The long awaited version 3.0 of Sticky Notes is finally released to Insiders in Skip Ahead.
Download Windows 10 Build 17738 Official ISO Images
Enable Windows 10 Fluent Design Acrylic Effects in VirtualBox
VirtualBox is my virtualization software of choice. It is free and feature-rich, so all my virtual machines are created in VirtualBox. VirtualBox users must know that Windows 10 doesn't enable rich visual effects when running inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. Here is a workaround which forces the operating system to have a nice and fancy look.
Change Control Panel Icon in Windows 10
Control Panel and Settings are two apps you can use in Windows 10 to change most of the settings available in the OS. Settings is a Universal app bundled with Windows 10. It is created to replace the classic Control Panel. As of this writing, the classic Control Panel still comes with a number of options and tools which are not available in Settings. In this article, we will see how to change its icon.
Add 3D Effects to Images with Photos in Windows 10
The Photos app is a Universal (Metro) app which comes pre-installed in Windows 10. It is a Store app which is intended to replace Windows Photo Viewer. While interested users can restore the classic desktop app, Windows Photo Viewer, those who prefer to use Photos might be interested in learning how to add cool 3D effects to images with this new app.
Windows 10 Build 17746 Released (Fast Ring)
Yet another build from the 'Redstone 5' branch is out for Fast Ring Insiders. This time it is Windows 10 Build 17746. It doesn't include any major change, but comes with a number of fixes.
Enable Visual Alerts for Notifications in Windows 10 (Sound Sentry)
Visual Alerts, also known as 'Sound Sentry', is a special feature which provides visual notifications for sounds. For instance, when an notification sound plays, there will also be a visual alert displayed. The user can enable and customize visual alerts in Windows 10.
Change Windows SmartScreen Settings in Windows 10
The SmartScreen filter is a technology which was initially designed for Internet Explorer to protect users from malicious websites and web applications. It was integrated with IE8 and IE9 (as the successor to IE7's Phishing filter). Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft has added the SmartScreen feature directly to the operating system so files are screened for being potentially harmful.
