A power plan in Windows is a set of hardware and system options that defines how your device uses and preserves power. There are three built-in power plans in the OS. Your PC can have additional power plans defined by its vendor. Also, you can create a custom power plan that will include your personal preferences. If you have power plans that you no longer need, you can delete them. Here is how it can be done.
Category: Windows 10
How to Stop Receiving Insider Preview Builds in Windows 10
Windows Insider Preview is a special program which allows users to receive pre-release versions of Windows 10. By joining it, you will get all the new features that are on the way to the production branch of the OS. If you realize that it is time to leave the program at this point, here is how it can be done.
How to Create a Power Plan in Windows 10
It is possible to create a custom power plan in Windows 10. By default, Windows 10 includes power plans like High Performance, Balanced, Power Saver, etc. These plans are designed to quickly let you switch power consumption of various hardware in your PC and system power settings (like display, sleep timings, etc). You can define your own power plan with your personal preferences, without changing options of the default power plans.
Change How Often to Save File History in Windows 10
File History is a very useful feature of Windows 10. It allows you to create a backup of the important data stored in your Documents, Pictures, Music, Videos and Desktop folders. You can specify the drive where you plan to store your backup. It will prevent data loss in case something goes wrong. Today we will see how to change how often you want to save copies of your files with file history in Windows 10.
Add View Owner Context Menu in Windows 10
In some cases, the Windows operating system prevents you from doing any operation on certain files and folders. It can be a system file or folder, or one which was created by a user account that no longer exists. By default, almost all system files, system folders and even Registry keys in Windows 10 are owned by a special built-in user account called "TrustedInstaller". By adding a special context menu command, you will be able to see the owner of a file or a folder quickly.
Windows 10 Build 17127 is now available in the Slow ring
Shortly after the release to Insiders in the Fast ring, Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 (RS4, "Spring Creators Update") to Windows Insiders in the Slow ring.Along with a number of improvements and bug fixes, this build comes Cortana and Mixed Reality improvements.
Windows 10 Build 17128 Released in the Fast ring with no desktop watermark
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17128 (RS4, "Spring Creators Update") to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. This is the first build without the desktop watermark. This build replaces the previous build 17127, which was released just a few days ago. This build comes with a new feature 'Cortana Show Me'.
How to Export and Import a Power Plan in Windows 10
If you are customizing power plans included in Windows 10, it can be useful to export them to a file. Using that file, you'll be able to restore your power plan settings quickly after reinstalling the OS, or deploy it on multiple PCs. Here is how it can be done.
Find Your Windows Upgrade History with PowerShell
Every time you perform a build upgrade in Windows 10, the operating system stores some bits of information related to previously installed operating system versions in the Registry. By fetching this info, you can see a list of builds that you installed to come to the currently installed version of the OS. This can be really interesting, especially if you have upgraded your Windows 7 or 8.1 OS to Windows 10 and then joined the Windows Insider Preview program. The list can be very long.
Windows 10 Build 16299.334 (KB4089848), and more
Microsoft today released a number of cumulative updates for all supported Windows 10 versions. The updates include KB4089848 (OS Build 16299.334), KB4088891 (OS Build 15063.994), and KB4088889 (OS Build 14393.2155). Here is what has changed.
