When Windows 10 is running low on free space on your disk storage, there are a number of ways to free up your drive space. Traditionally, the built-in Disk Cleanup tool (cleanmgr.exe) has been useful to remove temporary files, logs and Windows Update packages. With recent builds of Windows 10, Microsoft introduced a revamped Storage Sense feature which allows you to remove these files and more.
Category: Windows 10
How to Change Handwriting Panel Font in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 includes a special mode for the touch keyboard, which turns it into a handwriting panel. Now it is possible to change its font. Let's see how it can be done.
How to Add Security Questions for Local Account in Windows 10
Security questions are a traditional way to add extra protection for your sensitive data. They are very popular in the software world. Various online services like e-mail, messengers and tons of other apps and websites use them to verify that it is you who's trying to reset the password for an account. Here is good news for Windows 10 users, because the same feature has been added to local accounts in the OS!
How to Fix Scaling for Blurry Apps in Windows 10
With recent builds of Windows 10 which represent the Redstone 4 branch, Microsoft has implemented new options to fix apps that become blurry on your high resolution displays. Even if some app appears properly scaled right after you open it, it can become blurry when you dock/undock, use RDP, or change display settings.
How to View Detailed Display Information in Windows 10
One of the improvements Microsoft made to Windows 10 is the ability to view detailed information about your display. The OS can differentiate the Desktop resolution and active signal resolution, provide accurate information about its refresh rate and other technical details.
Disable OneDrive Cloud Icons in Navigation Pane in Windows 10
The recent Windows 10 version features new icons for your OneDrive locations pinned to the navigation pane of File Explorer. The new icons reflect the synchronization state of the folder along with its on-demand state. If you are not happy to see these extra icons, it is easy to disable them.
How to Reset Game Mode Settings in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 includes a special Game Mode feature, which boosts game performance for some games under certain circumstances. With recent updates, it is possible now to quickly reset Game Mode. This is useful when the feature doesn't work as expected.
Find if You Have Sets Enabled in Windows 10 Build 17063
Windows Timeline and Sets are two of the most exciting features of the upcoming Windows 10 "Redstone 4" update. As you may already know, the Sets feature is currently available to a small select group of Insiders. Microsoft is performing A/B testing with this feature in Windows 10 Build 17063. Here is how you can find if you have Sets in this build.
Microsoft is killing HomeGroup
If you are a fan of the HomeGroup feature, here is bad news for you. Starting with the recently released Windows 10 Build 17063, Microsoft is retiring the HomeGroup feature. It is no longer fully functional and will be removed in the near future.
Remove the Product Alert Button from Microsoft Paint
In Windows 10, Microsoft recently made a change to Microsoft Paint. In addition to the extra button "Edit with Paint 3D", the app shows a new Product Alert button. When you click it, it shows a hint that the days of the Paint app is over. It will be moved to the Store soon, leaving Paint 3D as the only built-in Paint version for Windows 10. The majority of Paint users are not happy with this change.
