Today, we will see how to change various sounds that play when certain events occur in Windows 10 or in installed programs. These events can be an action that you perform, such as logging on to your computer, or an action that your computer performs automatically, such as alerting you when you receive new e‑mail. We will learn how to change individual sounds for events or the whole sound scheme for your user account in Windows.
Category: Windows 10
Windows 10 Anniversary Update shows location origin for Spotlight images
With the latest changes in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which is represented by the stable build 14393.105, Microsoft added a small new feature to the Spotlight Lock Screen background. Now it shows the location where the image was taken, that is, the origin of the photograph shown on the Lock screen. This can be seen by clicking or tapping a special button.
How to disable PC Speaker beep sound in Windows 10
In modern PCs, the internal PC speaker is often also connected to the PC's audio solution, so that it allows the PC to play a beep even when there are no external speakers connected to the machine. If your Windows 10 PC runs without speakers connected or with the sound drivers not working or disabled, you might hear an annoying beeping sound for example when a message box notification displays. If you are annoyed by this beep sound, you might be interested in disabling it. Here is how you can do it.
Disable the Network icon on Lock Screen in Windows 10
Out of the box, Windows 10 indicates the network connection's status on the Lock screen. A special icon shows if the network is accessible or not on the current device. Using a simple Registry tweak, you can hide that icon from the Lock screen.
Clean up temp directory automatically in Windows 10
Every Windows version uses a special directory which stores temporary files. These files are created by various Windows services, installed apps and tools. Temporary files can be safely deleted after the process which has created them has quit. However, this does not happen often, so the temporary directory continues to store them and fills your disk drive with junk. Here is how to clean up the temp directory automatically in Windows 10.
Add Copy To and Move To in the context menu of File Explorer
In Windows 10, you can add the commands Copy To and Move To to the context menu of File Explorer. While these commands are available on the Ribbon, it is useful to have them directly in the right click menu for faster access. Let's see how it can be done.
Revert Desktop icons auto arranging in Windows 10
Many users prefer to arrange Desktop icons manually, placing them at a custom location on the Desktop. But sometimes the custom position of icons is lost and they get automatically arranged. Or if you accidentally messed up your desktop icon alignment yourself by turning on the auto-arrange function, there is a way to revert it quickly. Here is how.
Windows 10 build 14915 shows update categories in Settings
With the recently released Windows 10 build 14915, which represents the upcoming Redstone 2 feature update, Microsoft made improvements to the Windows Update page of the Settings app. Now, it shows different update categories for installed updates.
Windows 10 will get Night Mode and People Bar features with Redstone 2
As you may already know, the latest Insider Preview builds of Windows 10 include features that the next major feature update to Windows 10, known as 'Redstone 2' will have. While there is no information yet on what exactly will be included in the final version of Redstone 2, a couple of new features recently discovered can give us an idea.
Find the current Lock Screen image file in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a nice feature which allows you to have a random image shown on the Lock screen every time you see it. It downloads beautiful images from the Internet and shows them on your lock screen. So, every time you boot or lock Windows 10, you will see a new lovely image. If you would like to find the currently displayed Lock Screen image file on your disk drive, here is how it can be done.
