Every time you re-install any version of Windows, you need to install drivers. This is not a problem if you have all your drivers downloaded or have disks provided by your hardware vendor. However, some users may not know where the drivers are stored, or for which hardware they exist and which are missing. You may still need to find drivers for every device you have. In Windows 10, you can create a backup of all installed drivers from a working installation of Windows using built-in tools before you re-install the operating system. You can do this without using third party tools. It can be very useful if you lost your downloaded or vendor-supplied drivers. Let's see how it can be done.
Category: Windows 10
Make Windows 10 Calendar show national holidays
Windows 10 has a Calendar app pre-installed out of the box. While Windows Vista and Windows 8 also had Calendar apps, they were not adopted by everyone. The Calendar app is useful for those who need just a basic calendar app without extra features and storing important events, appointments, holidays etc. With a simple trick, you can enable national holidays in Windows 10 Calendar. Here is how it can be done.
What’s new in Windows 10 build 10586.338
Just yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 10 build 10586.338 for Release Preview ring insiders but there was no change log. Here is the change log for this build.
Windows 10 PC build 10586.338 is out for Release Preview ring
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 PC build 10586.338 for participants of the Windows Insider program. If you have joined the Release Preview ring, the update will arrive to your PC very soon.
Windows 10 Store got download size information for apps
If you are running Insider Preview builds of Windows 10, you might have already noticed that Windows Store got an update. A new version of the app is now able to show the download size of the app which you are trying to install or update.
EdgeContextMenu adds Firefox-like context menu to Edge
Users of the popular Mozilla Firefox browser are familiar with its context menu, which features some commands like "Back", "Forward", "Refresh" and "Bookmark" in the form of icons. A talented developer has created EdgeContextMenu, an app which adds the same functionality to the Edge browser!
Show the last logon information at every logon in Windows 10
One of the interesting features of all versions of Windows including Windows 10 and Windows 8 is the ability to show detailed information about your previous logon. Every time you sign in, you will see an information screen with the date and time of the last successful logon. The same information will be displayed even if the previous logon was unsuccessful. This feature can be turned on with a simple Registry tweak.
Fix MSI installer errors 2502 and 2503 in Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7
Sometimes Windows Installer starts to behave unexpectedly in various versions of Windows, including Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. Every error message has an error code but there is no further information given to the user about what action he should take to fix the error. I suddenly started facing one such error out of nowhere. While uninstalling any app which is shipped as an MSI package, it showed errors 2502 and 2503 and then the installation or uninstallation failed. Here is what these errors mean and how you can fix them easily.
The evolution of the File Explorer icon in Windows 10
File Explorer is the default file management application which comes bundled with every modern version of Windows. It allows the user to perform all basic file operations like copy, move, delete, rename and so on. During the development of Windows 10, Microsoft was updating folders icons, control panel icons and system app icons several times. Here is how the File Explorer icon was changed during Windows 10 development.
How to enable NTFS Long Paths in Windows 10
In Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft finally addressed a long-standing issue that developers faced while doing development - the 260 character limitation for path length. This path length limitation was present in Windows for almost an eternity. In case you don't know, in all currently released Windows versions, the maximal length of the file path is 260 chars. Starting with build 14352 of Windows 10, which is part of the Anniversary Update (version 1607), this limitation can be bypassed.
