Windows 10 comes with lots of changes to the user interface. Most of them are intended to improve your interaction with the UI when you are using a touch screen. One such change is the new battery indicator which appears when you click the battery icon in the system tray. If you don't like it and want to have the old indicator like it was in Windows 7 and Windows 8, follows the steps in this article.
Category: Windows 10
Remove all apps bundled with Windows 10 but keep Windows Store
Recently, I covered how to remove all bundled Windows 10 apps at once, or individually, and how to reinstall the Windows Store app. In this article, I will cover an additional way to get rid of all bundled apps but keep the Windows Store installed. Let's see how that can be easily done.
How to remove and hide the language indicator icon in Windows 10
Yesterday I received a Facebook question from one of our readers who asked how to get rid of the language indicator from the taskbar, which for English language users is indicated on the taskbar with the letters ENG. If you are interested in removing that it, here is what you should do.
How to speed up menus in Windows 10 and change the menu delay
Windows 10 allows you to speed up menus. It is possible with a simple registry tweak which I will cover in this article. So, you can reduce a delay before a submenu pops up on the screen when you hover over it with the mouse. This change will affect all installed apps which respect the system menu setting, as well as all built-in apps. So it will make the whole Windows 10 interface more responsive.
How to open old Display Settings in Windows 10 (two ways)
Many Windows 10 users are looking for a way to open the old Display Settings applet. In Windows 10, Microsoft replaced it with a new Settings app. It is a Metro app which takes over some options of the classic Control Panel, including Display Settings but not all of them. In the Settings app, you cannot do many things which were possible in the old (classic) applet. Here is how you can still open the old Display Settings in Windows 10.
How to change the size of scrollbars in Windows 10
Since Windows 8, Microsoft removed all options to control any advanced appearance settings of the operating system. While you can still change the Windows theme, you cannot adjust how specific controls look, like it was possible in all releases starting from Windows 95 all the way up to Windows 7. Windows 10 does not bring those options back. If you are looking for a way to change the appearance of scrollbars in Windows 10, in this article I will share how it can be done.
Get classic old Task Manager in Windows 10
Many users are not happy with the new "modern" task manager which was introduced in Windows 8. Windows 10 comes with the same Task Manager app. Although some of its functions are not bad, like the performance graph, one might not really need them. The old Task Manager is faster, bug-free and provides a more reliable workflow of task management for me. It is familiar and the new one does not even remember the last active tab. So I am definitely one of those who want the good old, more usable Task Manager back in Windows 10. Here is how you can get it back without replacing any system files or modifying permissions.
How to reduce title bar height and size of window buttons in Windows 10
Many users are not happy with the default appearance of window title bars in Windows 10. It is too tall and the window caption buttons (minimize, maximize, close) are quite large. If you want to reduce the title bar height and make window buttons smaller in Windows 10, here is how you can do it.
How to disable Windows Update in Windows 10 RTM
With Windows 10, Microsoft did an unexpected and unpleasant change of taking away control from the end user for installing updates. Now, the Home edition and the Pro edition do not allow the user to easily control how updates are delivered and installed on their OS. In the Windows Update UI of the Settings app, the user can only defer or postpone updates, but there is no option to disable them entirely and check for updates manually and selectively install them. If you cannot tolerate this automatic update nonsense and want control over your updates once again, here is what you can do to stop and disable Windows Update in Windows 10 RTM.
How to speed up the Start menu in Windows 10
Many Windows 10 complain that their Start menu is laggy and slow. It opens slowly and sometimes it doesn't open at all. In this article, I would like to offer you a simple solution to speed up the Start menu in Windows 10.
