Recently one of our readers asked us how to make his Windows 10 PC enter sleep from the command line. This can be definitely useful if you are using the sleep mode frequently and want to create a shortcut to put your PC into sleep directly or via some batch file. In this article, I would like to share a working way to initiate sleep from the command line.
Find what drains the battery in Windows 10
If you feel that your Windows 10 PC's battery is discharging too quickly, it can be caused by several reasons. The most probably causes are a dying battery or some app which causes a big load on the CPU and other hardware. If you would like to make sure that it is not a software issue, here is how you can see the battery usage per app in Windows 10!
Firefox 48 will get Narrator in Reader view
A new interesting feature is going to be introduced in Firefox 48. It will get a Narrate option for the Reader view. Once the user enters this mode, he can enable the speech synthesizer, which will read aloud the page content for you using a computerized voice. Let's explore this feature in detail.
Opera 37 features a built-in ad blocker
The Opera browser for PCs now comes with a new feature. With version 37, it has a built-in ad blocker which allows you to get rid of ads on any web sites you visit! This can attract many more users to this Norwegian browser.
Everything you need to know about Firefox 45
Firefox 45 is out for Desktop PCs and for Android. This release will have long term support (ESR), which means it will get updates for the duration of an entire year. Firefox 46 will now become the beta branch and Firefox Developer Edition will get version number 47.
Microsoft has released Office 2016 Insider Preview build 16.0.6741.2014
A new build of Office 2016 is out. This time it is 16.0.6741.2014. The update is available for participants of the Office Insider program. Here is what is new in this update.
Windows 10 build 14278.0.RS1 and Windows Nano Server leaked to the web
Two interesting non-official releases of Windows have leaked to the Internet. The first one is a Windows 10 RedStone branch build 14278. The other one is a Windows Nano Server installation image.
How to change UAC settings in Windows 10
Since Windows Vista, Microsoft added a new security feature called User Account Control (UAC). It tries to prevent malicious apps from doing potentially harmful things on your PC. Before the administrator-level (elevated) action is allowed, UAC asks permission from the user to go ahead with it, or cancel the request. UAC has some settings which can affect its behavior. In this article we will look how to change those settings in Windows 10.
Change a pinned app’s shortcut icon on the taskbar in Windows 10
Since Windows 7, Microsoft redesigned the taskbar and introduced the concept of pinning shortcuts, which were earlier stored in the Quick Launch. However, once you pin a shortcut, changing the icon of the pinned shortcut isn't so easy. Windows 10 does not show the new icon! Let's see how to fix it.
How to perform an emergency restart of Windows 10
Windows 10 has a secret reboot mode called "Emergency restart". When you perform an emergency restart, Windows closes all running apps forcefully and you will not see any warning about saving your work. This way of restart can be useful if you have some issues with apps or the OS hanging or crashing and you would like to quickly restart the PC to fix it. Follow this tutorial to learn how to perform an emergency restart in Windows 10.
