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.
How to enter file location manually in GTK 3 open/save dialog
Many apps use the GTK 3 toolkit on both Windows and Linux. Once your favorite software gets updated to a version that uses GTK 3, you might find it confusing to enter a file or folder path manually. Unlike the GTK 2 dialogs, where there is a special button to enter the location text box, GTK 3 dialogs have no option to do this. Here is what you can do.
Vivaldi Beta 3 is available
Yet another major public release of the Vivaldi browser was released a few days ago. Vivaldi Beta 3 includes a lot of changes and improvements. Its developers consider this release stable enough and hope that it will be the last beta release before a stable version 1.0 is out. The released Beta 3 has the following build number: 1.0.403.24. Let's see what it offers to the end user.
Windows 10 build 14279 is out for Fast Ring insiders
A new build, Windows 10 build 14279 has landed on the Fast Ring. This build comes with a couple of new features and several bugfixes. Unfortunately, it still has unresolved issues too. Let's see the change log of Windows 10 build 14279 in detail.
Assign global hotkeys to launch any app in Windows 10
Since Windows 95, we have an amazing feature: native global hotkeys for every installed application, yet it seems not many people are aware of it. A specail text box in the shortcut properties allow you to to specify a combination of hotkeys which will be used to launch the shortcut. If you have set those hotkeys for the shortcut in the Start menu folder, then they will be available in every opened window, every application!
Windows 10 Redstone Wave 2 is expected now in 2017
Everyone who tracks Windows 10 development probably knows that the next major operating system update is codenamed Redstone and it will come in two stages, exactly like we got Windows 10 RTM code name Threshold. Build 10240 is the Threshold 1 release and build 10586 is Threshold 2. New information about the next Redstone update indicates that RS1 will be in 2016 and RS2 in 2017.
How to disable autocorrect and highlighting of misspelled words in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 comes with a spell checking feature. It is targeted mostly for tablet users, as it supports auto correct or highlighting of misspelled words only in Modern apps and Internet Explorer/Edge. Using the simple instructions from this article, you will be able to turn off the built-in spell checker of Windows 10 or enable it back again.
