If you are not happy with the huge window frame present by default in Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8, you can easily change its thickness. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
Download Disable shortcut overlay icon in Windows 10 / 8 / 8.1 / 7 / Vista
Disable shortcut overlay icon in Windows 10 / 8 / 8.1 / 7 / Vista.
Here is a Registry tweak which will allow you to disable the shortcut overlay icon in Windows 10 / 8 / 8.1 / 7 / Vista.
Winaero Tweaker 0.4 is out
I am happy to present a new version of Winaero Tweaker. This version features lots of improvements and new features. In case you aren't following the development of this free app, it's a powerful tool to adjust numerous hidden settings in Windows which Microsoft does not allow you to configure easily. It incorporates Windows-related tweaks from my past tweaking tools at Winaero plus new hidden settings I have discovered in modern versions of Windows. Over time, I am gradually adding all the tweaks from my standalone tools to this app to make it an all-in-one tool to fine-tune Windows. This new release of Tweaker deserves a major version number increment because a lot of coding work went into it. Let's see which changes are included in this version of Winaero Tweaker.
How to get Microsoft Office product key without using third party software
If you have lost your Microsoft Office product key or forgotten where you had stored it and can no longer retrieve it, do not despair. I would like to share a simple solution to extract your Office product key from the OS installed on your PC without using any third party software.
Enable verbose logon messages in Windows 10
It is possible to enable detailed information for Windows 10 logon, sign out, restart and shutdown events. The operating system will report what exactly is happening at the current moment while you are on the logon/logoff screen. In this article, we will see how this can be enabled. This trick also works in Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
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Enable verbose logon messages.
This tweak will allow you to enable detailed information for logon, sign out, restart and shutdown events. The operating system will report what exactly is happening at the current moment while you are on the logon/logoff screen. Works in Windows XP and above.
All ways to open a new instance of the running app in Windows 10
As you might be knowing, Windows 10 like all previous versions before it, allows you to launch multiple instances of same running app. There are many ways to do this. In this article, we will review all possible ways to do it.
Reset Windows Store Cache in Windows 10 (Microsoft Store)
How to Reset Windows Store Cache in Windows 10 (Microsoft Store)
The Windows Store app allows you to install and update Universal apps in Windows 10. Thanks to the Store, apps can be installed with one click. By default, Windows Store is set to update apps automatically. It caches some details about installed and available apps to speed up the process of browsing them and improving the responsiveness of the Store app. However, sometimes the Store app fails to update apps or you may also be unable to install new apps. In such a case, you need to reset the Windows Store cache.
Remove Windows 10 product key from Registry and protect it from being stolen
When Windows 10 is installed, it continues to store your product key in the registry. This may be useful, if you don't remember which key you used on your current installation. Also if you lost your product key, this can be useful for recovering your product key with some third party tool or with a simple PowerShell script.
But at the same time, your Windows 10 product key is at risk of being stolen. If you are concerned about your product key being stolen (i.e. with some malicious software), you might want to remove it from the registry permanently. This operation is safe and will not affect your OS activation status. Follow this simple tutorial to learn how you can erase the stored product key in Windows 10. The same trick should work in Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows Vista too.
Download Windows Defender offline updates for Windows 10
If you have to run Windows 10 offline/disconnected from the Internet, or you have several PCs and want to save bandwidth, you might want to download the malware definition/signature updates for Windows Defender offline so you can update multiple PCs at once or update it without internet connectivity. In this article, we will see where to get these updates to install them in Windows 10 without downloading them on every PC or connecting to the internet.
