The Windows 10 Settings UI and the Network flyout is completely different from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. The options have been moved around and it is not clear how to change the network type - private or public. I would like to share how you can change the network location type in Windows 10.
Fix Control Panel opens twice in Windows 10
Some Windows 10 users are experiencing a strange issue with the operating system. Every time they open the Control Panel, two windows of Explorer open instead of a single window which is what's expected. If you have this issue, here is how to fix it easily.
Change network icon click action in Windows 10
Windows 10 features several major interface changes from Windows 8 and earlier Windows versions. One of the changes is the new network pane, called now as the Network Flyout. It is shown when you click the network icon in the taskbar in Windows 10. Windows 10 allows you to customize this behaviour and change the Network Flyout to the Network pane from Windows 8 or to even open the Settings app. In this article, we will see what options you have got. You will be able to change the network icon's click action.
How to see services related to a process in Windows 10
When your Windows PC starts, many programs open at startup. Some long-running processes, which mostly do system functions are called Services. Service processes usually have no user interface and don't interact with the user. The most famous service process, is svchost.exe which always has multiple instances running and is responsible for many Windows services, e.g. Windows Update or Action Center notifications. You can easily check which services are running from its process. Follow these simple instructions to learn how.
Firefox now features web page source viewer in a tab
Mozilla Firefox users and web developers might be using its View Source feature. It allows you to see the HTML markup of the currently opened page. Until now, it always opened in a separate browser window. Starting with Firefox 41, which is currently available in the Nightly channel, this behavior has changed.
Vivaldi 1.0.196.2 features improved hotkeys, spatial navigation and a few other interesting changes
Yesterday, the Vivaldi team rolled out a new weekly build of their revolutionary web browser. Unlike the previous release, this one does not come with lots of changes. However, a few changes and bug fixes are very interesting. Let's explore them.
The full list of Skype emoticons
Skype has a set of emoticons which the user pick using the appropriate button near the input text box in the conversation window. But many Skype users might not be aware of the huge set of hiddden smilies available in Skype. Here is the full list of Skype emoticons.
Fix failed to load library ‘dxva2.dll’ in Skype
If you use Skype on the good, old Windows XP OS and if you recently updated the Skype app, then you might have received a strange message failed to load library 'dxva2.dll'. After that, Skype does not start and you cannot sign in. Here is how to fix it and why it happens.
How to remove the user profile button (You) in Google Chrome 44 and above
Previously, we covered how to disable or enable the Google Chrome profile button in the window title. It could be done with a special flag in chrome://flags/. Unfortunately, the appropriate flag described in the mentioned article was removed in Chrome 44, which is in beta now. Here is an alternative way to remove the user profile button (You) in Google Chrome 44 and above.
Windows 10 build 10135 features an updated Snipping tool
The Snipping tool is a little known app bundled with Windows ever since Windows Vista for capturing screenshots. But it never got any updates ever since, not in Windows 7 nor in Windows 8 either. So it is a surprise for me to see that in Windows 10 build 10135, there is an updated and slightly improved version of Snipping tool.
