These days, everyone knows about the Meltdown and Spectre flaws which affect all the modern CPUs, including all Intel CPUs from the past decade, and certain ARM64 and AMD CPUs in case of Spectre. The team behind the Linux Mint project is warning users and giving useful recommendations on how to secure your Linux Mint machine.
How to Disable Timeline Suggestions in Windows 10
Recent builds of Windows 10 feature a new Timeline feature, that allows users to review their activity history and quickly return to their previous tasks. If you find no use for this feature, let's see how to disable it. By default, the OS will occasionally show suggestions in the Timeline pane. Today, we'll see how to disable them.
Download Disable Timeline Suggestions in Windows 10
Disable Timeline Suggestions in Windows 10.
Use these Registry files to enable or disable Timeline Suggestions in Windows 10.
How to Set Static IP Address in Windows 10
In Windows 10, there are a number of ways to set your IP address to a static value for network diagnostics or if you need to form a network with another device without a DHCP server, via an Ethernet crossover cable. Let's see how to set a static IP address on Windows 10. Let's see how to set a static IP address on Windows 10.
Create Transparent PNGs with Paint 3D in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a new Universal (UWP) app called Paint 3D. Despite the name, the app is not a proper continuation of the classic MS Paint. It is a completely different, modern image editor which allows creating and working with 2D and 3D objects and comes with a number of effects and tools which were not available in the classic app.
Create a Wi-Fi history report in Windows 10 (Wlan Report)
Windows 10 includes the built-in ability to generate a Wi-Fi history report. This report has interesting details about networks that your PC was connected to, along with session duration, the session's start and end, errors and so on. Let's see how to create this report.
Fix Windows 7 BSOD after installing KB4056894
As you may be aware, Microsoft has released a number of patches for all supported operating systems to protect them from Meltdown and Spectre attacks. These include Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Unfortunately for AMD CPU users, these patches cause a blue screen of death (BSOD) for those who have an AMD Athlon chip. The OS gives a 0x000000C4 bug check error.
Vivaldi 1.14: Rearrangeable Search Engines
A new developer snapshot of the most innovative web browser Vivaldi is out today. The snapshot 1.14.1064.3 represents the upcoming app version 1.14 and comes with a new feature - rearrangeable search engines. Let's see what else has changed.
Opera 51: Ad blocker and Bookmark Improvements
Today, the team behind the Opera browser released a new developer version of their product. Opera 51.0.2830.0 is now available for download. It features a number of changes made to the built-in ad blocker feature and the bookmarks manager.
Add or Remove Words in Spell Checking Dictionary in Windows 10
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 extend the dictionary of the built-in spell checker of Windows 10 with custom words. You can also quickly remove words from the dictionary. Two methods are explained.
