After installing and removing a lot of apps and updates, you may notice that your Registry has become quite bloated. Your Registry files may have become quite large. Large Registry files can cause slowdowns and performance issues in Windows 10. Here is how you can compress them.
New Editions of Windows 10 Revealed
Evidence of three new editions of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has been revealed. This information comes from the accidentally released internal build 16212, which revealed the presence of these editions via the pkeyconfig file.
New Touch Keyboard in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, also known by its code name "Redstone 3", is the next major update to Windows 10. It is in active development as of this writing. It comes with an updated touch keyboard app.
Microsoft May Kill File History in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
Windows 10 comes with a built-in backup system called "File History". It allows the user to create a backup copy of files stored on your PC. There are a number of use cases for this feature. For example, it can help you to transfer your files from an old PC to a new one. Or you can use it to backup your files to an external removable drive. It looks like Microsoft is going to remove File History in the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
Microsoft Kills Classic Skype for Linux
Starting July 1, 2017, Microsoft is going to discontinue the classic version of Skype for Linux. Linux users of Skype have to move to the modern Electron-based app.
Enable Delete Confirmation in Windows 10
In Windows 10, when the user is deleting a file or a folder, there is no confirmation prompt appearing on the screen. Instead, the File Explorer app directly sends the selected objects to the Recycle Bin. If you are not happy with this behavior, you can change it. Here is how it can be done.
Remove Sleep from the Start Menu in Windows 10
In Windows 10, it is possible to remove the Sleep option from the power button menu inside the Start menu. The Sleep mode uses very little power, your PC resumes faster, and you’re instantly back to where you left off. However, if you prefer using Hibernate instead of Sleep, you might want to get rid of the extra option from the power menu. Here is how.
Download Forests theme for Windows 10, 8 and 7
The Forests theme for Windows 10 features 16 high quality nature wallpapers. This beautiful themepack was initially created for Windows 7, but you can use it in Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
How to Get Weather Forecast In PowerShell
Yesterday, we reviewed a nice and useful service, wttr.in, which allows the user to fetch the weather forecast in Linux terminal. Today, we'll learn how to do the same in Windows PowerShell.
Working Control Center is spotted in Windows 10 Build 16212
As you may remember, when Windows 10 build 16199 was released, Microsoft accidentally showed a different user interface for changing commonly accessed settings. The feature is known as Control Center. A working Control Center is spotted in Windows 10 Build 16212, which has been accidentally released to some Insider PCs.
