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Microsoft kills Windows Live Essentials app suite
Almost every Windows user is familiar with Windows Live Essentials. It started with Windows 7 as a set of apps which provide essential functionality for a fresh installation of Windows. It has a nice email client, a photo viewing and organizing app, the now-discontinued Live Messenger, Live Writer for bloggers, and the infamous Movie Maker video editor. Soon, Microsoft will remove it in favor of Universal apps available in the Windows Store and bundled with Windows 10.
Pin World Clock Tile to Start Menu in Windows 10
Did you know that Windows 10 allows you to display the time from various cities and countries as a tile in the Start menu? There are no third party tools required. Everything can be done with apps you already have.
Find if your Windows 10 device has TPM (Trusted Platform Module)
If you are curious to find out if your Windows 10 PC has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), here is a simple method which will help you to determine it. Just follow the steps in this article.
Get all network adapter details in Windows 10 with this command
Every network adapter you have installed in your PC, laptop or tablet has a physical address called the "MAC address". The MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to each network interface for communication on the physical network segment. With a single command, you can retrieve the details for all network adapters installed in your Windows 10 device.
Pin Recent Files to the Start menu in Windows 10
Sometimes it is useful to have one click access to Recent Files from the Start menu. In Windows 7, such an ability was a built-in feature of the Start menu. The new Start menu of Windows 10 does not come with this option. Let's add the link to recent files to the Start menu of Windows 10.
Get BIOS Information via Command Prompt in Windows 10
In Windows 10, it is possible to get information about the BIOS using the command line. If you need to print it out or just view your BIOS version without restarting your PC or using a third party tool, here is how it can be done.
Register Universal File Explorer app in Start in Windows 10
As you may already know, there a new File Explorer app in Windows 10 "Redstone 2". It is hidden and has no shortcut yet. Here is how you can make it visible and create a proper shortcut (and tile) for the app in the Start menu.
Get detailed information about battery usage in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows the user to create a special report which shows battery usage in detail. It can be done without third-party tools. The only application you need is the built-in console tool "powercfg".
Change Cortana’s Search Box Text in Windows 10
Windows 10 "Redstone 2", which will eventually become Windows 10 version 1703 when released, has a number of tweaks for Cortana to customize its look and appearance. It is possible to move the search box to the top of the search pane, customize its border color and enable search and submit glyph icons. Today we will see how to change the default text displayed in the Cortana's search box in Windows 10.
