If you are working in Windows 10, the operating system shows a number of tips about using it. They appear occasionally and can look like a toast notification. Some users find them useful, but others find them very annoying. If you are not happy to see them, here is how to disable tips about the operating system.
How to backup taskbar toolbars in Windows 10
In Windows 10, it is possible to enable various taskbar toolbars. You can use one of the predefined toolbars, or create your own toolbar which will display shortcuts from a folder on your drive. Suppose some day, you re-install Windows 10 or move to another PC with Windows 10, you wouldn't want to lose all your settings and start over again. Here is how you can backup taskbar toolbars in Windows 10 and restore them later.
Download Backup Taskbar Toolbars in Windows 10
Backup Taskbar Toolbars in Windows 10.
Use this batch file to backup taskbar toolbars in Windows 10
Microsoft aggressively pushes Edge with taskbar ads in Windows 10
A new change arrived to Windows 10 with one of the recent updates. Many users spotted aggressive, annoying ad popups which appear right in the taskbar promoting Microsoft apps like Edge. The operating system detects that the user is not using Edge and offers him to switch to Microsoft's browser instead of the current one with a special taskbar thumbnail popup.
Delta updates are coming to Windows 10 to save your bandwidth
Microsoft announced a significant improvement coming to Windows Update. With Windows 10 Creators Update, update delivery will be faster once again due to reduced size of updates. Microsoft is working to use delta updates for consumer PCs once again.
Useful text commands of Cortana you need to know
Today, we will see how to save your time with Cortana in Windows 10. Using its search box and voice commands, you can perform a number of useful actions directly from the taskbar.
Disable BSOD auto restart in Windows 10
With the default settings, Windows 10 performs an automatic restart when a blue screen of death (BSOD) crash happens. This gives the user very little time to see the crash code. Sometimes the minidump is created very quickly and before the user can read the crash code, it restarts. This is not useful. To find the crash event code, you then need to locate it in the Event log if the next boot is successful. The event log is very hard to reach if Windows 10 has entered into a crash loop or boot loop. But you can disable the auto restart after a BSOD to prevent this situation in the future.
Windows 10 build 14959 is out for Fast Ring Insiders
Yesterday night Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview. Build 14959 became available for Fast Ring insiders. Let's see what's new in this release.
Reset Local Security Policy Settings all at once in Windows 10
The Local Security Policy app is an advanced configuration tool to control various security aspects of the operating system. Like Local Group Policy, it is implemented as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. If you need to reset all its settings, here is a single command which can revert them to default in a moment.
