Yet another major public release of the Vivaldi browser was released a few days ago. Vivaldi Beta 3 includes a lot of changes and improvements. Its developers consider this release stable enough and hope that it will be the last beta release before a stable version 1.0 is out. The released Beta 3 has the following build number: 1.0.403.24. Let's see what it offers to the end user.
Windows 10 build 14279 is out for Fast Ring insiders
A new build, Windows 10 build 14279 has landed on the Fast Ring. This build comes with a couple of new features and several bugfixes. Unfortunately, it still has unresolved issues too. Let's see the change log of Windows 10 build 14279 in detail.
Assign global hotkeys to launch any app in Windows 10
Since Windows 95, we have an amazing feature: native global hotkeys for every installed application, yet it seems not many people are aware of it. A specail text box in the shortcut properties allow you to to specify a combination of hotkeys which will be used to launch the shortcut. If you have set those hotkeys for the shortcut in the Start menu folder, then they will be available in every opened window, every application!
Windows 10 Redstone Wave 2 is expected now in 2017
Everyone who tracks Windows 10 development probably knows that the next major operating system update is codenamed Redstone and it will come in two stages, exactly like we got Windows 10 RTM code name Threshold. Build 10240 is the Threshold 1 release and build 10586 is Threshold 2. New information about the next Redstone update indicates that RS1 will be in 2016 and RS2 in 2017.
How to disable autocorrect and highlighting of misspelled words in Windows 10
As you may already know, 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 turn off the built-in spell checker of Windows 10 or enable it back again.
Make fonts bigger without changing the DPI in Windows 10
It’s a well known fact that Microsoft has removed a number of features and options from Windows since Windows 8. One of them was the Advanced Appearance settings dialog, which allowed you to change various aspects such as colors and window metrics. In Windows 10, all that's left are a few settings to change the text size; the rest of the settings are all removed because even if you changed them, they didn't apply to themes/visual styles. They were only applicable to the Classic theme which also was removed. However, changing only the text size can still be a better option for some users than changing the entire system's DPI because changing DPI often leads to scaling issues.
Create shortcut to Windows Defender offline scan in Windows 10
The recently added Windows Defender offline scan feature is very useful for those who use Windows Defender as their primary security software. For such users, it's useful to have a shortcut to start the scan with one click. In this article, we will see how to create this shortcut and launch Windows Defender offline scan with one click.
Windows Defender in Windows 10 gets Advanced Threat Protection
Microsoft is working to help businesses remain protected from serious threats besides vulnerabilities. A new feature of Windows Defender will land in Windows 10 soon which will be aimed at protecting users from security and privacy breaches across endpoints and data thefts besides hack attacks.
Avoid two reboots with Windows 10 and Windows 7 dual boot
If you have installed Windows 10 and Windows 7 in a dual boot configuration and have set Windows 10 as the default OS to boot into, you probably noticed that the bootloader of Windows 10 performs an additional reboot every time you select Windows 7 in the boot menu. This is a really annoying behavior and just a waste of your time. In this article, I will share two simple tricks to get rid of the additional reboot required and boot to the desired OS directly.
Fix very slow search in Windows 10
A number of Winaero readers have faced an issue in Windows 10 that after a few build upgrades, Search becomes slow and consumes a notable amount of CPU power. It happens every time the user searches for a file or document using the Cortana UI/Search text box in the taskbar. Here is a solution we found to make search fast and responsive again.
