The Windows 10 Start Menu is a redesign of the original Start Menu. It is not the Start Menu which we are used to seeing in Windows 7. It includes live tiles from the Start screen and eliminates the useful system and personal folders which used to be 1-click away. The Start Menu may look a bit cluttered out-of-the-box to some users. If you are not happy with its default look, here is good news for you - you can customize and tweak it by removing all the unnecessary items easily. Follow this tutorial to make Windows 10 Start menu look like Windows 7 Start menu.
Tag: Windows 10
Get modern Internet Explorer back in Windows 10
If you have installed Windows 10 Technical Preview, you will find that the modern (Metro) version of Internet Explorer is not there. For some reason, the touch friendly IE is missing in the public build. If you used to run modern IE or plan to test Windows 10 with a touch screen device, you might be interested in reviving it. Here is how to do it.
How to install Windows 10 from a bootable USB stick
The days of burning operating system ISO images to a disc are long gone, today most PCs can boot from USB so it's just easier to update and more convenient to install Windows from a USB flash drive. Another good reason to install in this way is the installation speed, which is significantly faster than optical drive setup. Many modern devices do not come with an optical drive. Let's see how to transfer Windows 10 setup to a bootable USB stick. If you are running Windows 8 at this moment, then no third party software is required, but in Windows 7 you need some tool like 7-Zip archiver to extract the Windows 10 ISO file contents.
Here are Windows 10 Technical Preview direct download links
Microsoft has released the technical preview of the upcoming Windows 10 OS for pre-release testing, evaluation and feedback. It is not necessary to enumerate all its features here, as all of us are reading news and know about Start menu, virtual desktops and so on. If you have a Windows 7-compatible PC, you can install Windows 10 there, it should run smoothly. Although Tech Preview is designed for PC experts who are comfortable downloading unfinished software, you might be interested in testing it right now. Here are Windows 10 Technical Preview direct download links for ISO images.
Do you know all these ways to open an elevated command prompt in Windows?
In my articles, you often see instructions to open the cmd prompt as admin. Usually I mention only one way to open an elevated command prompt, but you can use several ways to perform this action. Today I would like to share with you all the possible cool ways to open an elevated command prompt, including new undiscovered and hidden methods you may not be aware of. Let's explore all of these interesting methods.
