Windows Settings is a dull application from where you control and personalize your Windows OS and its features. However, Microsoft, in an attempt to make it more appealing, has added the ability of animated category icons that show a little animation when you switch between them. This feature has been introduced for Windows 11 on the Dev channel, which means you need to have Build 25188 or higher. Moreover, since this is an experimental feature, it is disabled by default, but can be enabled using a simple tweak....

The Local Security Policy Manager, which can be quickly accessed by typing in secpol.msc in the Run Command box, is used to administer different security parameters of the computer. It is a subset of local group policy editor and works in a similar way. Since the manager is missing the Windows 11 Home edition, we will show you how to enable it. If you try accessing it right now, you will get the following error message: The Local Security Policy Manager is a sub-applet of Group Policy Management, which is located in the “C:\Windows\System32” folder....

An individual has even tried Windows 10 and Windows 11 in a dual-boot setup and has observed that the battery timing with Windows 11 is almost 2 hours, whereas, with Windows 10, it was nearly 4 hours on the same laptop! Note that this is not an issue with Windows 11, but rather your settings and preferences along with the applications and tasks running in the background causing Windows 11 to drain your battery relevantly faster....

If you have low disk space issues, but all of your files and folders are important enough not to delete them, you can compress your existing data to create additional space on your computer. Windows provides an option to compress the complete drive (from drive properties). If you don’t want to compress the whole drive, you can use Compactor utility. Compactor is an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface (GUI) based application that uses the existing Windows compact....

If you are running Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, you can access the Local Users and Groups console by going to Run –> lusrmgr. If you want to manage users in the Home edition the same way as in Pro or Enterprise, you will need to install lusrmgr separately. Otherwise, follow this guide to manage local users in Windows 10 Home edition without installing anything. Manage Local Users in Windows 10 Home using Windows Settings To begin, please navigate to the following path: Start Menu -> Settings (Gear) Icon -> Accounts -> Family & Other Users...

Maybe because you are working from home or from a remote location, your OS has failed to reactivate itself because it cannot connect to the domain’s Key Management Service (KMS) server. If you are here, it means that you already have an idea of what KMS is and why you need it, but we are still going to explain the basics and how it works for the rookies. What is a KMS Server A KMS server is used to manage Microsoft product activation, which includes both Windows Servers and clients operating systems and Microsoft Office products, within an organization’s domain....

Both Windows 11 and Windows 10 offer this feature. However, it needs to be enabled to use it. It can be used in various languages. Furthermore, it also has some built-in commands to perform certain typing actions, such as moving to the next line, adding punctuation, moving the cursor to the end or start of a paragraph/document, etc. This article shows you how to set up and use the Voice Typing feature in Windows....

In this tutorial, I am providing you the solutions so that you may have access back to your Keyboard properly. And I hope after applying the solutions, your Keyboard will again work properly. Uninstall Latest Downloaded Update The first thing you can do is to uninstall the latest update, because there is a chance that the latest update is causing the issue because in some cases, the update may not work properly as you were expecting from it....

Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 come with built-in support to monitor internet consumption as a whole, and per-app usage. You can also configure a usage limit, so Windows automatically intimates you when you are close to reaching it. Other than that, there are also third-party applications available for you to use that provide more control over your data plans. Let us now show you how to track your internet data usage in Windows....

The release of service pack 2 is part of the same update program. Office 2010 SP2 has been released for Office 2010 core apps, SharePoint 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010 etc. Office 2010 SP2 focuses on fixing bugs and improving compatibility of Office apps with Windows 8, Office 2013 and Windows 8.1. To see the complete list of changes made in service pack 2, you may need to download this Excel file....

I still play Rise of Nations. One problem that I encountered when I upgraded to Windows 10 was that the screen would start flickering after starting the game and introduction videos. After searching the Internet and doing different experiments, I finally fixed the problem. I am documenting the solution here so that the users who are still in love with Rise of Nations can play it on Windows 10 without any problem....

This can be achieved using Bluetooth technology. Going further into depth, a technology called A2DP is functioning at its core, which allows you to stream music from your mobile phone onto your PC. This post shows you how to stream audio onto your Windows PC from your phone, and how it is achieved. What is A2DP Sink? The Advanced Audio Distribution Profile, or A2DP, is a data transfer standard for Bluetooth for wireless transfer of high-quality audio signals....

Simple GUI (Graphic User interface) makes IDM user-friendly and easy to use. IDM has a smart download logic accelerator that uses dynamic file segmentation and multiple downloading technology to accelerate downloads. It includes multilingual support; download categories, zip preview, virus scanning after completing download, HTTPS support, sound notification on different events, queue processor, download accelerator and many more. Prominent Features Some of the more prominent features of IDM are:...

This build enables users to access the phone’s hotspot instantly, without touching the phone, using the Phone Link app. (See PhoneExperienceHost.exe) Since dev builds are released almost every week, we don’t expect many features in a single build release. Windows 11 Build 25231 brings the touch optimized taskbar to all insiders. If you use a touch device or tablet PC, you’ll love this update. Let’s discuss more about the features, fixes and improvements in Build 25231....

Installing this update will improve the screen reader’s performance (such as Narrator) as Windows will now automatically load the corresponding Braille drivers when switching between Narrator and third-party screen readers. Moreover, the option to access the Task Manager has also been added to the taskbar’s context menu. The users who landed in the group receiving the update 22623 will have the new features enabled by default, while the features in the 22621 update will be disabled....

The environment variables were introduced with Windows 95, and have since gone through many iterations with every Windows release. These can be used to access certain directories quickly, rather than enter the complete paths. Environment variables can be edited and manipulated, or you can even add new ones. In this article, we discuss the many different Windows environment variables and what they do, and all that you need to know about them....

Since most new apps, including device drivers and DirectX updates, are delivered through the Microsoft Store, it has become a crucial part of the Operating System functionality. If you are having issues with Microsoft Store, the best way to fix it is to reset the store configurations and settings. In this article, we’ll discuss how to reinstall Microsoft Store without reinstalling the entire Windows 10. Completely remove Microsoft Store from Windows 10 Before reinstalling, it is important to remove the Microsoft Store from Windows 10....

Your password has expired and must be changedUser password must be changed before signing in In normal circumstances, it’s absolutely fine for Windows to remind you of password change after every specific no. of days but in some conditions, this practice should be disabled. A couple of scenarios could include the following: In this tutorial, we will share three ways to set Windows local user account passwords to never expire....

In this article, we will present four methods for running Task Manager as an administrator. These methods apply to Windows 11 as well as Windows 10. Furthermore, if you have a standard user account and another administrator account has blocked your access to Task Manager, you may need to run Task Manager as an administrator. If this is the case, you can still access the Task Manager by running it as an administrator....

In this article, we will discuss how to view a list of all the Windows updates installed on your computer, whether they are feature updates, hotfixes or quality updates. There are several ways of doing this. We will discuss some ways of viewing and saving the list of installed updates in Windows 10. Each method has its own advantages. You can use whichever is suitable for your specific requirement. If you are a network administrator, you should pay attention to the command-line and PowerShell methods as these can be used to extract data from remote computers as well....