Microsoft has always tried to cater their users need by making useful apps and tools that facilitate the user experience. One such example of their hard work is the free and pre-installed tool called System Information Panel that is present in the Windows operating system. Microsoft created this tool so that users can easily view ... Read more
The task manager is a helpful application created by Microsoft for the assistance of its operating system’s users. It gives information regarding the processes, applications and services running on your computer and monitors them along with details of input/output devices and logged users, etc. Microsoft knows the importance of the task manager which is why ... Read more
Cygwin is an open source project which provides the functionality of Linux distribution on the Windows platform. This tutorial will teach you how you can install Cygwin on Windows 10. 1. Download Cygwin 32 or 64-bit version (according to your requirement) from the following page, https://www.cygwin.com/ 2. When a waning window pops up, click Yes. ... Read more
Windows 10 has a very interesting feature which allows you to the make the folder case sensitive. Any files inside it will be treated differently if they have the same name but with small or capital letters. Suppose, abc.txt and Abc.txt or aBc.txt inside a case-sensitive folder will be treated three different files. Requirements For ... Read more
User Account Control also known as UAC is an important component of the "Windows security system". This helps the applications running in the windows to prevent your system from making any undesired changes. Whenever software is running in a system and it tries to make changes in the system, a window dialog box appears that ... Read more
Microsoft Windows comes with some predefined programs that have ‘automatically start’ settings. There are also some custom software installations that exhibit such similar auto-start behavior. Every time your personal computer starts or reboots, its Windows runs a command on all the installed programs to check whether there is any program that has auto-start specified in ... Read more
Windows 10 is the latest version of the Windows OS series created by Microsoft. The tech giant did its best to make the software a great product in terms of functionality and aesthetics. One of the new features in this version is Windows Spotlight, an app that comes with striking images exclusively curated for the lock ... Read more
Microsoft is extremely diligent when it comes to user experience in their products. But sometimes they tend to overdo. Whenever your computer’s hard drive is almost full or running out of free space, a ‘Low Disk Space’ warning appears in the form of a little balloon notification. Different versions of Windows have specific durations for ... Read more
We live in an era where technology is evolving and innovative solutions are being created to facilitate people by significantly reducing redundant tasks. By cutting down or automating time-consuming tasks, offices of every industry type are adopting an efficient work model. But one of the unaddressed and inefficient tasks that majority of the computer users ... Read more
The Opera browser uses mouse gestures that allow the user to navigate through tabs and tab histories with the help of mouse-clicks and -movements. This can be a hindrance however if you are used to control the browser with its own graphical interface and often just play around with your mouse out of boredom. Disable ... Read more