Windows 10 : How to Change the Regional Settings

Changing the Regional Settings in Windows 10

In Windows 10 Professional Edition (Desktop) :

Step 1: From the Start Menu Settings , Go to Time & Language

Step 2: In Time & Language Tab, Select Region and Language option.

Step 3: Region and Language Tab select your Country or Region from a drop down menu.

Step 4: Then Click Ok

Windows 10 : Disabling Automatic Updates

How to Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates

In Windows 10 Professional Edition (Desktop) :

Step 1: From the Start Menu Settings , Go to Control Panel

Step 2: In Control Panel Options, Select System and Security

Step 3: Select Windows Update.
Step 4: In Windows update options select Change Settings.
Step 5: Now select the option "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them"
Step 6: Then Click Ok

Now system will will check for updates, but never download or install them without your permission.

Windows 10: Dinosaur Game in Chrome.

How to Playing a Secret Dinosaur in Chrome.

We can use the Chrome to play the game.

Here is how to play :

If you disable the internet and open the chrome it displays a dinosaur image with the following Message.  

Unable to connect to the Internet. Google Chrome can't display the webpage because your computer is not connected to the Internet

In Computer 

If you press space bar in the dinosaur then some characters will show in the screen. Again press the space bar the dinosaur will run towards the road. If you hit any object while moving from right to left the game was over. So you can restart the game again.

In Mobile Phones :

just tap (touch) the dinosaur then some characters will show in the screen. Again touch the dinosaur, the dinosaur will run towards the road. If you hit any object while moving from right to left the game was over. So you can restart the game again.

It is time to turn off your wi-fi and try it out for yourself!

Windows 10 : Using Screen Recording tool

Windows 10 Tips : How to using the Screen Recording tool

Windows 10 having the Screen Recording tool which is available in the Xbox Application. Here we can see how to capture the screen recording by using this tool. We need internet connection and Microsoft user id need for this.

Step 1: Press Windows key and G.

Step 2:The popup will display and it will ask if you would like to open the Game bar with option Yes and No, Select Yes. (If the popup will not display then Open the Xbox App and enable the popup in the xbox settings.

Step 3: The Screen recording options will display in the screen.

Step 4: Click the standard record button to start the recording. Click the same button also to stop the recording.

The recording clip will store in the videos\Captures folder with mp4 format.

You can play either windows player or popular VLC player or any other player

Windows 10 : Showing or Hide the Search Box/Cortana

How to Show or hide the search box (Cortana) in Windows 10

In Windows 10 a search box is existing in the task bar. It is opening the Cortana while clicking in it. We can hide the cortana/search box if we like the task bar as like in Windows 7.

The following is how to do this.

Step 1:  Right Click on the search box. The context menu will appear.

Step 2: Select Cortana in the menu. It will display the sub menu. The menu having the options of "Hidden", "Show cortana icon","Show search box"

Step 3: Select "Hidden" in the sub menu

That's all. Now the search box will not show in the desktop.

Windows 10 - Enabling or Disabling Tablet Mode

How to Enable or Disable Tablet Mode in Windows 10

If you have a 2-in-1 device and it is installed windows 10 OS, if will ask every time while converting notebook in to tablet. We can change the settings in the OS to avoid the prompt while switching between the Tablet and Desktop modes.

The following is how to do this.

Step 1: Click Start Menu.

Step 2: Select Settings.

Step 3: The Settings Page will display. There select System in Settigs Page

Step 4: In the left pane, select the Tablet mode.

Step 5: A Tablet mode menu will appear.
Step 6: In the Tablet mode menu, switch on the option "Make Windows more touch-friendly when using your device as as tablet".

Step 7: Select "Don't ask me and always switch" option from the drop down "When this device automatically switches tablet mode on or off" menu instead of "Always ask me before switching"

That's all. So every time you can change the modes from Desktop to Tablet with out asking the prompt the modes also will change.

Sakshi Malik wins bronze - India enters in to the medals list of Rio 2016 Olympics.

Hearty Congratulations 

India’s Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics in Rio in wrestling 58 kg category after the Indian beat Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout.

In this Sakshi fought back from 0-5 down to seal the bout 8-5 in her favour and wins with seconds left on the clock,

She moved to India in the medals list of Rio 2016 Olympics.

Hearty Congratulations Sakshi Malik...

Windows 10 - Removing unwanted apps

Windows 10 - Removing unwanted apps

How to removing the unwanted Apps which are pre-installed in default.

Some of the Windows 10 apps un-installation is not possible in the normal way. They have to remove through by using the power shell App.

If we need to see those applications which we are using regularly and we should to remove all the other apps. Here we can see how to uninstall.

Here for example we have taken the xBox App

Step 1: Start by typing powershell in the cortana search box.

Step 2:  Right-click the first result in the list to run the PowerShell app as administrator.

Step 3: At the PS prompt type the following command and then press Enter:

Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackagev

Step 4: Close the PowerShell.

Thats All..

Now you can check the Start Menu, there  you should see a missing spot where the Apps shown previously.

Windows 10 : Checking of the Corrupting of the Start Menu Files

Windows 10: How to fix the Start menu files corruption

Despite the ominous title, this method doesn’t actually involve hurting down the likes of Bear Grylls. Instead, this is a quick-and-dirty fix that may come in handy through a variety of situations, such as when you have non-responsive windows or spurious issues on the Windows desktop – it’s not guaranteed to work, but it’s saved us a bunch of times over the decades we've been tinkering with Windows PCs.

Step 1: Open Task Manager  ( Right-click on the task bar, and selecting Task Manager from the menu or Hold down Ctrl+Shift+Escape)

Step 2 : If a UAC prompt appears, click yes and then click “More details” on the bottom right of the task manager screen.

Step 3: Click  the "Processes" tab and scroll down until  "Windows Explorer" will comes.

Step 4 : Right-click on the process, and select "Restart" from the menu.

Windows 10 : Re-Building of Start Menu Index

Windows 10 : how to re-build the start menu index

Step 1 : Hold down the Windows Key+R to open the Run window.
Step 2 : Type in the following without quote marks: "control /name Microsoft.IndexingOptions".
Step 3 : Click Modify on the bottom left of the Indexing Options window.
Step 4 : Click the "Show all locations" button, then untick all the currently ticked locations and Click OK.
Step 5 : Click Advanced, then click Rebuild in the Troubleshooting section. A message will pop up saying that this may take some time. Click OK.

After Completion of the process Reboot the system

This is the one of the way to fix the Start menu index file corruption and rebuilding it again.

Windows 10 : Knowing the current user account is an Administrator?

How to change the account type of the current user account in Windows 10.

As like other windows versions Windows 10 also has two types of account types namely standard and Administrator.

Standard users can run the programs and limited operations

Administrative users can perform tasks to done the major changes in the system.

We need atleast 1 administrator to install softwares and make some system changes.

Follwoing is the steps for the finding of the account types of the existing users.

Step 1: Go to start menu by Clicking start button

Step 2: Right click the name of the user which is displayed in the left top of the start menu.

Step 3: Click change account settings, the settings window will display. The current user type will display there.

From there we can change the desired user type either administrator or standard user from this settings.

Windows 10 : Enabling Hidden dark mode theme

Windows 10 : How to enable Hidden dark mode theme

 Microsoft’s Windows 10 software also has a hidden dark mode as like some other software.. If we enabled, then it turns on the platform’s entire interface to dark. It involves editing two different registry entries only, anyone can enable the dark theme in any version of Windows 10.

How to do that? Follow the simple steps.

Step 1: From the desktop screen or home screen, type  Windows key +R. Then the dialogue box will open.

Step 2: Type “regedit.” Then press enter. The registry editor app will open.

Step 3: In the registry editor, browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Themes > Personalize.If there’s not already a “Personalize” folder, create one by right-clicking Themes.

Step 4: Then choose New > Key. Right-click the Personalize folder and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new entry AppsUseLightTheme and choose 0 as its value.

Step 5: Now browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Themes > Personalize. Create the folder if it’s not already there.

Step 6: Right-click the Personalize folder and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Name the new entry AppsUseLightTheme and choose 0 as its value.

Thats enough. Now just log out of your account and log back in, and you should see the Windows 10 dark theme on your screen

Windows 10 : Using screen recording utility

Windows 10 : Using Screen recording utility

Microsoft includes the new feature, a screen recording utility,  in Windows 10  Xbox app. One of the new features of the Xbox app is the Game bar. Through this game bar we can record footage of our game play. The recording is works for as well as xbox app and regualr apps also.

Here's how to do it…

Locate and run the Xbox app

With the Xbox app running, jump to the app you want to record and press the 'Windows' key with the letter 'G' (Win + G) to open the Game Bar.

System will ask the confirmation to open the game bar.

Once the Game Bar is loaded choose your action, either Screenshot (for a single image capture) or Start Recording (for capturing video).

After recording is started, just hit Win + G again to bring the Game Bar back up and stop the recording.

The recordings and screen capture are stored in the folder This PC\Videos\Captures\.

Windows 10 : Keyboard Shortcuts with Windows Key

Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts with Windows Key

Shortcuts keys in Desktop in Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7

Windows key + M: Minimizes the all opened windows.
Windows key + Shift + M: Restores the all minimized windows.
Windows key + Up arrow: Maximizes the selected window.
Windows key + Down arrow: Minimizes the selected window.
Windows key + Left arrow: Snap selected window to the left half of the screen.
Windows key + Right arrow: Snap selected window to the right half of the screen.
Windows key + Up or Down: Snap it into a quadrant (If the window is already in the left half/right of the screen)

Windows key + Home: Minimize/Restorest all windows except the currently active window.
Windows key + Shift + Left arrow or Right arrow: Move selected window to left/right monitor.
Windows key + Tab: Open Task view (virtual desktops).
Windows key + Ctrl + D: Add new virtual desktop.
Windows key + Ctrl + Right arrow: Move to the next virtual desktop (to the right).
Windows key + Ctrl + Left arrow: Move to the previous virtual desktop (to the left).
Windows key + Ctrl + F4: Close current virtual desktop.


The Windows key

These keyboard shortcuts use the Windows logo key to perform various tasks on the operating system, such as launching both Windows and third-party apps.

Windows key + A: Open the Action Center.
Windows key + S: Open Cortana in text mode (to type in the search bar). Windows key + Q will also do this.
Windows key + C: Open Cortana in listening mode (similar to saying "Hey, Cortana").
Windows key + E: Open File Explorer.
Windows key + F: Open the Windows 10 Feedback Hub.
Windows key + Ctrl + F: Search for PCs on a network.
Windows key + G: Open the Game bar.
Windows key + H: Open the Share sidebar.
Windows key + I: Open the Settings menu.
Windows key + K: Open the Connect sidebar (for connecting to new Bluetooth devices or Miracast).
Windows key + L: Lock your computer.
Windows key + O: Lock screen orientation.
Windows key + P: Open presentation/projection sidebar.
Windows key + R: Open the Run window.
Windows key + U: Open Ease of Access center.
Windows key + Spacebar: Switch input language and keyboard layout.
Windows key + (+) or (-): Zoom in and out with magnifier.
Windows key + Esc: Exit magnifier.