In addition, starting with version 1803, Microsoft will be granting permission to certain apps to have global file system access automatically. If the app has the global file system access restricted, you’ll see a prompt to allow or deny access to the app. If you have to customize these settings, in the Windows 10 Redstone 4 update or later, you can do using the new File System settings. In this new section, you’ll be able to enable or disable access to your files for all apps or apps individually to protect your privacy....

Not everything is lost just yet, there is an easy way to bring back these lost features in Windows 8 Consumer Preview: Head over Lee-soft.com and download ViStart — this is a piece of free software (not from Microsoft) that will recreate the old Windows 7 Start menu and its features. When you are in the installation process watch out and skip the installation of the toolbar — you don’t need it –....

If you prefer to display a different image, you can change the Windows 11 account picture to anything you want to make the experience a little more personal. This guide will teach you the steps to change your Windows 11 profile picture. Change account picture on Windows 11 Change Windows 11 account picture from a Microsoft account Change account picture on Windows 11 To change your Windows 11 account picture, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the account will reflect the new changes....

In the past, if you wanted to use custom font settings, you needed to repeat the customization for every message. Now, the Mail app has been updated with a new feature that allows you to specify the font family, size, and color for new emails or when replying to an existing email using the new “Default Font” settings. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to adjust the Mail app settings to use custom font style, size, and color when writing a new email or replying a message on Windows 10....

An in-place upgrade using Windows Update is usually the recommended method, but when modifying an installation there’s always a chance of errors and other problems, which could result from custom configurations, apps and drivers compatibility issues, and other problems. A clean installation reduces the chances of issues, because you’ll be deleting everything on the hard drive and installing a fresh copy of Windows 10 version 20H2. In addition, if you had the same installation for a long time, a clean installation of Windows 10 can help to improve performance, startup times, memory usage, and fix existing problems....

With BitLocker you can encrypt the entire drive where Windows is installed (internal drive) or other storage drive where your data resides. This feature has also been improved for Windows 7 with the introduction of BitLocker To Go, which will give you the additional option to protect with encryption all your hard work that may have stored in, the so easy to lose, portable storage devices such as external hard drives or USB flash drives....

However, the computer needs to be equipped with a Bluetooth adapter, which most laptops and desktops have, but you can always purchase an inexpensive USB Bluetooth dongle to add this radio wireless technology for transferring data over a short distance to your device. In this guide, you will learn the easy steps to pair Bluetooth devices to Windows 11. Connect a Bluetooth speaker on Windows 11 Change default audio output on Windows 11...

While this is not a feature in Google Chrome, there is one way that you can make this possible and this is by creating additional profiles — Google Chrome doesn’t ship with a profile manager either, but it is quite simple to create them manually–. And because when you have created a new profile in Google Chrome is like having a brand new installation of the web browser, this not only allows you to stay signed-in on an online service with different accounts, let’s say two different Facebook’s accounts, but also is useful when you have to share your computer with different people around the house; each profile has its own web browsing history, cookies, bookmarks, search terms and other settings, information which is not shared from profile to profile....

Now it is the time to clean up your Facebook account. If you are one of those users who have hundreds or even thousands of friends, and you don’t even know half of them. You should consider not to share some stuff with people you don’t know. Deleting unwanted friends is an option, but doing it one at a time could take some serious time. Luckily, there is an easier way!...

Although, this can be a convenient feature, it’s not for everyone. If you don’t want Netflix to play the next episode, promo or preview from another show as you finish playing the last episode, you can prevent post-play by changing your profile settings. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to prevent Netflix from auto-playing videos automatically on the web and on apps. How to stop autoplay feature on Netflix To disable the automatic playback feature on Netflix, use these steps: Once you’ve completed the steps, Netflix on the web or any supported app will no longer play the next episode automatically....

While it is recommended not to upgrade until your computer is fully compatible, Windows 10 includes the “Disable Safeguards for Feature Updates” option to install a new feature update bypassing the block. In many scenarios, you can enable the option using the Group Policy Editor or Registry. For instance, if it has been some time and the device is not getting the new version. You want to test the update on a spare computer before upgrading your primary device, or you cannot wait until the new version arrives automatically....

On the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro users are not longer allow to change the Lock screen settings through Group Policy or registry as it was possible before. However, despite the new restrictions, you can still prevent the Locks screen from showing up with a new registry and Task Scheduler trick, which first appeared on Quarter of three forums. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to disable the Lock screen on the Anniversary Update of Windows 10 (version 1607)....

Instructions Launch Word 2013 creating a new project or just simply continue editing a previous document. From the Ribbon menu navigate the INSERT tab and click on Online Video. The Insert Video box will appear. Here you can choose to do a search with Bing or you can paste the embed video code, if you already found the video you want to insert. If you used Bing, select the video and then click Insert to finish....

You can also set up rules to automatically turn on Do Not Disturb in the Notifications settings, control priority, and more. Technically, the feature isn’t new. It was previously known as “Focus assist,” but in version 22H2, Microsoft changed the name, tweaked the interface, and added new settings. This guide will teach you the steps to enable or disable the Do Not Disturb feature on Windows 11 22H2. Enable Do Not Disturb on Windows 11 Schedule Do Not Disturb on Windows 11 Disable Do Not Disturb on Windows 11...

However, starting with the April 2019 Update, version 1903, Windows 10 includes a new feature that allows the system to adjust your active hours based on your device activity automatically. However, you have to enable the feature before you can benefit from it. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable automatic Active Hours on Windows 10 version 1903 to prevent sudden reboots while you’re actively using your computer....

Domain Name System (DNS) is the protocol responsible for translating friendly internet domain names into IP addresses that computers can understand to find and load websites on your browser. However, these queries are transmitted over the internet in plain text, which is not secure. The DNS over HTTPS uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) protocol to encrypt the communication to improve security and privacy minimizing attacks and preventing malicious individuals from snooping....

Microsoft hasn’t officially announced the change, but @PhantomOcean3 on Twitter has stopped the new design, which shows a modern style that matches the rest of the Settings app language, including support for the light and dark color modes, rounded corners, and semi-transparent material for the header. Since this is a hidden item available on Windows 11 build 25281. If you want to get hands-on with the new dialog interface, you can use a third-party tool known as “ViVeTool” created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas on GitHub to enable the new experience on your computer....

Spatial sound is what Microsoft refers to as 3D sound, and you can use it on virtually any headphones, but on supported hardware works best. In this guide, you will learn the steps to use headphones with the spatial sound format available on Windows 11. Enable spatial sound on Windows 11 To enable spatial sound for headphones on Windows 11, use these steps: Although you can use spatial sound with any headphones, it is recommended to use headphones that support the feature....

The new visual update includes rounded corners and new shadow effects for context and other menus. However, at the time of this writing, the menus do not include semi-transparent materials. In this guide, you will learn the steps to enable the Windows 11 visual updates for Google Chrome. Enable Windows 11 style menus on Chrome To enable the new Windows 11 style menu on Google Chrome, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the next time you open the browser, when right-clicking an item or opening the main menu, they will have rounded corners and a more windows 11 style....

Just to make it clear the Surface Ethernet adapter works in Windows RT 8.1, but it seems that there is a sort of bug that is causing installation issues for some users. Lucky, you don’t have to wait until Microsoft releases a new Windows update, you can fix it right now using the following steps. Instructions Connect the USB Surface Ethernet adapter and let the installation fail. Use the +S keyboard shortcut, do a search and open Device Manager....