Posts under Tweaks tag.

How to Move or Remove Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders in Windows 10

If you do not make much use of the Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders in Windows 10 and you would like to hide or remove them, then this post will be able to help you. If the Saved Pictures […]

How to disable about:flags page in Microsoft Edge web browser

Edge browser includes a hidden about:flags configuration page that lets you tweak the browser’s settings. As an administrator in your organization, you might want to prevent this from happening. The hidden flags allow users to enable or change experimental settings […]

Enable & show hidden Share settings page in Windows 10 Settings

Windows 10 Settings offers a page which allows you to configure Sharing options for the UWP apps. But it is hidden by default, for some reason. But by modifying the Windows Registry, you can enable this option and make Settings […]

Most useful Google Chrome Flag settings for Windows users

Google Chrome is one of the popular browsers for Windows PC and the credit goes to its diverse set of features. Only a few people know that Chrome has some hidden experimental features which are primarily still in beta. You […]

Enable Save As Download Prompt in Edge browser on Windows 10

You can make Edge browser ask you where you want to save a downloaded file, by enabling the Save As Download Prompt on Windows 10. Whenever you download a file from the Internet, Microsoft Edge browser will directly start downloading […]

How to change Background Color of Windows Photo Viewer

Windows Photo Viewer is one of the most beautiful image viewers for Windows PC. Windows Photo Viewer is popular because of simplicity and neat & clean UI. If you are using Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista/XP, you can easily use Windows Photo Viewer […]

ConfigFox: Easily configure and tweak Firefox about:config settings

All Firefox users are aware of the fact that Firefox being an open source software is customizable to a very good extent – in fact you can control even the minor as well as major functionalities. But to do all […]

Change default download location in Edge Browser in Windows 10

Microsoft Edge, the default browser for Windows 10 is not as feature-rich as I expected it to be. While the browser is fast, secure and use new technology, it does not allow you to do several things, one of which […]

How to enable Windows 8 Logon Screen on Windows 10

The logon screen of Windows 8.1 has all the features, what you need to have to sign in to your PC, including one which lets you switch from one user account to another user account. On the other hand, Windows […]

Windows Tweaks and Advice of Doubtful Value

There are some Windows tweaks and advice which can at best be considered to be of doubtful value. Though most of them may not cause much harm, some of them, may actually hurt performance. Some of them may have worked […]

Fix: Windows apps take a long time to load

Some Windows users are finding that their Windows 8/10 apps take a long time to load. Yet other Windows 8.1 users are finding that their Windows Store apps take forever to load, after updating to Windows 8.1. When you launch a […]

Cannot remove Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on Windows desktop

We have earlier, talked about tweaking Visual Effects, disabling Show content while dragging objects and disabling Font Smoothing in order to enhance the performance of Windows 10/8.1/8/7. We came around an issue, where some users were facing problems trying to disable drop […]

Start Menu and TaskBar Registry Tweaks for Windows 7

While there are several freeware Windows tweaking utilities, like our freeware portable Ultimate Windows Tweaker , available, there are some who just love to tinker with the Windows Registry. This article is for those such. Most of these tweaks are […]

How To Remove Computer From Windows Explorer Navigation Pane

Recently we’ve posted the trick on how to remove Network from Windows explorer navigation pane. Today, in this article, I am going to share you same trick for Computer option. The only difference between these two parts of explorer navigation pane […]

Change Desktop Windows Metrics and Border Width in Windows 8/10

Windows 8/10 offers no settings panel which can help you customize or change Desktop Windows Metrics. In Windows 7 you could access it through Advanced Appearance Settings in the Window Color and Appearance panel. Using this panel, in Windows 7 […]

Set different colors for the window border and the taskbar in Windows 8 RTM

In Windows 8, Microsoft has disabled aero transparency on window borders.  In Windows Vista, when aero transparency is enabled, you may notice that this transparency goes away when you maximize the window. Microsoft was at pains to tell that this […]

Enable or Disable CPU Core Parking in Windows 10/8/7

Core Parking is a new feature, that dynamically selects a set of processors that should stay idle and not run any threads based on the current power policy and their recent utilization. This decreases the energy consumption and therefore reduces […]

How to Edit the Text of Items in Windows 8 Charms Bar

It’s always fun tweaking our system modifying Windows dll’s editing texts, etc. People even took editing the start button text in Windows 7 as a challenge – untill we released the Start Button ToolTip Text Changer. In this article I’ll […]

How to Disable Windows Explorer with Ribbon on Windows 8

One of the new features on Windows 8 is it’s Windows Explorer ribbon. But not all users will like that feature. I was searching for this option and finally figured out to disable the ribbon n Windows 8 explorer. In […]

More Tips & Tricks for Internet Explorer 9 to help you browse in a smarter & faster way

You may have possible already read our earlier Internet Explorer 9 tips and tricks post. Here are a few more IE9 tips which help you you surf the internet in a smarter, faster and more secure way.