Updated 02 Jan, 2017
Everything Windows 10
Accounts/Activation
1. Adult User Account
2. Check W10 Activation
3. Enable Hidden W10 Administrator Account
4. Disable Login Background Picture
5. Rename W10 Computer
6. Start W10 without a Password
7. PIN for authentication
8. Hide User Name/mail ID
9. Turn off Lock Screen ads
Microsoft info about auto sign inß
1. Press the WinKe + R combination on your keyboard.
2. Type control userpasswords2 then click on ok.
3. Make the UAC Affirmation.
4. Now switch to Users tab. Uncheck the option “Users must enter a user name and passwordto use this computer”.
5. Click on Apply. Now in Automatically sign in window type your password and confirm it.
6. Click on OK and that’s it. Now whenever you open windows, you will be automatically sign in.
Setup An Administrator Account
Color/Text -- change
1. Customize Color Appearance
2. Change Mouse Pointer Size/Color
3. Change Title Bar/Border Color
Cortana
1. Tips for use
Customization
1. Personalize W10
2. Hibernate
3. God Mode
4. Customize Send To Menu
5. Customize This PC
6. Windows Experience Index -- tool
7. File Explorer Layouts
8. Make Command Promt Transparent
9. Create Mobile Hotspot with W10 Anniversary Update
10. Restart Windows Explorer Manually to Avoid a System Restart
Default Program
1. Make any Program a Default Program
2. Change One Drive Default Location & Sharing Items
3. Change Default Edge Search Engine
4.Install/start Edge
5. Edge Extensions
6. Backup/Restore W10 File Associations
7. Add Copy/Move To to the R click Menu
Desktop
1. Easier to see Hi Res DT Displays
2. Fix Lost/Moved Icons
3. Universal App Shortcuts
4. Update Shortcut
5. Enable Peek Preview
6. Virtual DT shortcuts
Features
1. Worthy Unknown Features
2. Configuration Tips
3. Configure Printer
4. Improve W10 Search
5. Manage Download Location
6. W10 Storage
7. List of Shell Commands
8. Open File Explorer to This PC
9. Slide Shutdown
10. battery
11. Keyboard Shortcuts
12. Maintenance
13. Control Panel
14. Clear space on the Taskbar
15. Manage Auto Play
16. Files & Folders
17. Scroll inactive Background Windows
18. Access StartUP
19. Adjust Display Settings
20. Windows Experience Index -- WEI
21. Quick Access
22. Backup
23. Free Drive Space
24. Sticky Notes
25. Tips Tricks and Shorcuts
26. Clear Jump Lists (also is done with C Cleaner if not unchecked from default)
29. Adjust Cursor and Mouse Pointer
30. Lesser Known Features
31. Reduce File HistorySize in W10
32. How to Pair a Bluetooth Device in W10
33. Find Your Systems Complete Specifications
34.Window 7 User’s Guide to Getting the Most Out of Windows 10
35. Create Hot Keys
36. Disabling Mouse Wake-Up
37. Getting Your Recovery Code
Games
1. W7 Games for W10 in one package
Help/Fixes
1. Basic Help
2. Fix High RAM/CPU usage
3. Fixwin 10 program
6. Turn off W10 Features
7. Apps to be tried
8. Find and install Desktop Programs
9. Repair broken W10 Install
10. 20 Fixes for Update Issues
12. Top 10 Annoyances of W10 Fixes
13. Fix The UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME Error
14. Stop What’s Revving Your CPU Fan Constantly in Windows 10
15. Fix a Black Screen
16. adjust jump lists to show more pinned items
Change Number of items included in a W10 Taskbar item Jumplist
Incorrectly editing the Windows Registry file could break your computer. Create a Restore Point before making any changes.
1. To increase the number of pinned items displayed, change the maximum number of jump list items associated with a particular key in the Windows Registry file.
2. Press Windows key + R or right-click the Start Menu icon and navigate to the Run command to open the Run prompt : Type regedit into the box and click OK.
3. Navigate to this set of keys in the Windows Registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Pay very close attention to each item as this is where an error might occur.
4. Look through the list in the right-hand pane until you find this DWORD: JumpListItems_Maximum
If that DWORD is not available (copy the DWORD item above) then it is necessary to create one and here is how:
a. Right-click the key to which you wish to add the new DWORD value. A pop-up menu opens up.
b. Point to "New" and choose "DWORD Value" from the drop-down menu options. A new DWORD value displays on the right pane as "NewValue#1." Rename it by right-clicking it and choosing "Rename." Paste the DWORD item.
5. Right-click the JumpListItems_Maximum DWORD just created and select Modify. Click the Decimal radio button and change the number to a value that works for you. I selected 30.
17. Windows 10 Won’t Boot? Fix it with Startup Repair and BootRec Commands
Manage Notification Tray Items
1. Icons
2. Quick Action Tiles
Networking
1. Map a Drive
2. Find an IP address
3. Here is some information about how to be sure you can share and open files and folders from one computer to another using W10. Many users when trying to do this from within Explorer\Network run in to a problem with a window asking the user to "Enter Network Credentials". After much searching for the correct information on the internet, I made a call to Microsoft and spoke to a tech support person who over the span of 2 hours tried a variety of methods of being able to access files on the DT and two laptops when all three showed up just fine as being on the Network.
I won't get into all the details as it was primarily one computer that had the issue and the final solution is now added below.
The key to this process which ends up with the process working correctly on Windows 10 is to add each computer the the Homegroup.
here are a couple of links on how to create a homegroup
next you will want to know how to join another computer to the newly created Homegroup.
Now you are ready to proceed to being able to view the contents of shared files or folders on the computers on your Network and Homegroup.
Below are the steps we did to successfully setup the folder sharing in your network.
1. Add the PC to homegroup network
2. Set the specified folders for sharing
3. Edit the permission
1. Once you choose the file/folder that you want to give permission, right click on it.
2. Click on properties and go to security tab, check whether any permission have been set.
3. After you have viewed the permissions that are already set, you can now click on the Advanced Button that is right below the "Permissions for Authenticated Users"
4. Once you have clicked Advanced, a box like this should appear, the "Permission Entries" box, which shows all the permissions that are set for the users. Now, after you have spotted the user whose permissions you wish to change, click "Change Permissions.
5. Click on the user you would like to edit, and then click the option that says "Change Permissions" which is right below the box.
6. Once that is clicked, you are going to get the same box pop up, but this time, you can actually edit the options. You do that by clicking the "Administrators" user again, and this time, you are going to click the "Edit" option.
2. How to Forget a Wireless Network
On Screen Keyboard
Restart Options
Remove, bypass, reset or disable items in W 10
1. Remove Get Office
2. Remove Startup Apps
3. Autoplay
4. Remove Core Apps
5. Remove Background Apps
6. Notification sounds
7. Limit Recycle Bin Space
8. Remove W10 Photo Viewer
9. Reset Edge
10. Disable Skype Host exe
11. Turn off P2P update app share
12. Lock Screen Ads
13. Action Center
14. Remove MSI Consumer Experience
15. RUNTIME BROKER
Runtime Broker is a service called Time Broker, which can be disabled through editing the registry.
Before editing, the original value was 3. Set to 4 to disable. Just change the 3 to a 4 through the MODIFY menu selection.
If any issue is found simply reverse the process.
FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Right-click on the Start Menu Icon.
Go to RUN and type regedit.exe and select OK.
Find the following entry: Scroll and use down arrows to get to each place in the Path shown
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] (Click and then scroll to ) "Start"=dword:00000003
THEN
Click on "Start" > go to Edit on the Menu Bar> Modify > and when dialogue box opens
Change the 3 to a 4.
exit regedit and reboot your system
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] "Start"=dword:00000004
4 is Disabled, 3 is Manual and 2 is Automatic startup.
After this edit, Runtime Broker no longer runs and the CPU at idle is now only 0 to 1 or 2 percent. Even though I have followed the above procedure, RTB still runs but at a very low RAM usage.
No adverse affects after disabling Runtime Broker on my system.
Although it is supposed to be neceessary to run Modern Apps, because I seldom use the Start Menu, I have seen no issue that bothers me other than my Weather App does not run in real time but by simply clicking on it, I get any results of value.
16. Make W10 Look & Feel like W7
Safe Mode
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/17159-safe-mode-add-boot-options-windows-10-a.html -- this is the best option to have available for a machine that needs to go to safemode before a full bootup.
Security
1. Windows Defender
2. Secure W 10
3. Stop Cortana's Data Gathering
4. Updates & Security
5. Privacy Issues
7. Find Saved WiFi Passwords
Start Menu
1. Don't exceed 512 Items
2. Customize Start Menu
3. Guide to the Start Menu
4. Live Tiles
5. Add RUN to Start Menu
6. Weather/Calendar
7. Adjust W10 Start Menu
8. Pin Settings
9. First Letter Find
10. Pin Edge
11. Universal Apps
12. SendTo and Open Start Menu/manually add programs
Here is the info that is needed to do the whole task
add Programs from the Start Menu to the Send To Menu using the link supplied above
browse to the Start Menu>Programs folder
If you have multiple programs under any specific category create a folder here for those shortcuts to the program to reside which you will add from the instruction below.
Next, in order to add something to the start menu, it MUST be a shortcut so now from wherever you store non installed applications, R click the .exe and use Send To Desktop (create shortcut)
Next -- open the Desktop folder from Explorer. Find the app shortcut on the Desktop and Send To Programs (to create this see the link above)
By having the Programs folder open, if you have a folder contained therein which will have multiple programs of similar type then either drag/drop & use Ctrl + to create a copy or R click and drag and from the flyout menu in the destination folder click on "copy here".
Of course if you just use the Send To, later you can create a folder of similar programs if needed and drag the shortcuts to that folder.
13. Pin your favorite folders to the Start menu
Superpower
1. Access
2. EI
System Restore
1. Delete Restore Points
2. Factory Reset/Restore
3. Create Shortcut
4. How to Enable System Restore
Taskbar
Task Manager
1. How to Use
2. Tricks
Time Zones
Tutorials/Books
1. Training Videos
W10 Beginners Guide
2. Learn W10 E Book
3. Complete Guide to W10
4. Shortcuts
5. Forums
Upgrading/updating to Windows 10
1. Don't Want W10?
2. Upgrade Assistant
3. MS ISO Images
4. Post Install Configurations
5. Upgrade to Pro via Media Creation Tool
this link relates to a specific old update but has info that W10 users may find of value for issues related to other updates
6. Clean Install
7. Learn about Updates before Install
8. Revert from W 10 Install
9. W 10 Setup Media
10. Downloading W10
11. Upgrade 32 Bit to 64 Bit
12. Prevent/install or update drivers with W10 Update
13. 3 must DO's after upgrade
14. Ultimate W10 FAQ
15. Install W10 & Keep your current Windows version
16. Windows 10 Is Still Free
17. Contact MS Support if Deadline of July 29, 2016 is missed
18. W10 Upgrade Available with W7/8 product keys
19. Find W10 Version
20. Link W10 License to MS account
W10 Anniversary Edition
BUILD 1607
General Information
1. Update coming to W10 Anniversary Edition
2. Before you do the Upgrade READ THIS
There are some sublinks in the text in the above link which MUST be viewed also.
Delay the Upgrade
Uninstall the update
3. How to Fix AE Upgrade Issues
4. Download AE
5. Remove GWX & other space saving methods
6. Update Video
AE also known as Redstone -- next will be items that pertain to the Anniversary Edition -- REDSTONE that are changes from the original 2015 and updates for W10
1. Add a Favorite program to top of Start Menu
2. Cool new features of Redstone
3. Cortana
4. Shutdown One Drive
5. MS Edge Favorites/Extensions
6. Choose Items for Notification Tray
7. Many Tutorials including basics for W10 and updates of Redstone
8. Understanding Compressed Memory
Virtual Devices
1. Copy files
2. Use Virtual Desktops
Wifi
1. Hotspot
2. Delete old Networks
3. Find Passwords
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