In this guide, I will walk you through the steps to edit the registry to enable the write protection feature in the Windows 10 operating system to prevent users from copying data onto an USB drive. This adds an extra layer of security to your Windows 10 machine. Enabling USB Write Protection Using the Registry ... Read more
Windows 10 proved to be a good operating system, but some users still miss the Windows 7 look and feel. You can change Windows 10 to make it look similar to Windows 7 as shown below. Disable Cortana Step 1: Right-click the start button. Step 2: Click Search. Step 3: Click the Settings button. Step ... Read more
If you have an external hard drive, then you can use it to take the backups of data but you can also use it to transfer data to another machine. This article is written to serve the second purpose. I'm transferring data from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 using my external Toshiba hard drive. Transferring ... Read more
This tutorial illustrates four practical ways to automatically shut down your Windows 10 computer. Method 1: Auto Shut Down via Run Step 1: Type Windows key + R to open Run. Step 2: Type shutdown -s -t <number in seconds>. For example if you want to shutdown your PC after 10 minutes type: shutdown -s ... Read more
Use this guide, when you need to know the details about your computer specification in Windows 10. Checking Your Computers Full Specification in Windows 10 When you need to view a basic information, follow: Step 1: Press windows icon + X from your keyboard. Click System You will be able to view your computer's full ... Read more
In this tutorial, I am going to explain how a Windows 10 Professional desktop can join a Windows Active Directory in 5 easy steps. Prerequisites These are the prerequisites of this tutorial: Firewall is turned off. Computer has a user-friendly name. Date, time and timezone are correct. Check your TCP/IP configuration and make sure IP addresses ... Read more
Creating an ISO image file from DVD is straight forward when you have chosen the right tool. In this tutorial, I'll help you to create an ISO image file from Windows 10 DVD using the BurnAware free tool. Prerequisites An ISO image creation tool (BurnAware Free) A required DVD (Windows 10/8/7) Steps Involved Step 1: Download ... Read more
The following steps will walk you through the procedure to discard the current IP configuration and request a new one from a DHCP server. These steps can only be applied if a network adapter is configured to obtain an IP address automatically (DHCP). The steps will work on all recent Windows versions (7 - 10). ... Read more