Category: Windows OS

August 8, 2016

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro – Recommended settings

Operating System : Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Right click on desktop

Select View-> Small Icons

Select “Auto arrange icons“

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Right click on Taskbar.
Select Cortana-> Show Cortana Icon

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If you are not going to use Microsoft oneDrive then disable automatic starting of it
Right click on OneDrive icon and select “Settings“

Untick “Start OneDrive Automatically when I sign in to Windows“
Click “OK“

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Right click on Start Menu.
Select Control panel

From Control panel, click on “AutoPlay“

Untick “Use Autoplay for all media and devices“
Select “Take no action” next to “Removable Drive“
Select “Take no action” next to “Memory card“
Click “Save“

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Select “Display” from control panel

Click “Adjust Clear Type text”

Tick “Turn on ClearType“
Click “Next” and follow the instructions

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Select “File Explorer Options” in Control Panel

In “General” tab
You may Untick “Show recently used files in Quick Access“
You may untick “Show recently used folders in Quick access“

In View tab
You may tick “Use check boxes to select items“
Click “Apply” and “OK”

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Click “Mouse” in Control panel

Under “Pointer” tab
You may select “Windows Default (large) (system scheme)” as “Scheme“

Under “Pointer Options“
You may slide the “pointer speed” setting towards “Fast” under “Motion“

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Click “power options” in Control panel

Select “Power Saver” as shown below
Click “Change plan settings” as shown below

Click “Change advanced power settings“

Set “Sleep after” to “Never” as shown below
Set “Hibernate After” to “Never“

Set “Intel graphics Power Plan” to “Balanced” for “plugged In“
Set “Lid Close action” to “Do nothing“
Set “Power button action” to “Shut down“

Under “Processor power management“
Under “System cooling policy“, set “Active” for “Plugged in“

Set “Link State Power Management” to “Moderate power savings” for “Plugged In“
Set “Turn Off display” to “10 minutes“

Set “Low battery level” to “15%“
Set “critical battery level” to “8%“

Set “Reserve battery level” to “10%“

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Select “Programs and Features” in Control panel

Click “turn Windows features on or off“

Click on checkbox next to “.NET Framework 3.5 ( includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)“

Untick “SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support“
Click “OK“

Select “Download files from Windows Update“
Note : The computer must be connect to internet to download updates

When installation completes click as shown below to complete the installation

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Click “Sound” in Control panel

Under “Playback” tab
Select a playback device
Click “Properties”

under “Advanced” tab
Select ” 24 bit, 96000 (Studio Quality)” in “Default format” if it is available
Click “OK“

Under Communications tab
Select “Do nothing” as shown below
Click “Apply” and “OK“

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Click “System” in Control Panel

Click “Advanced system settings“

Under “advanced” tab
Click “settings” under “performance“

Under “Data Execution Prevention“
Select “Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select“
Click “Apply” and “OK“

Under “System protection” tab
Select “Windows 10 (C:) (System)” and click “Configure“

Select “Turn on system protection“
Slide the slider next to “Max usage” and set it to around “7 GB“
Click “apply” and “OK”

Under “Remote” tab
Untick “Allow remote Assistance connections to this computer“
Click “Apply” and then “Close“

Click “Restart Later“

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Start “PC settings” by clicking on Icon as shown below

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Click “System“

Select “apps & features“
You should uninstall unnecessary applications that you will not use

Select “Notifications & actions“
Click “Add or remove quick actions“

You may Turn “Off” any of these which you don’t want to use

Select “Multi-tasking“
You may turn off the Snap feature as shown below

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Select “Personalization“

Select “Colors“
Turn on “Make Start, taskbar and action centre transparent“
Turn on “Show color Start, taskbar and action centre transparent“

Select “taskbar“
Click “Select which icons appear on the taskbar“

Turn on “Always show all icons in the notification area“

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Select “privacy“

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Turn off “Let apps use my advertising ID for experiences across apps“
Turn off “Send Microsoft info about how I write to help us improving typing and writing in the future”

Click “Stop getting to know me“
Click “Turn Off“

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Select “Update & Security“

Select “Windows Update“
Click “Advanced options“

Tick “give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows“

Click “Choose how updates are delivered“

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Slide the slider to turn it “Off” as shown below

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From Desktop, right click on “Recycle Bin” and select “properties“

Tick “Display delete confirmation dialogue“
Click “Apply” and then “OK“

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Double click “Recycle Bin” to open it

Right Click on”Quick access“
Select “Pin current folder to Quick access“

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Restart the computer

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These are the list of softwares and runtime environments that needs to be installed in every Windows systems. It is recommended that you install each of these software in your PC.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 Redistributable Package
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Air
Silverlight
DirectX 9.0c (full package)

1.) MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ 2008, 2010, 2012 SP1,2013, 2015 REDISTRIBUTABLE PACKAGE

Users with 32 bit OS will require to install only 32 bit version (x86) of Microsoft visual C++ redistributable package.

Users with 64 bit OS will require to install both 32 bit & 64 bit version (x86 & x64) of Microsoft visual C++ redistributable package.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5582

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2092

Microsoft visual c++ 2010 sp1 redistributable package (x86)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8328

Microsoft visual c++ 2010 sp1 redistributable package (x64)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523

visual c++ redistributable for visual studio 2012 update 4

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=30679

visual c++ redistributable packages for visual studio 2013

http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=40784

visual c++ redistributable for visual studio 2015

https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=48145

visual c++ patches

http://www.mediafire.com/download/ugkcekny6761m3a/microsoft_visual_c%2b%2b_patch.7z

5) DIRECTX 9.0C (FULL PACKAGE)

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June 10, 2016

How to Solve unable to edit and save files in Windows 8.1 & 10

In Windows 8.1 and 10 OS the file permission gets set unusually by the operating system. This causes user of the computer unable to edit and save files in some folders, unless the application is running in “Administrator Mode”. This is a very common problem.

Symptoms of such protected folders are

You are unable to create new files as shown below. You will only be able to create new folder.

When you try to save a file you get message “Access is denied”

The documents open in only “read-only” mode

Unable to save files

File opens in only Read only mode

Unable to save files

User need to have administrator level access to delete files

SOLUTION

Note : Don’t apply this solution in C: drive in which Windows OS has been installed

Note : You need administrator level access to apply this solution

You need to change permissions in file, folders or drives in which access is denied to edit & save files. It is better for most users that they change file permission of all the files and folders in a drive. In order to do so follow the instructions below