Category: Windows OS
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“
- 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“
- 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)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)
Microsoft visual c++ 2010 sp1 redistributable package (x86)
Microsoft visual c++ 2010 sp1 redistributable package (x64)
visual c++ redistributable for visual studio 2012 update 4
visual c++ redistributable packages for visual studio 2013
visual c++ redistributable for visual studio 2015
visual c++ patches
2.) ADOBE FLASH PLAYER
3) ADOBE AIR
4) SILVERLIGHT
- 64 bit : http://www.filehorse.com/download-silverlight-64/
- 32 bit : http://www.filehorse.com/download-silverlight-32/
5) DIRECTX 9.0C (FULL PACKAGE)
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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
- Right click on the drive in which you want to change the file permission
- Select “Properties“
- Select “Security” tab
- Click “Edit“
- Click “Add“
- Click “Advanced“
- Click “Object types“
- Untick “other objects“, “Built-in security principals” and “groups” as shown below
- Click “OK“
- Click “Find Now“
- Select the username of the current account you are using. In my case the username is “Lenovo“
- Click “OK“
- Click “OK“
- Tick below “Allow” next to “Full control” as shown below
- Click “Apply” and “OK“
- File permissions being applied to files and folders. Do not click “Cancel”
- If you get errors like as shown below click “Continue“
- Click “OK“
- Now do the same thing with each partition of internal hard disk, except the C: drive in which Windows OS has been installed.
Direct download link for Microsoft Windows 10 OS (64 bit/32 bit)
To get the official direct download link for Microsoft Windows 10 editions for both Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Professional.
Go to link : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO/
- Scroll down
- Select the windows edition that you want to download.
- Most home users need to select “Windows 10”
- Click “Confirm” as shown below
- Choose your preferred language
- Click “Confirm” as shown below
- The download link for both 32 bit and 64 bit will be created as shown below.
- Click on it to download.
Download the ISO image file as soon as possible, otherwise the link will expire.
How to turn OFF/disable Automatic update in Microsoft Windows OS 7/8/10
I don’t recommend disabling Windows OS update. But sometimes people need to do so temporarily.
DISABLE MICROSOFT WINDOWS OS AUTOMATIC UPDATE
- Open Control Panel
- Open “Administrative tools“
- Open “Services“
- Search “Windows update” service
- Right click on it and select “Properties“
- Click “Stop” if the service is running
- Select “Startup Type” as “Disabled“
- Click “Apply” and “OK“
- You have successfully disabled Microsoft windows OS automatic updates
ENABLE WINDOWS OS AUTOMATIC UPDATE
- Search “Windows update” service
- Right click on it and select “Properties“
- Set “Start Type” as “Automatic (Delayed start)“
- Click “Apply“
- Click “Start“
- Click “OK“
