There’s a quick hack that lets you disable all non-Microsoft services in one go. If you want to disable all third-party services and improve your system performance drastically, here’s how you can do so:
[mai mult...]What services can you safely turn off on Windows 11
There are a few services that you just shouldn’t touch at all. These are important to run basic functions, security features, and make the Windows experience seamless. We shall not mention these.
[mai mult...]How to Disable Command Prompt using Group Policy
The Windows 10 Command Prompt aka CMD is an incredibly useful tool from which you can perform pretty much any task on your system. However, this power also makes it dangerous when it’s in the wrong hands. As a result, in certain environments, you may want to disable Command Prompt entirely.
[mai mult...]How to Block PowerShell using Group Policy Editor
Windows PowerShell is a command-line tool that lets users run scripts, modify system settings and even perform basic operating system tasks such as creating folders and text files. Unfortunately, this means an uneducated user could also do a lot of damage with PowerShell. They could inadvertently run a malicious script, purposefully delete system files, or bypass other restrictions.
[mai mult...]Change the size of icons on the taskbar in Windows 11
This is a neat taskbar customization hack that lets you increase/decrease the size of the icons on the taskbar to make them better accessible according to your need.
[mai mult...]Faster shutdown time in Windows 11
When you shut down your PC, Windows gives a bit of time to running applications to save their data before it force closes them. This ensures that no unsaved app data is lost and no app functions get corrupted due to force stopping in the middle of working.
However, if faster shutdown matters to you and you have the good habit of closing all apps and saving data before you shut down, then you can decrease this timer to speed up shutdown.
[mai mult...]How to add apps to the context menu
You can add a shortcut of any application (.exe) to the context menu to access the app from anywhere by simply right-clicking an empty space and selecting the shortcut. For demonstration, I am going to add a Chrome browser shortcut to the context menu.
[mai mult...]How to enable the old menu in Windows 11 using regedit
Windows 11 has a new context menu that is small in size and has most of the options hidden behind the Show more options button that basically opens the classic context menu. I personally don’t like the new context menu as most of the time I have to hit the Show more options button anyway. Why make this a 2-click process when you can just open the old context menu on the first attempt?
[mai mult...]How to flush DNS on Google Chrome
Several Windows apps and browsers such as Google Chrome have their own in-built DNS caches. These cache files are different than the DNS caches maintained by your operating system.
So apart from clearing the DNS caches for the operating system you also need to clear the DNS for Google Chrome explicitly.
3 ways to flush the DNS Cache in Windows 11
Are you experiencing issues while connecting to websites and apps on Windows 11? The underlying cause of the problem can be the erroneous network configuration. You should start by wiping off the temporary files of Windows and delete the app cache.
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