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1. Stop Auto Reboots
In search or start menu type "active hours" without the quotes and set the interval in which your device won't be restarted automatically in case of an update of Windows 10.
2. Prevent Sticky Keys
Sticky keys aren't specific to Windows 10, they came waaaay back from XP or maybe even earlier. To turn them off, just press SHIFT 5 times quickly, then click on Disable this keyboard shortcut in Ease of Access keyboard settings.
There, uncheck Allow the shortcut key to start Sticky Keys.
3. Calm the UAC Down
In search or start menu type "UAC" without the quotes and set the desired level of notification or turn UAC off completely.
4. Delete Unused Apps
In search or start menu type "apps & features" without the quotes. In here you can uninstall apps you never use like Groove Music, Weather, Maps and more.
If the uninstall button is grayed out, you will have to use Powershell to uninstall. Type "powershell" without the quotes in search or start menu, right click on it and select Run as Administrator.
Type in "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers" without the quotes. A giant list of all the stuff you've got installed that came from Microsoft's Store, plus some other stuff, will appear.
Copy everything it says on the line next to PackageFullName.
Type REMOVE-APPXPACKAGE and paste what you copied previously.
Hit ENTER and the app should be gone.
Read more about PowerShell and installed apps in here:
If you don't want to uninstall and just disable them from running in the background, from Apps & Features you can click on an app, for example Groove Music, click on Advanced options and under App permissions turn Background apps to OFF. Make sure you also replace it in Default apps.
5. Skip the Password Login
Use this only if you are the only one using the PC.
Go to Start Menu - Run and type "netplwiz" without the quotes, then hit ENTER.
Uncheck "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer".
You will still need to know the password if you are logging in remotely.
6. Refresh Instead of Reset
Windows 10 has a fantastic feature that lets you essentially reinstall Windows 10 on your computer from the ground up, like new—with the option to not delete any of your data (though you will have to reinstall software and drivers). When your PC is beyond repair, you access it at Settings > Update & Security > Recovery, and click Get Started under Reset this PC, pick settings like "Keep My Files" or "Remove Everything" and let it rip. You don't need any separate media, like a copy of Windows 10 on a disc or USB flash drive.
However, that can be overkill. Sometimes, Windows just needs a reset that does not eradicate your software and drivers. This is also easy to do, but it does require a copy of Windows 10 on separate media. Don't have the media? Get it here: Run it and install the included ISO file onto a 4GB or larger USB drive to use in the reset now and in the future. Or you can just mount it as a virtual drive in Windows 10.
Double-click the setup on that media/drive's Setup option, ask to download updates and check "Keep personal files and apps" when it appears. After a few more prompts and waiting, your Windows 10 system will get the refresh it needs.
Reboot the PC and Windows will not ask for a password again.
7. Hide or Disable Cortana
If you want to really take her out, so all searches are local, you need to edit the registry. Don't do this if you're not feeling like a Windows expert. And make a system restore point before you do it, just in case.
Open the Registry Editor: Type +R, then type regedit and hit Enter. In Windows 10 Home, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search. If it's not there, create it. Right-click it to create a DWORD value and call it AllowCortana. Set that value to 0 (zero). Once you sign out and come back, the search box will now read "Search Windows." You can put Cortana back by doing all this again and setting the value to 1 (one).
8. Send OneDrive to the Grave
Like Cortana, OneDrive—Microsoft's answer to Dropbox or Google Drive—is integrated into Windows 10. Tightly. Maybe too tightly. You can try to ignore it, but it comes up a lot.
Your first option: unlink it. Right-click the OneDrive cloud icon in the taskbar and select Settings. Under the Account tab, click Unlink this PC. If that's not enough, under the Settings tab, uncheck all the boxes. Then go back to Account > Choose Folders, and uncheck all the folders it was syncing. Go to Windows Explorer, right-click OneDrive and select Properties; in the General tab, by Attributes, check the box next to Hidden. Then on the Taskbar, right-click OneDrive again and select Close OneDrive.
Really want to uninstall OneDrive? It can be done, but not with the Windows 10 graphical interface. First you have to kill the OneDrive processes that is running by typing this in a command line: TASKKILL /f /im OneDrive.exe. Then, also in command line, type this to uninstall: %systemroot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall (substitute System32 in the middle if you're using 32-bit Windows). You won't get any confirmation, and some residual folders my stick around. You can also re-install it by typing the above line minus the /uninstall at the end.
9. Access Special Symbols Quick
Just using 26 letters and 10 numerals and a few pieces of punctuation—that's so old-school. We live in the emoji world now. So how do you put those fun little icons into your text when typing in Windows 10? You can't, unless you memorize a bunch of codes... or you could try the pop-up keyboard. It's typically meant for use when Windows is in tablet mode, but it's easy to access even when you're using it with a regular keyboard.
Right-click the Taskbar in a blank area, and select Show touch keyboard button. A new icon of a little keyboard will appear next to the clock in the taskbar. Tap it anytime with the mouse cursor to bring up the on-screen keyboard; use your IRL keyboard to dismiss it from the screen. Click the extra keyboard icon at the top left to access various layout options, including a split keyboard and a stylus pad.
You now have access not only to emoji but also special characters like the em dash or degrees symbol (°). If you can't find them, that's because first, you have to hit the &123 key to switch to symbols, then, like on a smartphone, hold down your cursor on the main key to get some special symbols—hold down on the hyphen to get em dash and en dash; hold down on equals (=) to get non-equals (≠), etc. Same goes for the letters to get variativons, such as accent symbols over the letters. Voilŕ!
This on-screen keyboard also offers quick access to the improved Windows 10 clipboard, which holds multiple items you've cut or copied, and speech-to-text typing.
10. No More Notifications
You either love notifications or hate the distraction. The noise, the popup, it's too much when your phone is likely displaying most of the same info. Go into Settings > System > Notifications & Actions. Turn off all the toggle switches for individual apps, especially the ones you find most annoying. Or click on the App name in the list for even more granular control—get notifications from one app on the lock screen, for example, but nowhere else. Or turn off sounds for all but one notifier. Play with the settings to get it just right.
11. Personalize Quick Actions
Settings > System > Notifications & Actions is also where you can personalize the Quick Action buttons that appear at the bottom of the Windows Action Center (the pane where notifications appear on screen). The buttons give you quick access to settings like Airplane mode, brightness adjustments on laptops, turning off Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or VPN, activating a mobile hotspot, or making a screen snip. For example, you don't need to have a tablet mode if your Windows device doesn't ever turn into a tablet.
12. Cool Your Diagnostics
Like many other big-name companies, Microsoft likes to get OS feedback about things like crashes. But when you do a setup and Windows 10 asks to "Send full error and diagnostic information to Microsoft," Redmond's getting more than you think. In Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & Feedback you can set things to protect some privacy, like only allowing Basic diagnostic data, not Full data; turn off the "Improve inking and typing" option; and even delete all the diagnostic data currently on your PC—but that doesn't prevent previous or future data from going to Microsoft.
13. Get Off the Edge
Don't like Microsoft's latest browser? It's safer and faster than using Internet Explorer, but Edge is nothing special compared to our Editors' Choice, Mozilla Firefox. But no matter what browser you choose, you need to make it the default so anytime you open a link, it goes to the browser you want.
Go to Settings > Apps > Default Apps, scroll down and click Web browser. A list will display all your installed browsers—pick the one you want permanently. You can always go back to whatever Redmond thinks best later by clicking the "Reset to Microsoft Recommended defaults" button.
If you get problems with certain links, ensure the file type (like .htm versus .html) or even protocols (like http:// versus https://) are all set to your browser of choice as well. Click Choose default apps by file type or Choose default apps by protocol on the same screen.
Most new browsers will try to take back the default position when you launch them the first time, so if you speed through a setup, you may need to revisit these settings to go back to your original, preferred web browser.
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