Windows 10 Hidden Features and Settings That You Should Use

Today we will be sharing some of Windows 10 hidden features and settings that you should be using. This will be a big help for any Windows user since this will help on improving your efficiency and productivity when using your personal computer. Although it’s been a year since Windows 11 was released and some users don’t want to transition just because they don’t like it or their computer isn’t compatible. So for those who are still using a Windows 10 PC, this would be a big help to you.

Changing Windows default Sounds

The first thing you should or must do is to change all the default Windows notification sounds whether it’s for an alert or a warning.

• Click on the start menu
• Go to change system sounds
• Change the sound of the following program events to Windows Start-up.wav
  • Asterisk
  • Critical Battery Alarm
  • Critical Stop
  • Default Beep
  • System Notification
  • Exclamation
  • Notification
  • Windows User Account Control

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Disable Windows Login Screen

Let’s say you are playing a game of Valorant or League of Legends, and it happens that you need to restart your PC since the game crashed and you can’t open the game anymore. So you decided to restart your PC and then went to the log-in screen delaying your time to reconnect to your game. If you trust those who are using your computer then the ideal thing to do is disable the login screen for good.

• Click on the start menu
• Go to netplwiz
• Disable Users must enter a username and password to use this computer for the administrator account
• Click on apply
• Enter your password

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Using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Geek alert: You may now officially utilize Linux on top of your Windows 10 installation without the use of a virtual box or any other tricky tricks. The Windows Subsystem for Linux must first be enabled (WSL).

• Click on the start menu
• Go to Turn Windows features on or off
• Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux
• Reboot your computer

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Next, install Ubuntu

• Click on the start menu
• Go to Microsoft Store
• Search for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Launch Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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You can now run Linux on top of your Windows 10 installation after that. However, I would also advise you to switch from CMD, which is typically used with the Linux subsystem, to another terminal. To get a better terminal, do the following:

• Click on the start menu
• Go to Microsoft Store
• Search for Windows Terminal (Preview)
• Install and Launch the Windows Terminal

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Windows Snipping Tool

The Windows Snipping tool is a great companion if you want to take a screenshot of your whole screen or a specific section of your screen. You can access it by pressing SHIFT+WINDOWS+S

You have 4 options to choose from when using the snipping tool.

• Cut a rectangle of your screen
• Free cut some parts of your screen
• Snip specific program
• Snip entire screen

Necessary Windows Shortcuts

Here is a list of Windows 10 shortcuts that you should know if you are still using a Windows 10 PC.

• WINDOWS + LEFT put the currently selected program in the left half of your screen
• WINDOWS + RIGHT put the currently selected program in the right half of your screen
• WINDOWS + UP maximize windows
• WINDOWS + DOWN minimize window
• WINDOWS + 1 open the first pinned program
• WINDOWS + 2 open the second pinned program
• WINDOWS + 3 to 0 open the third to tenth program, either as opened or however many you have pinned to the taskbar
• WINDOWS + . open Emoji’s
• ALT + TAB quickly tab between programs
• CTRL + SHIFT + TAB switch to the next tab to the left in Chrome
• CTRL + TAB switch to the next tab to the right in Chrome

 

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