The return of the Start menu in Windows 10 brings a brand new design that mixes elements of the past with brand new usability features and live app tiles from Windows 8. The size of the Start Menu is highly customizable and can be adjusted horizontally and vertically. You can even completely remove the app tiles from the Start Menu for a modern version of the Windows 95 start menu.
Resisizing the Start Menu is incredibly easy. Just grab the top or right side of the menu when it is open, and resize it like any other window on your PC. If you would like to remove all of the app tiles, first unpin all of the tiles from the Start Menu, and then you can resize the menu down to the basic list as shown below.
I recently upgraded my home network from gigabit to 10G so I could take advantage of faster transfers between my Synology NAS, Proxmox server, and workstations. But while editing family video clips stored on my NAS, something did not feel right. Every device was connected at 10GbE, but file copy speeds were slower than expected. This made me wonder, are there bottlenecks in my network?
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With remote work the new standard, having a fast and quality Internet connection and WiFi has become as important as reliable electricity. And if you work in IT support, confirming an end user's home internet, internal network, and WiFi is healthy without errors is the first step of troubleshooting any slowness or video conferencing issue with Zoom, Webex or Teams.
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I've written about a few methods over the years to create a bootable USB flash drive from a Windows 10 ISO file. But recently I switched to using a new tool called Rufus that is both reliable at successfully creating bootable media and automating many steps to quickly get the job done so you can perform a clean install. This is very helpful when performing a clean install of the [Windows 10 20H2...
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The latest update to Windows 10 known officially as the October 2020 update and 20H2 is ready for use and has begun rolling out. The final build number of the 20H2 update is 19042 with minor revisions rolling out along with normal security updates via Windows Update. At this time the new build is available to testers before Microsoft pushes it to millions of users in the weeks ahead. Check out the...
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