Windows 10 tracks energy usage data per app/process, using the Energy Estimation Engine (E3) service for battery-powered devices. You can view the basic E3 data via the Battery settings page in Windows 10.
Traditionally, Windows users have employed XCOPY or SyncToy to mirror copy a certain directory to a different location. If you’re using Microsoft SyncToy, especially on Windows 10 or 11, it’s possible that sometimes the files or folders may be missing in the destination, or the destination folder has extra files or folders that are not … Read more
In any version of Windows, the PrintScreen key captures the screen to the clipboard, which can then be pasted in Paint or any image editor and saved to a file. However, Windows 8 and Windows 10 save you that additional step, making it very easy to capture your screen and saving to a file in … Read more
The Windows 10 Services configuration defaults are provided on this page. The settings below are gathered from a Windows 10 Pro PC (clean install, rather than upgrade). Last updated on April 27, 2024 – Windows 10 Pro v22H2 is the current version as of this revision. The Service permission (SDDL strings) defaults are also included … Read more
Windows 8 Services configuration defaults are listed here. Has your services configuration changes gone awry and not sure about the default settings? This list might benefit some users, especially for the tweakers and breakers 🙂
Svchost.exe is a process that hosts Windows services to perform various functions. There can be multiple instances of svchost.exe (host process for Windows services) running on your computer, with each instance containing different services. Especially on Windows 10 v1709 and Windows 11, you might see 50+ Svchost.exe processes. Using Task Manager, you can view the … Read more
Setting up an automatic login in Windows also comes with a great responsibility to safeguard the user account from unauthorized use. After configuring automatic login to your user account, you may also want to set it to lock the workstation immediately at login.
