How to Disable the Lock Screen in Windows 10 and 11

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Do you find the Windows lock screen inconvenient and unnecessary? This post explains how to disable the lock screen in Windows 10 and 11.

The lock screen although conceals the login screen with a nice looking wallpaper, it takes an extra mouse click, touch, or keypress to go to the login screen where you input your credentials. This is not just during the first login, but every time you need to unlock a workstation – locked either due to screensaver or power options timeout, when resuming from sleep or hibernate mode, or the user has locked the workstation earlier.

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How to Start Microsoft Defender Offline Scan in Windows 10/11

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Malware is more complex today than it was many years ago. It operates at the filter driver, service, or rootkit level, and eliminating it is tough. Sometimes, you need to boot to the Windows RE environment and then delete the core malware files and services added to your Windows installation. Microsoft Defender Offline takes care … Read more

Backup, Restore, or Reset Windows 10/11 Start Layout & Shortcuts

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Almost every Windows user would customize their Start menu layout as per their requirement, to ease their workflow. It’s also helpful if you backup the Start menu tiles layout in Windows after customizing it, just in case your profile becomes corrupt at some point of time due to one reason or the other.Read more

Desktop appears like a regular folder or Changed to Tiles view mode

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If your Desktop has suddenly changed to “Tiles” view mode on your Windows computer, you may have accidentally hit a shortcut key that switches the folder view mode. It’s also possible that the FFlags registry value data is incorrect. This article tells you how to restore the Desktop’s default view back.   This may also … Read more

How to Clear Chrome History and Cookies for a Particular Site

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Clear Chrome History and Cookies for a Particular Site

Sometimes, it may be necessary for you to clear the Chrome browser history and cookies for a particular site or domain. You may need to clear the cookies and site data for a specific site either when designing websites or troubleshooting website login issues etc. And, as a privacy measure, you may often find the need to clear the browsing history for a specific domain or site.

This article explains how to clear the Google Chrome browsing history and cookies on a per-site basis.Read more