Google has announced that starting with Chrome browser version 62, ‘Not secure’ warnings will be shown for HTTP pages with user input fields and all HTTP pages in incognito mode. Going forward, ‘Not secure’ warning would be shown for all HTTP pages even in normal browsing mode.
Opera Firefox Chrome Offline Installer Download Full Setup
When you download any web browser setup file, they are usually online installers. To install the browser in multiple systems, you may opt for the offline setup package (offline installer). Here are the full download links for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera browsers.Read more
Start Programs Elevated (as Administrator) from Run Dialog in Windows 10 [Ctrl + Shift]
If you want to edit your HOSTS file or any file that requires admin privileges to edit, you need to open Notepad or your preferred text editor as administrator. To start a program elevated, you usually right-click on the shortcut and click Run as Administrator from the context menu. Alternately, you can search for that program from Start menu, select the item, press Ctrl + Shift and press ENTER.Read more
“Show Most Used Apps” Setting Greyed out in Personalize
The “Show most used apps” toggle switch may be grayed out on the Personalization → Start page in Windows 10 or 11. This is due to a Privacy setting that turns off the ability to track recent programs.Read more
Perform System Restore Rollback Offline via Windows RE
System Restore is an excellent tool that can rescue the system from catastrophe. But, when you cannot revert the system configuration from normal mode, you can perform System Restore rollback offline via Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), or from Safe Mode.Read more
Malwarebytes Real-Time Protection layers turned off at every startup
Malwarebytes Premium is an all-in-one security suite which guards the system against ransomware, exploits, malware and also provides web protection. In some systems, Malwarebytes Web protection module may get disabled, and the message Real-Time Protection layers turned off is shown in the notification area at every startup.Read more
Microsoft Defender: “Managed by your administrator” or “Your IT administrator has limited access”
In the aftermath of a malware attack, the Windows Defender Security settings page may show the message Some settings are managed by your organization or This setting is managed by your administrator. The real-time protection and cloud-based protection options may remain disabled or grayed out.
Here is what the Windows Defender Settings page might look like. The controls for real-time protection, cloud-based protection, and Automatic sample submission options may be disabled and locked down or grayed out.Read more
Properties accelerator key set to “o” instead of “r” [Right-click menu]
To open the properties sheet of a file, folder or drive, you can right-click on the item and press the letter “r” as it’s the keyboard shortcut or accelerator for Properties option in the context menu. But, you may be wondering why letter “o” becomes the Properties shortcut key in some systems.Read more
Default Sign-in Option Changes to Password from PIN Automatically in Windows 10
When you sign-in to your user account or unlock the workstation, the last used sign-in method (PIN, Password or Windows Hello) is saved to the registry, and the same will be used the next time. However, you may notice that the default sign-in option reverts to password at every restart, even though you used PIN sign-in the last time to unlock the computer.Read more
Microsoft fixes Eventvwr.exe UAC Bypass Exploit in Windows 10 Creators Update
In Windows 10 Creators Update preview build 15007, Microsoft seems to have fixed the UAC bypass method involving eventvwr.exe. First, how does this bypass work?Read more