Computer Era

Windows 10

How to use Built-in screen recorder in Windows 10

by


Screen recording is used by many people on their computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones for various purposes. Gaming people use this recording feature for recording their gaming achievements. And many of us record screens for sending how-to videos for our friends and family. For this purpose, we use various third party recording applications, but for those people who use Windows 10, there is a built-in screen recorder.

Here is how to use built-in screen recorder:

  • Click on the Start button and then click on the Xbox application.
  • After opening the app, then just hit the combo keys Win + G on the screen which you want to take a screenshot or record which opens the Game Bar.
  • The game bar asks you where whether it is game where you need to just lie and check the box that says “Yes, This is a game”
  • After doing that you will see a game bar with the following options

Screen Recorder

  • You can just hit on the screenshot to take a screenshot of your screen or click on Start recording to record the screen.

The screenshots and screen recordings can be found in the C:\Users:\[username]:\Videos:\Captures or even Game DVR tab of the Xbox app has your recordings and screenshots.

That is it, using these steps you can very easily record the screen without the help of any third party app in Windows 10.

Monitor Your Window’s 10 Device’s Battery Health With Battery Report

by

Your laptop battery can easily lose capacity over time, so it’s important that you frequently check its health. Checking the battery health is relatively simple, and you can do that right from Windows 10. So, here we present you the process of generating the battery report for your laptop without the help of any third-party applications.

Steps For Generating A Battery Report in Windows 10

  • You can easily generate a battery report by running the powercfg /batteryreport command. Press Windows key + X, click Command Prompt (Admin), type powercfg /batteryreport at the command prompt then hit the Enter key. The report will be saved under C:\Windows\System32 as battery-report.

The report provides details about your battery including the name, manufacturer, serial number, chemistry, and cycle count. You can also view a usage report over a period of time. A battery report is a useful tool for investigating poor battery performance. If your battery is defective, your battery report will help you prove it when processing a warranty claim. There are also other causes for poor battery performance that are worth investigating.

The report will give you more information about the batteries in your system, as well as how they’ve been used over time. Perhaps of most usefulness to most people is the battery life estimates–how long you can expect your battery to last based on actual usage–and how it’s changed since you first installed the OS. It’s more accurate and precise than relying on the battery icon in your taskbar. Other report sections such as Usage history and battery capacity can help you check your laptop battery’s health. To get many more details about your battery than you from the battery icon in the taskbar, remember this hidden trick.

Battery Details In Settings

With Windows 10, Microsoft lets you check out more battery details than you’d normally get in the previous iterations of Windows. To check battery details, you can head to Windows Settings->System->Battery. Here, you will see the current battery percentage along with the estimated time remaining. You also get the options to choose when you want the Battery Saver to be turned on or you can even turn it on for now.

Thus, you can keep an eye on your device’s battery.

How to auto-shutdown a Windows 10 Computer

by

Sitting in front of the computer will definitely make you forget the time and any important work that you might have. It might be a game or any other simple web browsing that you might be doing on the computer. If you really want to be disciplined and also feel it is important to have a strict schedule to be followed, then even your computer is going to help you for sure. Your Windows 10 PC has this feature that might help you a lot. To auto-shutdown your computer after a certain time, you just need to follow these following steps

  • Search for ‘Task Scheduler’ in the Cortana Search bar and then just click on that program.
  • Now the task Scheduler window will open and then you have to click on the option ‘Create Basic task…’
  • Now you just have to set a name to the task, as it is the auto shutdown task that we are creating, so just go for it, or you can even set anything you want, and add a description, then click Next.
  • Then in the next step, you just need to select the repetition of your task that you have scheduled whether daily, weekly, monthly or once. There are various other options available as well. After that click on Next.
  • In the Next step, you have to set the exact time at which you want that task to be done.
  • Now it’s the time to choose the action you want the task to do. There are three options available Start a Program, Send an Email, Display a Message
  • Click on Select a Program
  • Now click on Browse and then open the C:\Windows\System32 folder and select the file Shutdown.exe
  • In the arguments box add -s -t x, replace the x with the number of seconds within which you would like to shut down the Ex: -s -t 1800, click Next
  • It will then show the overview of the settings and choices that you have chosen, just check them all and click on Finish.

That’s all, you are done with scheduling the auto-shutdown in your Windows 10 computer.

How to disable/enable on screen keyboard in Windows 10

by

On-Screen keyboard is the one most important thing that comes to our rescue when the physical keyboard stopped working or got some issues. This keyboard is part of the ease of access tools and it will serve the best for the physically challenged or the elder ones.

It can be used to operate on a touch screen device that runs on Windows 10. Or we can even operate it with a pointing device as well. Now let me explain you how to disable/enable the keyboard on your laptop or PC.

  • The first and very simple way using which you can easily enable the keyboard is by just opening the Start and then type OSK in the search and then press Enter.
  • Another way is just go to the Start, then click on Settings>Ease of Access>Keyboard, now toggle the switch to get the on-screen keyboard.
  • This keyboard can also be accessed from the sign in screen, it will be available on the ease of Access button which can be seen on the lower right corner of the screen.

For disabling the OSK in your Windows 10, you can just do the following things

  • Go to Start>Settings>Ease of Access> Keyboard, then turn off the toggle switch
  • Press Windows + R key which displays the Run dialogue box, then type regedit and press Enter

Then navigate through like this HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Authentication > LogonUI

Then click on ShowTabletKeyboard and to enable it, set the value to 1 and to disable it set the value to 0.

Avoid the Windows Registry mode if you are not sure about the process. Using these simple steps you can easily disable/enable the virtual keyboard.

How to keep your Microsoft Edge quiet

by

Windows 10 users might be quite aware of these annoying and irritating notifications they receive from Microsoft Edge, the new generation browser from Windows. Many of us may be used to Chrome or Firefox browsers because of their better features compared to Internet Explorer in the past and with the arrival of this new browser from Microsoft how can we shift to it all by once. It will take some time or some may not be ready to shift at all.

The thing that is annoying the users currently is the annoying notifications or pop-ups saying that Chrome isn’t battery efficient and Firefox is not safe, and thus trying to divert our attention but these will turn to be annoying for the users, so here is a simple way where the users can mute the notifications or make Microsoft Edge quiet.

It is very easy to disable notifications from the browser, just follow these simple steps

  • Open the Settings and then navigate to System
  • Then go to notifications and actions under this menu
  • Here just disable the Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows option.

This is how you can disable notifications in Windows 10.