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Windows 10 tips and tricks Millions of users have upgraded to Windows 10, and now the challenge is figuring out how to use it. Microsoft's flagship operating system combines elements of both Windows 7 and 8.1 but adds a few new places and interfaces as well. To check your network connections, for example, or to see a list of installed programs, the route may be unfamiliar. So if you're lost in Windows 10 right now, let us draw you a map. Navigate the new Start menu and Cortana Windows 10's Start menu uses elements from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The biggest change from Windows 7 is the pane of tiles on the right-hand side. If you don't like these, just right-click them and select Unpin From Start. You can also "Turn live tile off." The Twitter app, installed by default, will display a constantly updated feed that you can toggle off using "Turn live tile off." If you want to turn off an app,  you can uninstall it from here. If you want to use t

The Lock Screen appears on startup and thought it looks nice, it can waste time, so if you want to get rid of it, you’ll have to edit the registry file. To do this, press the Windows key and R or right click on the Start Menu and click on Run. Next, enter regedit in the box. When the registry editor opens up, go to this tree: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Shown Below Right click anywhere in the right panel and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value. Rename the value as NoLockScreen. Double click on NoLockScreen and enter 1 in the box under Value data. Close  regedit  That't it,