Windows Problem Steps Recorder

In the Windows Search Bar, Search for “Steps Recorder”. Open the utility.

A small pop up opens with 3 buttons:

Start Record is enabled. Stop Record is disabled. Add comment is disabled.

Press Start Record. All the events and steps that you now make on screen are recorded by the problem steps recorder. You can very well signify areas of concern while recording is on, and also select some part of screen to add comment.

Once you stop recording, you can save the resulting file as a zip file, and share the contents of that zip file (which is a .mht file) to technical team for review or assistance. Much better than scheduling a meeting and then sharing screens to tell the issue.

A very convenient and hassle free way of knowledge sharing, this has been part of windows for some time now. Once you have unzipped the contents of the resultant zip file, you can view the details as a slide show, with your comments appearing where-ever entered.

Calculator gets even better

Windows Calculator now works in 3 modes – Standard, Scientific and Programmer. It already had many converters, and now supports more……like Angle, Pressure.

Windows Multi Desktop

It’s a work segregation option. Suppose, you do many things at once like listening to music, browsing websites, and even software development. You can click Task View Icon in the Windows Toolbar. . Once you click on this icon, or you click Windows Key + Tab, you will see a new desktop link on the right side of the screen. Click that to create a new desktop.

Once on the new desktop, open a browser say Chrome. Click the Task View icon again, come to Desktop 1 and click on other application, say Media Player. Now, you can have both applications running on separate desktops. Pressing Alt + Tab will show you all the applications to switch over like a single desktop. To create a new desktop, you can use Windows Key + Ctrl + D also.

You can move an application from one desktop to another. Click the Task View icon, right click on the application visible, click on Move To –> and select your desktop.

If you re-start  the PC now, desktops remain but the applications on them are closed.

Windows God Mode

This is a hidden windows feature that has been there since some time. On your desktop, Right Click and create New Folder. Once it is created, rename it exactly to

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Super easy. Super accessible.