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April 9

Adjusting the Screen Brightness

How do I bring up the control or option or whatever to adjust the screen brightness in Windows 10? I have gone to Settings - System - Display. Microsoft's Virtual Agent says to go to Settings - System - Display and to set the Color and Brightness, but I only see the option for Color. Is there a way to adjust the screen brightness from Windows 10? Robert McClenon (talk) 02:35, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

The brightness slider is at the top of Settings - System - Display. Ruslik_Zero 20:31, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

User:Ruslik0 - The problem may be with my version of Settings then. I don't see a brightness slider at the top of the Settings - System - Display. Is it hiding somewhere? Robert McClenon (talk) 01:23, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

I think the brightness slider is only available if Windows can actually control the brightness. If you've got a desktop PC with a monitor, you might need to use the physical buttons on the monitor instead. rchard2scout (talk) 10:32, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Need references about tip of the day features

I need to find web pages about tip of the day features, not pages that are tip of the day features.

By "tip of the day feature", I mean either/both:

1. A tip published daily (like in a newspaper, or on a website)
2. A feature of a software program, or a stand-alone program, that automatically provides a new tip each day

Things I would like to know about tip of the day features in general, through reliable sources that can be cited, are:

1. A definition
2. Their history
3. How many of them are there in the world?
4. Which ones are the most popular/famous?
5. Which ones are the most widely distributed?
6. References of tutorials or development advice articles on how to program such a feature into a software program
7. References of any articles about them, or about any of them. Are there any famous ones that any publication talks about?

The problem I'm having is that search results are choked with tip of the day features (like a daily tip on technology), making it exceedingly difficult to find out anything about tip of the day features, like a news article about the daily tip on technology feature. Any segment of a programming book that covers the development or inclusion of tip of the day features would be fantastic, if they exist online. Unfortunately, these are obscured in search results by primary sources, such as user manuals, programs' features lists, or even source code.

I'm lost in a sea of tips of the day, thousands of such features, and I can't prove that they actually exist!     — The Transhumanist    06:12, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

P.S.: please {{ping}} me in your response. Thank you. -TT

Chrome saved tabs

I save 10 tabs in Chrome each time I exit the browser. But when I start it again, no only these 10 but several additional ones pop up. A few are the same and others are ones I haven't used for some time. I tried reinstalling Chrome; but nothing changed. What can I do to make this annoyance stop? Thanks. --Halcatalyst (talk) 13:57, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Have you checked out Settings > (scroll down to) On Start Up? There are various options there. Personally, I never close my browser.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:49, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

"Continue where you left off" works fine. Thank you. --Halcatalyst (talk) 16:23, 10 April 2018 (UTC)