The best data usage monitors for Windows
If you want to know how much data you are using on a Windows PC over time, you will have to use third-party programs for that. While you may check the Task […]
Microsoft extends Exchange Server 2010 End of Support with a surprising remark
Microsoft announced today that it will extend end of support for Exchange Server 2010 to October 13, 2020. Exchange Server 2010 support was about to run out on January 14, 2020 initially […]
Windows 10 version 1903: list of known issues increases
If you have followed the development of the Windows 10 versions 1809 and 1903, you know that both versions were plagued by lots of bugs. Microsoft had to pull version 1809 shortly […]
How to download and install an earlier version of Windows 10
Microsoft maintains support for several versions of its Windows 10 operating system for Home users and even more versions for Enterprise customers. While it is often a good idea to upgrade or […]
Microsoft confirms second search bug in a row in Windows 10 1903
It took Microsoft just one day to acknowledge an issue related to the Start Menu and Windows Desktop Search in Windows 10 version 1903 caused by the recently released cumulative update KB4515384. […]
Windows September 2019 Updates: more search woes and Telemetry
Microsoft released security updates and regular updates for all versions of Windows on yesterday's September 2019 Patch Tuesday. It does not take long, usually, before an assessment can be made on the […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates September 2019 overview
It is September 10, 2019 and Microsoft has just released security and non-security updates for its Microsoft Windows operating system and other company products. Our overview of the September 2019 Patch Day […]
Tip: how to change the Windows Task Manager update speed
Microsoft modified the built-in Task Manager of the Windows operating system significantly when it released Windows 10 in 2015. Some of the changes did not add value to the administrative tool; a […]
Microsoft releases first preview of PowerToys for Windows 10
The first public release of PowerToys is now available for download featuring the two utilities FanzyZones and Shortcuts Guide. Microsoft revealed in May 2019 that it wanted to revive PowerToys and make […]
Surprise, Microsoft changed Windows Update behavior for the better in Windows 10 1903
Since the release of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system in 2015, updating and patching was at the heart of criticism that administrators and power users leveled at Microsoft. It was not the […]
A look at Open Shell (Classic Shell fork)
Open Shell is a fork of the popular discontinued Classic Shell program for Windows that may restore a classic Start Menu, Explorer and Internet Explorer shell on the system. Classic Shell was […]
WinFi Lite is a powerful WiFi Analyzer for Windows
WinFi Lite is a new networking program and app for Microsoft Windows devices designed to monitor, analyze, and manage wireless networks. The application is available as a Microsoft Store application and as […]
CPU Spike bug in latest Windows 10 1903 update reported to Microsoft
Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4512941 for Windows 10 version 1903 last week; soon thereafter, reports started to emerge on several Internet forums that the update was causing high CPU usage on […]
KB4512941 for Windows 10 version 1903
The second cumulative patch for the current version of Windows 10, in this case Windows 10 version 1903, is always late to the party. Microsoft released updates for earlier versions of Windows […]
Quickly check the GPU Temperature in the Windows 10 Task Manager
Microsoft extended the functionality of the Task Manager in the Windows 10 operating system. Not all features that Microsoft introduced are great. The rather useless basic mode that reveals virtually no information […]
Create Windows Sandbox configuration files with Sandbox Configuration Manager
Sandbox Configuration Manager is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that helps users of the system create sandbox configuration files. Windows Sandbox is a new feature of Windows 10 […]
If you are not offered Windows 10 version 1903, try disabling hard drive encryption
When Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 10 version 1903 some months ago, I wanted to upgrade one of my machines running Windows 10 version 1809 to the new feature update. […]
6 Months before Support End, Microsoft brings DirectX 12 support to Windows 7
When Microsoft announced DirectX 12 in 2014, it did not reveal any compatibility information. The new version of DirectX was announced at a time when Windows 8 was the latest operating system; […]