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See allWindows 11 Build 22509.1000 rolls out to the Insider Preview Developer Channel with improvements to the Start Menu
Windows 11 Build 22509.1100 is now available for participants in the Insider Preview Program's Developer Channel. It improves the Start Menu What's new in Windows 11 Build 22509.1100 Start Menu When Windows […]
Paint app update for Windows 11 Insiders brings new dialog boxes for Edit Colors, Resize and Skew
Microsoft is rolling out a Paint app update for Windows 11 Insiders in the Developer Channel. It brings some changes to the core functionality of the built-in drawing tool. In case you […]
How to enable the Group Policy Editor on Windows 11 Home
Microsoft ships a useful tool called the Group Policy Editor, commonly known as Gpedit.msc or just GPEDIT, with the Pro version of its Windows operating system. It is handy for enabling or […]
Performance of Windows 11 is a focus for Microsoft in 2022
Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system has been out for some time. Reception has not been too bad but it is clear that there are areas that need improvement. Apart from bugs, some […]
Windows 11 Help
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How to enable the Group Policy Editor on Windows 11 Home
Microsoft ships a useful tool called the Group Policy Editor, commonly known as Gpedit.msc or just GPEDIT, with the Pro version of its Windows operating system. It is handy for enabling or […]
Performance of Windows 11 is a focus for Microsoft in 2022
Microsoft's Windows 11 operating system has been out for some time. Reception has not been too bad but it is clear that there are areas that need improvement. Apart from bugs, some […]
How to manage and display all system tray icons in Windows 11
A quick way to access some programs in Window, is by using their shortcut's icon displayed in the system tray. When Windows 10 came out, Microsoft made some changes to the way […]
How to turn off "Search the Web" results in Windows 11
When you run searches on Windows 11 from the operating system's Start Menu, you will get local results as well as web-based results powered by Bing by default. Microsoft introduced web search […]
Windows 11 News
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Windows 11 Build 22509.1000 rolls out to the Insider Preview Developer Channel with improvements to the Start Menu
Windows 11 Build 22509.1100 is now available for participants in the Insider Preview Program's Developer Channel. It improves the Start Menu What's new in Windows 11 Build 22509.1100 Start Menu When Windows […]
Paint app update for Windows 11 Insiders brings new dialog boxes for Edit Colors, Resize and Skew
Microsoft is rolling out a Paint app update for Windows 11 Insiders in the Developer Channel. It brings some changes to the core functionality of the built-in drawing tool. In case you […]
Windows 11 Enterprise Virtual Machine images downloads
Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machine images are now available. You can download the images for several popular virtualization applications directly from Microsoft's Developer website. Note that the virtual images include more than […]
Windows Update KB5007262 Preview for Windows 11 brings a ton of fixes and Fluent 2D Emoji style
Microsoft is rolling out Windows Update KB5007262 for Windows 11 users. This is a preview update for the stable version of the operating system, you don't need to be in the Insider […]
Windows 10
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Unlock all Windows 10 TTS voices system-wide to get more of them
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system comes with a set of voices for each language installed on the device. Only some of the installed voices become available system-wide so that third-party software and […]
How to disable Bing Search in Windows 10 version 2004 and newer
When Microsoft launched its Windows 10 operating system in 2015, it merged the local search functionality with the digital assistant Cortana and also Bing Search. Cortana has since been revamped completely and […]
WhatsApp Beta for Windows 10 and 11 is now available on the Microsoft Store
WhatsApp has effectively replaced texting/SMS in many countries around the World. But when it comes to the competition, the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform's desktop experience is sub-par, when you compare it with […]
What is Meet Now in Windows 10 and how to uninstall it
If you are running a recent version of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system, you may have noticed the new Meet Now taskbar icon that the company added in October 2020. Microsoft plans […]
Windows 8
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OneDrive's desktop app won't be supported anymore on Windows 7 and 8.1 in early 2022
Microsoft announced plans this week to end support for OneDrive desktop applications on the company's operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Customers who use these operating systems may still […]
You can still upgrade Windows 7 and 8.1 systems to Windows 10 for free
When Microsoft launched its Windows 10 operating system, it knew that it had to convince customers to give it a try. The bad adoption of Windows 8 still haunted the company and […]
Microsoft releases October 2019 update previews for Windows
Microsoft released cumulative updates for various supported versions of Windows on October 15, 2019. The company released preview updates for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8.1 […]
Turn off "Windows protected your PC" (Windows SmartScreen)
Microsoft's operating systems Windows 8 and Windows 10 include a security feature called Windows SmartScreen that is enabled by default. SmartScreen is a background service that monitors the execution of applications and […]
Windows 7
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Google extends Chrome support for Windows 7 until January 15, 2022
Google revealed this week that it decided to extend support for Google Chrome on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system until at least January 15, 2022. Update: Google announced that it will extend […]
Microsoft won't extend Windows 7 Extended Security Updates. Server gets another year
Microsoft's popular Windows 7 operating system reached the end of its support lifecycle in January 2020. The company launched ESU, Extended Security Updates, for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 at the […]
OneDrive's desktop app won't be supported anymore on Windows 7 and 8.1 in early 2022
Microsoft announced plans this week to end support for OneDrive desktop applications on the company's operating systems Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Customers who use these operating systems may still […]
You can still upgrade Windows 7 and 8.1 systems to Windows 10 for free
When Microsoft launched its Windows 10 operating system, it knew that it had to convince customers to give it a try. The bad adoption of Windows 8 still haunted the company and […]
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See all articlesHow to disable Bing Search in Windows 10 version 2004 and newer
When Microsoft launched its Windows 10 operating system in 2015, it merged the local search functionality with the digital assistant Cortana and also Bing Search. Cortana has since been revamped completely and […]
Manage Windows 10 Search Indexing
Windows Search can cause high load situations on Windows 10 machines -- and on previous versions of Windows as well -- especially when search indexing runs. Basically, what search indexing does is […]
How to delete a service in Windows
Removing a service in Windows 10 or lower takes a bit of effort if you have never tweaked the registry or used the command line before. It’s not as easy as disabling […]
How to enable TPM 2.0 on your PC
One of the pre-requisites for Windows 11 is TPM 2.0, the Trusted Platform Module according to Microsoft. While Windows 11 will install on devices with TPM 1.2, some functionality may not be […]
Windows Updates
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Microsoft Windows Security Updates November 2021 overview
This guide offers an overview of the security updates and non-security updates that Microsoft released for its products on the November 2021 Patch Day. Microsoft released updates for all supported client and […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2021 overview
Microsoft released security patches for all supported versions of its Windows operating system today on the October 2021 Patch Tuesday. The company released the first patch for Windows 11, the new version […]
Windows Updates may now Expire
Microsoft enabled a new update expiration policy recently for Windows updates. Updates released for Windows may be flagged as expired by the company now, and that means that these updates won't be […]
Microsoft Windows Security Updates September 2021 overview
Today is Patch Day over at Microsoft and the company has released security updates and non-security updates for Windows and other company products. Security updates have been released for all client and […]
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