Speed up the Windows right-click menu
The following guide provides you with information on how to speed up the time it takes to display the right-click menu on machines running the Windows operating
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Dropbox announces end of Windows XP support
Dropbox announced today on the official Help Center website that it plans to end support for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system in the coming months.
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How to change Cortana's language directly
Cortana, a digital assistant, is without doubt one of the big features of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.
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Make any Search Engine default on Windows 10
To make any search engine the default on Windows 10, open Microsoft Edge, go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Address bar and search, and cha
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Bring back Windows 8 Search in Windows 10
If you want to search on a device running Windows 10 you tap on the Windows-key to bring up the start menu to start typing the search term.
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Microsoft reveals upcoming Windows 10 features
Microsoft has published a Windows 10 roadmap for Business and Enterprise customers that reveals upcoming features of the operating system as well as a planned r
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Windows 10: control app volume individually
If you are running a stable version of Windows 10 currently, you may have noticed that you cannot control the volume of apps running on the system individually.
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A closer look at Active Hours in Windows 10
Active Hours is a new update-related feature of the upcoming Anniversary Update for Windows 10 that is already available in the latest Insider Build.
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Windows 10 Build 14316 comes with Bash and more
Microsoft pushed out a new Windows 10 Insider build to the Fast Ring channel that upgrades systems to version 14316.
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Turn off Lock Screen ads in Windows 10
Microsoft may use the Windows 10 lock screen to display promotions to you at times.
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Gamers love Windows 10
Windows 10 replaced the long-standing champion OS for gamers Windows 7 in Valve's Hardware and Software Survey for March 2016 as the most popular operating syst
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A look at Project Centennial
Project Centennial is an upcoming feature of Windows 10 that allows users to run converted desktop programs as UWP apps on PCs running the OS.
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Switch a Microsoft Account to a Local Account
Find out how to convert a Microsoft Account to a Local Account on a computer system running Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10.
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Fix "Try the download again" error on Windows Store
The "Try the download again Something happened on our end" error may be thrown when you try to download an application from Windows Store on a device running Wi
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Windows 10 Anniversary Update is the official name of a big update for Microsoft's newest operating system that the company will make available in Summer 2016.
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Microsoft Build 2016 Keynote Summary
Microsoft's Build 2016 Developer Conference started earlier today with a keynote in which Microsoft revealed new information about Windows 10 and new features t
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Sorry Microsoft, I have no use for Live Tiles
Microsoft introduced Live Tiles to Windows Phone and brought the feature over to the desktop when it launched the Windows 8 operating systems.
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Report: Windows 10 upgrade may turn retail OS into OEM version
Microsoft's free upgrade offer to Windows 10 stands until July 2016.
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Never 10: prevent upgrades to Windows 10
Never 10 is a new program by Gibson Research for machines running Windows 7 or Windows 8.
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Block Firefox Chrome from opening Windows Store automatically
If you work on a Windows 10 system you may have noticed that Windows Store may get opened automatically whenever you open a Windows application link in a web br
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Windows 10 Build 14291 ships with Edge Extensions support, sort of
Microsoft shipped build 14291 of Windows 10 to the Fast Ring insider channel a few hours ago, and with it an update for the system's default browser Microsoft E
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How to analyze and clean the WinSxS folder with DISM
To analyze the WinSxS folder, open Command Prompt as administrator and run Dism.
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New Information about Microsoft Edge Extensions
A leaked Store entry of the first Microsoft Edge extension revealed interesting information about upcoming extensions support of Windows 10's default browser.
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If you don't want Windows 10, do this!
Reports are coming in by users from around the world on sites like Reddit that machines running Windows 7 or Windows 8 have been updated -- once again -- to Win
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Windows 10: Make better use of "best match" search results
Windows 10 ships with an improved search interface which I like for the most part.
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Security Update MS16-023 installs new "Get Windows 10" functionality
Mixing security updates with non-security content is never a good idea, but it is particularly worrisome when Microsoft pushes new "get Windows 10" functionalit
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Setting up a Pin on Windows 10 for authentication
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system ships with several means of authentication, including Pin authentication to sign in to the operating system.
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Should PC Developers worry about Windows Store?
When Microsoft launched its Windows Store alongside its then new operating system Windows 8, it was for the most part a mobile store made available on the deskt
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Manage Snap functionality in Windows 10
Microsoft added features to the "snap window" functionality that it added back when it released the Windows 7 operating system in Windows 10.
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Turn off the Microsoft Consumer Experience on Windows 10
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system ships not only with a selection of applications created by Microsoft but also third-party apps or application links that
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Cumulative Update KB3140743 for Windows 10 released
Microsoft pushed out two new updates for stable versions of the company's Windows 10 operating system today.
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Cortana: Block outbound network connections completely
The integration of Cortana with native search on Windows 10 devices have made the digital assistant, even if not used, a feature that cannot be easily disabled
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Windows Defender Offline integrated into Windows 10
Windows Defender Offline is a new feature of Insider Builds of Windows 10 that enables you to scan the computer system during boot time and without Internet con
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Disable Skypehost.exe (Windows Skype) on Windows 10
Skypehost.
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How to customize This PC on Windows 10
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system provides virtually no option to change what the "This PC" in File Explorer displays.
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Reset Microsoft Edge in Windows 10
The following guide walks you through the steps of resetting the Microsoft Edge web browser in Windows 10.
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New Windows 10 Insider Preview 14267 brings Edge improvements
The last Insider Preview builds that Microsoft released to the Fast Ring were rather uneventful as they did not introduce new features or major changes to the o
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Remove old Wireless networks in Windows 10
Whenever you connect to a wireless network using a device running Windows 10, a profile is saved to the computer.
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How to generate a battery report in Windows
Windows ships with built-in operations to generate a battery report, a detailed status report highlighting useful information about the battery and its usage hi
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Download Windows 7 and 8.1 ISO Images from Microsoft
It is rather difficult to download ISO images for previous versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system from official sources.
