Microsoft finally reveals missing information about updates in Windows 10
Updates released for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system are different in several regards.
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How to turn off Windows 10 Start Menu Ads
If you are using the default start menu of Windows 10 you may have noticed that ads may be displayed in it from time to time.
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Microsoft update breaks Safedisc games on Windows Vista, 7 and 8
A recent security patch released this month, MS15-097 Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Graphics Component Could Allow Remote Code Execution, breaks computer games t
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Use PowerShell to manage Scheduled Tasks in Windows
I check several locations regularly on Windows systems that I run including the Windows Task Manager to list running processes, the autostart entries, and also
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Microsoft improves Environment Variables editor in latest Windows 10 build
The Windows operating system uses two sets of Environment Variables: system variables and user variables.
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Microsoft restores Personalization menu in Windows 10's Control Panel
Microsoft up until now made no secret of wanting to merge the classic Windows Control Panel with the Windows 10 Settings menu to improve usability in regards to
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Latest Windows 10 Insider Build fixes Start Menu, Search and other issues
Microsoft continues its work on Windows 10 and has just released a new build to the Fast Ring channel.
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These are the things Microsoft needs to improve in Windows 10
I have used Windows 10 in one form or another ever since Microsoft released the first public preview build of the operating system.
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AquaSnap lets you customize Windows 10's snap functionality
You may have read my article on things that I find annoying in Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10 (if you have not, I suggest you do that).
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Sudo and Kill commands for Windows
If you ever worked on a Linux or Unix machine, you may have come to like certain commands that you could run on them.
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Make sure your Windows 10 Start Menu does not exceed 512 items
Windows 10 feels in some regards like an incomplete system as there are things that don't work properly yet or are yet delivered the way Microsoft wants them to
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Google Chrome sometimes freezes on Windows 10
So I have been experiencing a strange issue when using the Google Chrome web browser on Windows 10.
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Why you cannot launch multiple instances of Windows apps the usual way
I'm working on a 24" screen and like to display two program windows side by side most of the time.
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Make your Windows 10 taskbar 100% transparent
Classic Shell is a long standing program to replace various Windows interface elements, the Start Menu and Windows Explorer for instance, with classic versions.
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Remove or restore Windows 10 default apps with 10AppsManager
Microsoft's new operating system Windows 10 ships with a truckload of default applications of which some replace functionality of programs previous versions of
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Microsoft needs to fix Windows Store and the universal app platform
If you try to open Windows Store right now on a system running Windows 10 (I have not tested it on a Windows 8 machine) you will notice that the Store window [&
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Windows 10 may already be on your PC even if you don't want it
Microsoft is betting big on Windows 10 and the operating system's adoption rate in the next few years.
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Ashampoo free AntiSpy program for Windows 10
There is certainly no shortage of privacy related programs for Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system.
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You can print to PDF natively in Windows 10
Microsoft added a couple of smaller changes to its Windows 10 operating system that I really like, for instance the highlighting of the first result when you se
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How to change time and language formats in Windows 10
The following guide provides you with information on how to modify time and language formats and settings in Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.
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Fix File Dialog prompts not spawning in the foreground in Windows 10
Microsoft changed how file dialog boxes are spawned in Windows 8 and uses the same method in its new Windows 10 operating system.
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Use the classic Personalization panel in Windows 10
Microsoft removed the classic personalization panel of previous versions of Windows and added some of the options to the Settings application instead.
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How to disable or delay taskbar previews in Windows 10
Windows 10, just like Windows 7 and 8.
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Move files from old Windows PCs to new ones with free PCmover Express
While it is clear to tech savvy users how to best transfer files from an old computer to a new one, it is something that less tech savvy users often have proble
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Windows 10: big jump in usage share in August 2015
Windows 10 has been out for little over a month; reason enough to find out how the operating system did usage share wise.
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How to make Windows 10's search lightning fast and more useful
I like the search in Windows 10 even though I had to tweak it quite a bit to make it behave the way I want it to and am running into search […]
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How to clean install Windows 10 directly without upgrade
The official way to upgrade an existing computer system to Windows 10 is to upgrade it while it is still installed on the computer.
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Microsoft intensifies data collection on Windows 7 and 8 systems
Microsoft has been criticized by privacy advocates in regards to the data hunger of its Windows 10 operating system.
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Microsoft releases Windows 10 patches KB3081452, KB3081448 and KB3081449
Microsoft has just pushed out up to three new patches for the retail version of its Windows 10 operating system.
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Windows 10 stats: 75 million devices, 6x more app downloads per device
So how is Windows 10 doing? Microsoft has been rather tight lipped until now about the operating system's overall distribution and related figures.
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Calculate the Windows Experience Index on Windows 10 with ExperienceIndexOK
Microsoft introduced the Windows Experience Index in Windows Vista to benchmark the performance of the computer and compute base scores which customers could us
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List of Windows 10 desktop shortcut keys
Keyboard shortcuts can be great time savers regardless of application you are using them in.
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Fix Search not working in Windows 10
I have experienced a strange issue on a system running Windows 10 Pro in the past couple of days.
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Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4 for Windows 10 released
Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a long-standing tweak software for Windows operating systems.
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Make UAC prompts less intrusive on Windows 10
Microsoft introduced the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 to block activities requiring administrative privileges on Windows
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Windows 10 issues? Contact tech support from within Windows
One of the new features of Windows 10 is a tighter integration with Microsoft Support.
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How to remove Evaluation Copy watermarks in Windows 10
Most Windows Insider builds of Windows 10 displays a watermark in the lower right corner of the screen right above the system tray area.
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How to be a Windows 10 Insider without getting Insider updates
One of the perks of being a Windows Insider is that you can use the operating system for free.
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These things annoy me in Windows 10
This is a personal post as you can see when you read the title.
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Windows 10 Build 10525 ships with improvements, and bugs
If one of your computer systems is set up as a Windows 10 Insider system you may have already received an update to preview build 10525.
