Get Windows 10 has the characteristics of malware
Computer users who run an older version of Windows -- one that is still supported by Microsoft -- are spending time and effort these days fighting off the Get Windows 10 program […]
Microsoft sheds light on Windows 10 update policy
Microsoft senior program manager Chris Riggs revealed information about the company's Windows 10 update and upgrade in a presentation at the WinHEC technical conference in Taiwan. While Riggs addressed business and Enterprise […]
Limit OneDrive transfer rates on Windows 10
Microsoft has started to roll out an update for the native OneDrive implementation of Windows 10 that allows users to set download and upload transfer rate limits. Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system […]
Microsoft updates OneDrive app for Windows 10
Microsoft released a new version of the OneDrive application designed specifically for Windows 10 devices and there specifically for devices with touch capabilities. While Windows 10 ships with an integrated OneDrive sync […]
Sneaky Windows 10 Upgrade schedule prompts
Microsoft has been very pushy in regards to getting devices that run the previous operating systems Windows 7 or Windows 8.x to upgrade to Windows 10. The company has been experimenting with […]
Windows 10 Anniversary Update brings more promoted apps
When Microsoft launched Windows 10, it did so mostly with company created applications. These applications, from Mail and Photos to obscure apps like 3D Builder were all listed under all apps in […]
Windows 10 Build 14342 finally changes how extensions are installed
Microsoft released the new Windows 10 Insider Build 14342 yesterday along with a new cumulative update for Windows 10 and security patches for all supported versions of Windows. The new version is […]
Turns out, Windows 10 upgrade will remain free for some
Microsoft revealed this week that the free ride to grab an upgrade to the company's new operating system Windows 10 will indeed be over at the one year launch mark. This means […]
Microsoft: Free Windows 10 upgrade ends July 29
Microsoft announced today that the free Windows 10 upgrade offer ends on July 29th, 2016. The company has been tight lipped about what happens after the one year free upgrade period to […]
Foobar2000 Mobile for Windows 10
Foobar2000 Mobile for Windows 10 is a new mobile version of the popular music player for Windows designed specifically for Windows 10's Universal Windows Platform. The developer of Foobar 2000 held a […]
Microsoft's Windows 10 Search lock already bypassed
Microsoft announced on April 28, 2016 that it implemented a change on Windows 10 that prevents third-party programs from hijacking the operating system's web search functionality. It took one day to create […]
Microsoft blocks third-party search engines on Windows 10
Microsoft announced today that it made the decision to enforce the use of Microsoft Edge and Bing with Cortana on its Windows 10 operating system. The introduction of the digital assistant Cortana […]
Microsoft to patch Windows 10 photo importing
Microsoft will release an update for Windows 10 on the next Patch Tuesday (May 10th, 2016) that fixes a photo import issue in the system's official Photos application. The bug prevents some […]
Microsoft gamifies Windows 10 bug hunting
Microsoft promised to deliver builds faster to Windows 10 insiders and it certainly kept its word so far as Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14332 has just been released. Considering that the […]
Bypass login after Windows 10 Updates
Some Windows Updates require a restart of the computer to complete the installation process. Whenever that happens, and you have not configured the system to bypass the login prompt automatically, you are […]
A look at Windows 10's Anniversary Update Start Menu
Microsoft revealed during the Build 2016 Conference it held recently some of the improvements and feature additions that would come to Windows 10 as part of the operating system's Anniversary Update. The […]
Make any Search Engine the default on Windows 10
The following guide describes how you can make any search engine the default when you are running searches on Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system. If you have used Windows 10 before you […]
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 release month for the operating system's Anniversary […]
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. While you can use […]
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. The main idea behind the feature is to […]
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. The Fast Ring is the cutting edge channel when it comes to […]
Turn off Lock Screen ads in Windows 10
Microsoft may use the Windows 10 lock screen to display promotions to you at times. The first, and only as far as I know, promotion that Microsoft ran on the lock screen […]
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 system. Steam's Hardware and Software Survey, as […]
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. Formerly known as Redstone, it is […]
Report: Windows 10 upgrade may turn retail OS into OEM version
Microsoft's free upgrade offer to Windows 10 stands until July 2016. Customers who work on genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 systems may upgrade those systems to Microsoft's newest operating system Windows […]
Never 10: prevent upgrades to Windows 10
Never 10 is a new program by Gibson Research for machines running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to prevent the upgrade to Windows 10 on these systems. Microsoft makes it quite difficult […]
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 Edge that introduces initial […]
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 Windows 10 […]
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. While I don't have any use for web searches that Microsoft added to search -- web search […]
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. Most Windows 10 users are probably using passwords, either for a […]
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. The feature introduced in Windows 7 enabled you to […]
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 are placed prominently in the operating system's start […]
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 connection requirement. Windows Defender is […]
Disable Skypehost.exe (Windows Skype) on Windows 10
Skypehost.exe (Windows Skype) is a process that runs on PCs that are powered by Microsoft's operating system Windows 10 by default. It does so by default right after installation or first start […]
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. The menu displays all drives by default as well as default system folders […]
Control Windows Updates with W10Privacy Tool
The recent update of the privacy tool W10Privacy to version 2.0 introduced a new feature to the software program that lets you control the update functionality of the Windows operating system through […]
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 operating system. This changes with […]
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. That's useful if you need to connect to the network again in […]
How to make any program the default on Windows 10
When Windows 10 users want to change default apps on their system, they will likely stumble upon the "default apps" options menu in the operating system's Settings application. There you find a […]
How to analyze and reduce battery use on Windows 10 PCs
Whenever a new operating system is released, regardless of whether it is a new version of Windows or a mobile operating system, it is almost a given that battery performance improvements are […]
