Windows 10 continues to do well usage-share wise
How well is Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system doing after three months, and is its growth slowing down or picking up? Usage-share stats from companies like NetMarketShare are one indicator of how […]
Windows 10 Build 10576 brings media casting support in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft released a new build to the Windows Insider channel today that updates Windows 10 to build 10576. The new build includes improvements for the Microsoft Edge browser mostly plus several fixes […]
Beware, Microsoft plans to push Windows 10 on even more Windows 7 and 8 systems
Microsoft wants computer systems that run Windows 7 or 8 to be upgraded to Windows 10, there is no doubt about that. The company projected that more than one billion Windows 10 […]
Fix and repair Windows 10 issues with FixWin 10
FixWin 10 is an update to the popular FixWin application that introduces several Windows 10 specific repair options to the application. We have reviewed FixWin back in 2010 when it was released […]
CCleaner can uninstall Windows 10 apps now
Yesterday's CCleaner update to version 5.11 introduces several new features to the popular application. One of them allows users on Windows 8 or newer versions of Windows to uninstall Windows apps from […]
First big Windows 10 Patch to be released early November
Microsoft released several new Windows Insider builds since the final release of its new Windows 10 operating system a couple of months ago. The company released patches for Windows 10 RTM as […]
Windows users report Windows 10 upgrades are enforced on their systems
Reports are coming in that Windows 10 upgrades seem to be enforced on some systems without users explicitly giving permissions beforehand to download and install the upgrade to Microsoft's newest operating system. […]
Microsoft improves activation in Windows 10 in latest Insider Build
There are numerous posts on the Internet where users report issues with activating Windows 10 either on a fresh install of the operating system or after upgrading from an existing version of […]
Latest Windows Insider Build 10565 brings much needed improvements
Microsoft has pushed out a new Windows 10 Insider build to Fast Ring users that upgrade the operating system to build 10565 and with it come much needed improvements that include saving […]
Windows 10 patches make a return on Windows 7 and 8
If you are running Windows 7 or 8 and don't want to upgrade to Windows 10, you are in constant battle with updates that Microsoft is pushing out to those systems that […]
MailStore Home 8.3 brings official Windows 10 and Outlook 2016 support
This year's first update for the popular email backup program MailStore Home brings official support for Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system and email client Outlook 2016. MailStore Home is my go-to […]
Fix blurry font issues on Windows 10 with DPI Fix
I don't change the DPI scaling on devices I work with normally but if you do, you may have noticed that the feature is somehow making fonts blurry in some parts of […]
Usage stats indicate Windows 10's growth is slowing down (still good though)
Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system has been out for two full months and usage stats indicate that the operating system's growth slowed down considerably in September 2015. It was not surprising that […]
Microsoft's official Windows 10 Activation Guide
Microsoft's Windows 10 Activation guide offers detailed information about how activation works on the company's newest operating system. Activation on Windows 10 is not as straightforward as it has been in previous […]
Windows 10: data collecting all for the greater good
When it comes to Windows 10, Microsoft's new operating system, privacy is without doubt a hot topic. Ever since the operating system was released, fears about an all-seeing and reporting operating system […]
Microsoft finally reveals missing information about updates in Windows 10
Updates released for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system are different in several regards. While most home users still get them through Windows Update, several key aspects of updates have changed in Windows […]
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. The ads are displayed in the […]
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. The former is a set of critical system variables like the path of the Windows directory or […]
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 customizing and configuring the […]
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. The company has changed how operating system updates are created and deployed significantly […]
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. While I like it more than Windows 8, it […]
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). One of the things […]
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 be made available. […]
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. Sometimes, and I'm not sure what triggers this, Chrome freezes. What I mean by […]
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. While it was provided before the release of […]
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 Windows shipped with, the calculator application comes to mind, […]
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. The company mentioned more than once that it plans to deploy Windows 10 on […]
Ashampoo free AntiSpy program for Windows 10
There is certainly no shortage of privacy related programs for Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system. If you compare that to programs released for Windows 7 or 8, you will notice that […]
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 search. Another feature is the […]
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. Windows 10 includes options to change formats, e.g. short […]
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. What you may notice is that dialogs may not […]
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. While you can right-click on the desktop on Windows 10 […]
How to disable or delay taskbar previews in Windows 10
Windows 10, just like Windows 7 and 8.x, displays thumbnail previews of open program windows when you hover over icons in the Windows Taskbar. This can be convenient at times, especially if […]
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. NetMarketShare's published desktop operating system usage share statistics for […]
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 […]
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. Some users prefer to do a clean install […]
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. The only figure that Microsoft released was that Windows […]
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 use to determine whether their device was fast enough […]
List of Windows 10 desktop shortcut keys
Keyboard shortcuts can be great time savers regardless of application you are using them in. No matter if it is Ctrl-t in Firefox to open a new tab, Windows-Pause to open the […]
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. Windows Search would suddenly stop working and return no result at all. As […]
