Microsoft releases first preview of PowerToys for Windows 10
The first public release of PowerToys is now available for download featuring the two utilities FanzyZones and Shortcuts Guide.
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Surprise, Microsoft changed Windows Update behavior for the better in Windows 10 1903
Since the release of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system in 2015, updating and patching was at the heart of criticism that administrators and power users le
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Eyes Alarm is a nice take-a-break add-on for Firefox and Chrome
We discuss many Firefox add-ons and Chrome extensions here on gHacks, but the majority of those are either related to security or productivity.
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My Experience with the mobile version of Brave on Android
I don't use Google Chrome on Android; while the browser offers good compatibility and performance, its lack of support for extensions and thus content-blocking
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Open Shell: Classic Shell menu reborn
Open-Shell (formerly Classic Shell) is free open-source software that restores the classic, customizable Start Menu to Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11.
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LyricsReloaded is a plugin for Musicbee that adds a lot of lyrics sources
Musicbee and Foobar2000 are -- in my opinion -- the best music players available for Windows.
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Time to check Face Recognition settings on Facebook
Facebook announced the global roll out of the Face Recognition setting for new users and existing users who had access to the tag suggestions feature today.
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Customize Do Not Disturb Schedules on Android 10
The new Android 10 is available already for select devices; my Google Pixel 3a received the update some hours ago and it went through without issues.
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DISM-GUI: small helper app to run admin commands with a click
DISM-GUI is a small 24 Kilobyte program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that administrators may use to run certain admin commands with a click.
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Mozilla won't follow Google in limiting APIs in coming Extensions Manifest v3
Google revealed some time ago that it was working on a new Extensions Manifest file for the Chrome web browser.
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How to locate a noisy tab in Firefox and switch to it instantly
This article isn't about annoying auto-playing videos.
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What is the best free archiver to extract archives and compress files?
Windows users have quite a few options when it comes to the selection of so-called archivers.
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WinFi Lite: Download WiFi Analyzer for Windows
WinFi Lite is a networking program and app for Microsoft Windows devices designed to monitor, analyze, and manage wireless networks.
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Firefox 69.0 release information
Firefox 69.
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Beeftext: Open-source text expander for Windows
Beeftext is a free open-source text substitution and expansion tool designed for Windows.
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Old Edge or IE may be best option to run Flash content until end of 2020
Adobe Flash will be retired at the end of 2020; Adobe announced that it won't support Flash after 2020 anymore and major browser makers announced Flash shutdown
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Malwarebytes Browser Guard for Firefox and Chrome leaves Beta
Malwarebytes launched a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox in early 2018 that it called Malwarebytes for Chrome and Malwarebytes for Firefo
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CPU Spike bug in latest Windows 10 1903 update reported to Microsoft
Microsoft released the cumulative update KB4512941 for Windows 10 version 1903 last week; soon thereafter, reports started to emerge on several Internet forums
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DownThemAll WebExtension now available for Firefox
The classic DownThemAll extension for the Firefox web browser is now available as a WebExtension which makes it compatible with all recent versions of the Firef
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File Copier: copy damaged files from discs or hard drives
File Copier is a free program for Microsoft Windows devices designed to copy corrupt or damaged files from optical discs or hard drives.
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KB4512941 for Windows 10 version 1903
The second cumulative patch for the current version of Windows 10, in this case Windows 10 version 1903, is always late to the party.
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Audacious is an open source music player for Windows and Linux that supports Winamp skins
Once upon a time, the world of Windows music players was ruled by Winamp.
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Quickly check the GPU Temperature in the Windows 10 Task Manager
Microsoft extended the functionality of the Task Manager in the Windows 10 operating system.
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Create Windows Sandbox configuration files with Sandbox Configuration Manager
Sandbox Configuration Manager is a free program for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system that helps users of the system create sandbox configuration files.
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Quicktext for Thunderbird lets you create email templates and add them to your emails in seconds
Quicktext is an add-on for the Thunderbird email client that lets you create templates that you may insert into emails at any time.
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How to add an extensions menu to Microsoft Edge (Chromium)
The latest Canary version of the upcoming Microsoft Edge browser that is based on Chromium supports an extensions menu to improve extension manageability; when
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If you are not offered Windows 10 version 1903, try disabling hard drive encryption
When Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 10 version 1903 some months ago, I wanted to upgrade one of my machines running Windows 10 version
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AI Image Enlarger: convert images from low to high definition
AI Image Enlarger is a free software program for Windows and Mac devices, and an online service, that you may use to turn low definition photos and images into
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Disable AMP in Firefox and Chrome with the Redirect AMP to HTML extension
For some, AMP is one of the worst things to happen to the internet.
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Microsoft: 2-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account attacks effectively
What is the best protection against attacks on accounts? Microsoft believes that it is 2-factor authentication, and the company has stats to back it up.
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Thunderbird 68.0 is out: major email client update
The Thunderbird team has released Thunderbird 68.
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First Look at Malwarebytes 4
Malwarebytes, maker of the security application Malwarebytes, released the first beta version of the upcoming major release Malwarebytes 4 to the public.
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How to block Blockadblock manually using uBlock Origin
A few days ago I encountered an issue with a website.
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Disable auto-invites to combat Google Calendar Spam
Google Calendar spam is not a new phenomenon; it has plagued Google Calendar users for years and spam seems to come and go in waves.
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Firefox 71 has a new Certificates Viewer
Mozilla plans to introduce a new Certificates Viewer in Firefox 71.
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Ghostwriter is an open source markdown editor with a polished interface
Ghostwriter is a distraction-free open source markdown editor that is available for Linux and Windows.
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Google modifies Chrome's Tab Context Menu heavily
If you run Google Chrome Canary, the cutting edge development version of the Chrome browser, you may have noticed that Google modified the Tab context menu heav
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6 Months before Support End, Microsoft brings DirectX 12 support to Windows 7
When Microsoft announced DirectX 12 in 2014, it did not reveal any compatibility information.
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Happy Birthday NirSoft! New Pre-Release Tools section online
The website Nirsoft, maintained by dedicated programmer Nir Sofer, turned 15 years today.
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Google Go for Android is now available globally
Google Go, a lightweight application for Android to use Google Search and other Google services, is available globally now.
