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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SMPlayer Media Player Review
SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows operating systems and Linux that uses the free media engines MPV and MPlayer for playback.
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Kaspersky Internet Security Review
Kaspersky Internet Security is a long-standing security program for the Windows operating system by Russian security firm Kaspersky.
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First look at Simplenote for Windows
Simplenote is a popular note taking app for Mac and various mobile operating systems that is now also available for Windows and Linux.
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Bitdefender Total Security 2016 Review
Bitdefender Total Security 2016 is Bitdefender's flagship security program for the Windows operating system.
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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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Beat Idle Games with Auto Clicker
Auto Clicker is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that provides you with the means to beat idle games by simulating left mouse clicks.
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GreenBits for Android: get your own Bitcoin address
GreenBits is a Bitcoin Wallet application for the Android operating system that provides you with your own Bitcoin address, and sending and receiving functional
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WinAntiRansom Review
WinAntiRansom is a commercial program for the Windows operating system that is been designed to protect PCs against ransomware attacks.
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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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AutoStarter X4: batch start files, sites, more
AutoStarter x4 is a free program for the Windows operating system that enables you to batch start files, sites and other resources effortlessly without scriptin
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Anti-Ransomware Software Overview
There are two types of Anti-Ransomware software programs: those that protect the system in real-time against incoming threats, and those that disinfect the syst
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HostedNetworkStarter: turn your PC into a WiFi Hotspot
HostedNetworkStarter enables you to turn your Windows PC into a WiFi hotspot so that other devices can use the computer's Internet connection.
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Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware released
Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware is a new product by security company Bitdefender to protect Windows PCs against several ransomware families.
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Kolor Eyes: Watch VR videos in 2D
Kolor Eyes is a free video player for Windows, Mac, and mobile operating systems that you can use to watch Virtual Reality (VR) content on 2D screens.
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Please Mozilla, give me control over System Add-ons
System add-ons are a relatively new feature of the Firefox web browser.
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Microsoft is betting that digital pens are here to stay
I recently wrote an article on Ghacks titled “Is Samsung Giving up on the S-Pen?â€, which argued that Samsung is shying away
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Textify: copy text that cannot be copied
Textify is a free portable program for the Windows operating system that enables you to copy text from dialogs and windows that cannot be copied usually.
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Honeyview: fast image viewer for Windows
Honeyview is a fast portable image viewer for Windows from the makers of the excellent archive manager Bandizip.
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Improve Netflix with Flix Plus for Chrome
Flix Plus is a Chrome extension designed to improve your Netflix experience by adding options to hide spoilers, fade watched items and skip the postplay present
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Stand-Bye: better Windows Sleep management
Stand-Bye is a free portable program for the Windows operating system designed to improve configuration and management of the sleep mode.
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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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How to use multiple Chrome profiles
Google Chrome, just like Mozilla Firefox, supports different Chrome profiles that you can make use of to work with different sets of bookmarks, open sites, exte
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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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Remove continue watching from Netflix
To remove a title from your Netflix "Continue Watching" row, select the show or movie, choose the "Remove from row" option (or "X" on desktop), and confirm.
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NoScript: A Simple Guide for Beginners
NoScript is a powerful web browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Tor that enhances security by blocking JavaScript, Flash, and other executable scripts on
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Nik Collection by Google is now free
Google's Nik Collection, a desktop suite of powerful image editing plugins for Adobe Photoshop and other imaging solutions, is now freely available.
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Firefox Location Bar Mastery
Second part in the Back To Basics series.
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Install multiple programs at once with these convenient tools
If you ever had to set up a new Windows computer from scratch, you know how time consuming it can be to install all the programs you need on the machine.
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How to uninstall Avast SafeZone Browser
Avast SafeZone Browser is one of the components that may gets added to your Windows machine when you install the antivirus solution.
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BurnAware 9.0 burning software released
BurnAware is a burning software for the Windows operating system that is available as a free, premium and professional version.
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AVG TuneUp Review
AVG TuneUp (formerly AVG PC TuneUp) is a software utility suite designed to optimize, clean, and speed up Windows PCs, Macs, and Android devices.
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Latest Vivaldi update fixes video issues
The Vivaldi team builds new snapshots of the Vivaldi web browser regularly, and the latest snapshot fixes a freezing video issue on Windows 10, and adds a new t
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How to set qBittorrent to only use your VPN (kill switch)
To set qBittorrent to only use your VPN, bind it to the VPN's network adapter.
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Keypirinha: Keystroke launcher for Windows
Keypirinha is a fast, lightweight, and highly customizable keyboard-driven launcher for Windows, designed specifically for power users and "keyboard ninjas".
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Firelux brings f.lux functionality to Firefox
Firelux is a brand new add-on for the Firefox web browser that brings f.
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LogWizard is a powerful Windows Log Viewer
LogWizard is a free, open source, log viewer for the Windows operating system that offers powerful features and an easy to use interface.
