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If you’re having any problems using the Microsoft Store on Windows 10, it’s probably because of an issue with files cached on the system to improve the experience of the app. In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to clear the cache of the Microsoft Store app on Windows 10. Clear Microsoft Store cache for inbox apps Clear Microsoft Store cache for other apps Clear Microsoft Store cache for inbox apps To clear the Store app cache on Windows 10, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the command will clear the cache and reset the Microsoft Store to fix problems using the experience or downloading apps....

We all have noticed for sometime that Google has been adding many new features to search, Google Instant predictions, Personals results, Results details, and many others. These tools may be useful for many users, but I just like a simple search result page with a list of good links that contain the answer I am looking for, and nothing more. Google provides the good search results capability, but additional features can be a little bit annoying for some....

You’ll also notice new visualization elements as you navigate and interact with an app, such as light to illuminate elements to make them more discoverable and improve interaction, and a new pulse of light effect as you click an element. These particular visual changes are actually known as Acrylic Material and Reveal Highlight. They’re part of the Microsoft Fluent Design System, a new design language that aims to move from the traditional flat design to a new language to make Windows 10 and app more immersive and engaging for users....

For example, if you copy a phone number, the flyout would suggest making the call with Microsoft Teams or other apps available on the computer. Coping a date or time will suggest creating a calendar event, and when you choose the app, the event will create with all the information already filled in. The feature is available starting with Windows 11 build 25115 and higher releases, and it’s expected to ship with version 23H2, which should arrive during the second half of 2023....

However, unlike the Microsoft solution, Rufus creates a USB installation media and does it faster. You can even prepare a USB drive with an older version of Windows 10 (including Windows 8.1). In this guide, you will learn the steps to use Rufus to download the ISO file and create a bootable media to install Windows 10 from scratch. How to use Rufus to download ISO and create bootable Windows 10 USB To use Rufus to download the Windows 10 ISO file and create a bootable media, connect a USB flash drive with 8GB of space, and then use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you can use the bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 10 using a clean or in-place upgrade installation....

Since this is still a feature under development, it doesn’t work as expected, but it gives us an early look at changes that may be coming if future updates on Windows 11 for customization. If you want to get hands-on with the new dialog interface, you can use a third-party tool known as “ViVeTool” created by Rafael Rivera and Lucas on GitHub to enable the new experience (via @FireCubeStudios) on your computer....

If the feature sounds familiar, it’s because this is the same feature available for the Lock screen, which the company has adapted to change the wallpaper automatically to keep the desktop fresh. This guide will teach you the steps to set dynamic background images on the Windows 11 desktop. Enable Spotlight desktop on Windows 11 Enable Spotlight desktop from Themes Enable Spotlight desktop on Windows 11 To enable Windows Spotlight desktop on Windows 11, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the first desktop wallpaper will automatically be set on the desktop, and the background image will change during the day....

Also, there are other features Microsoft is working on, but they just aren’t ready for prime time — this is the case of the new Clock experience. For years, we’ve seen the same calendar and analog clock in the System Tray, but in the Windows 10 January Technical Preview, there is a new Clock experience that Windows Insiders can enable by modifying the Registry. This new hidden Clock experience follows the same modern design you’ll find throughout Windows 10....

Starting with Windows 11, Microsoft is changing the system requirement and making TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot a prerequisite to perform an in-place upgrade or clean install the new version on any device. This is in addition to the new 4GB of RAM and at least 64GB of storage. A TPM is a piece of hardware that provides cryptographic functions, such as generating and storing encryption keys to enable features like Windows Hello, BitLocker, and others....

Now if you are using the operating system in your main PC, you’ve got so used to it, you already made it your own and now all of a sudden, you noticed in the watermark in the bottom-right corner of the screen that Windows 8 is running out time. And worse, the Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day trial cannot be upgraded. One solution for this is, of course, backup your data and make a clean install of the operating system, but if you don’t have the time, you can extend the trial period of Windows 8, and this guide we’ll show you how to do it:...

Although it doesn’t often happen, you might have to know the IP address of your computer or the address that connects you to the internet. For example, knowing your LAN (local area network) address comes in handy to configure file sharing, troubleshoot networking problems, or connect with other devices in the network. On the other hand, knowing the WAN (wide area network) address can help troubleshoot internet issues, configure external access, and more....

Whatever the problem might be, even if you are not sure it is a drive-related issue, you can use the built-in “Check Disk” tool to resolve many common problems. Check Disk (chkdsk) is a tool that has been around for years that can scan the integrity of the file system on a partition and repair any logical errors. The utility can also fix bad sectors if data does not write correctly or a physical problem with the drive exists....

Regardless of the reason, on Windows 11, you can use the Check Disk tool to fix most logical problems through File Explorer, Command Prompt, and PowerShell. Check Disk (chkdsk) is a tool that can scan the integrity of the file system on a partition and repair any logical errors. The command-line tool can also check and repair bad sectors if data does not write correctly or there is a physical problem with the drive....

Recently, I bought the fitness tracker taking advantage of the recent (temporary) price cut, but after a few days I began noticing that most current data wasn’t available on the Microsoft Health app on my phone or through the web dashboard. While it was a little frustrating, it wasn’t anything that a simple troubleshooting steps couldn’t fix the problem. After performing some of solutions commonly recommended by Microsoft, the band immediately started syncing, and best of all, not only I was able to sync the latest data, but data from previous days as well....

Although the search feature works well for the most part, sometimes, it may not show results as expected, use too much resources, or may stop working, and this when the Indexer Diagnostics app comes in handy. Indexer Diagnostics is an app from Microsoft that is available from the Microsoft Store, and it includes the necessary tools to troubleshoot and fix most common problems with Windows Search. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to troubleshoot and fix problems with the Windows Search feature on Windows 10 using the Indexer Diagnostics app....

The Security Checkup dashboard allows users to enhance their Google Account by reviewing all the security settings currently in place, including recovery information and settings that can be configured on the spot, such as secondary email address and recovery phone number. It also let users see the account permissions and recent activity monitoring. What’s important to mention is that to lure people to actually take action and make sure they are safer online, Google is offering 2GB of free Drive storage space for those who take the two minutes to perform the check up....

There are times when people have only one computer and they have to share it with family members or friends. Many times the people you share the computer with are not tech savvies, and you may not want them to be saving or deleting files in Windows “C” drive or in another hard drive that may have data that you are not open to share with everyone. What you can do in this case is use the Local Computer Policy in Windows to enable a setting to remove the icons representing selected hard drives from My Computer and from the Windows Explorer, plus the drive letters from the selected hard drivers will not appear in the standards Open dialog box....

If you want to keep your screen from turning off, you can set the power options to “never” to prevent the display timing out using the Settings app, Control Panel, and Command Prompt. In this guide, you’ll learn the easiest ways to prevent the computer screen from turning off on Windows 10. Set screen to never turn off using Settings Set screen to never turn off using Control Panel Set screen to never turn off using Command Prompt...

Follow the next steps to open pinned websites in the desktop version of Internet Explorer: Even though there are two versions of IE (desktop and Metro) in Windows 8, both share a common place to configure settings, and they are all located in the Internet Options. In the Start Screen type: Internet Options, click Settings below the search box, and from the left click Internet Options. From the Internet Options navigate to the Programs tab, and check the option “Open Internet Explorer tiles on the desktop”....

Personal Identification Number, or PIN for short, is usually a set of numbers that you use to quickly sign in to your account. While a PIN looks much like a password, there are number of differences between the two. PIN vs. password The PIN is meant to be shorter and easier to remember, and most of the time only contains 4-6 numbers (ex. 1234), whereas a password is usually longer with a complex mix of numbers, letters, and symbols (ex....