Windows 8 brings a radical change to the way we use computers and as much as Microsoft wants every user to fully embrace the new “Modern UI”, many people aren’t just ready for the change. If you fall in this category there is a new nifty utility that disables the new Windows 8 interface completely, that is the Modern tile-based experience, and restores the Start menu you know and love....
The new Facebook software integration brings Facebook services front and center, and apps second. What is Facebook Home Facebook Home isn’t a phone OS, it’s just a family of apps Facebook Home is a piece of software package as a mobile phone app that users will be able to download for free at the Google Play Store. It basically replaces your current home screen experience and adds a new set of apps, turning the device into a social phone — Just to make it clear, Facebook Home isn’t a new phone operating system is simply a family of apps....
The rosebuds are very delicate in this presentation, just like the butterflies pollinating different flowers and the rich colors on the rose petals captured very closely with the camera lens; all making up the perfect view within the limits of your office. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section. Garden Glimpses 4 theme | Download All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied....
Although when you check Microsoft’s Xbox website and do a search for Fable III the price will say $19.99, but logging in to your Xbox Live account in your Xbox 360 will say “Free Download”. Intended or unintended? I don’t know, but it seems that Microsoft is in full-gear to embrace the cloud as the primary method of game delivery. Today’s bargain actually coincide with Microsoft’s Xbox media briefing at E3, where the company is expected to reveal more information on Xbox One, but specially about games coming for the video game console later this year....
If are wondering how the feature suppose to work, here is the quick and dirty explanation: if you decide to opt-in to Find My Face. When one of your friends uploads a photo and you are in it, he/she will get an alert saying “Is this your-name-here?”, and now they can easily tag you in the photo. After the tag is made you’ll get another notification where you can accept or reject the action — it is all up to you....
This is the situation, instead of using encryption with BitLocker, you opted to use the encryption attribute feature within Windows. For a while you were able to access and modify encrypted data with no problem. One day you decided to reinstall Windows, then you tried to open a document that you have encrypted before, but now you discover that you get the Access denied dialog box — Now what, right?...
Nowadays, this isn’t much of an issue anymore, as Windows 10 can detect most of the drivers on your device automatically. In addition, you can always visit your device manufacturer’s support website to download the latest drivers. However, there will be times when Windows 10 won’t be able to install certain drivers or your manufacturer will stop offering the driver for a particular device. Fortunately, Windows 10 includes a command to backup every driver installed on your computer, which you can use before reinstalling Windows 10....
The Windows Spotlight is a feature on Windows 11 that connects with the Microsoft servers to dynamically change the desktop background automatically with different images from around the world. On the other hand, the Slideshow feature allows you to select a folder with personal pictures or other types of images that will rotate automatically at a specified time range. This guide will teach you the ways to show different desktop wallpapers throughout the day on Windows 11....
The only caveat using the tool is that you won’t get the scan results when running the chkdsk /r c: command. Instead, the computer will reboot immediately after the scan without any messages. However, the tool saves the scan results as an application log, which you can review using the Event Viewer. In this guide, you will learn the step to review the results of a chkdsk command on Windows 10....
The system requirements for version 22H2 haven’t changed, which means that if your computer is already on Windows 11, it’s likely that the device will be compatible with the next version when it releases on September 20. However, if you are unsure or have a Windows 10 device, you can check some Registry strings to confirm whether the next feature update will be available for your computer. This guide will teach you the steps to find out if your device will support the installation of Windows 11 22H2....
However, cache data and cookies not always work perfectly, and sometimes this data may prevent websites from loading correctly on Firefox, in which case, clearing the cache and cookies may fix the problem. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to clear the cache and cookies on Firefox on your Windows 10 computer, but you can use these instructions for other operating systems as well. How to clear Firefox cache and cookies To clear cookies and cache data from Firefox, use these steps: Once you completed the steps, websites will load as they should, but you’ll notice that they will take longer to load than usual....
Instructions From the Start screen do a search and launch netplwiz. When the User Account window appear uncheck the option “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” Click Apply and you’ll be asked to supply your credentials one last time, enter your current password, confirm and click OK. If you want to test the changes, reboot your PC and watch Windows 8 logon automatically. Now the question is: Why would like to set up an automatic logon instead of just simply removing the password from your Windows account?...
In Windows 10 things are changing in a big way and yes, you can now have Universal apps shortcuts on the desktop. You can now easily create an app shortcut by dragging and dropping a Live Tile to the desktop (when you’re doing this action, you’ll notice a small tooltip indicating the action “Create link in Desktop”), and it also works when dragging a Universal app tile from the All Apps list to the desktop....
The Windows 7 “Backup and Restore” feature, which was renamed to “Windows 7 File History” in Windows 8, was somewhat simple tool that allowed users to create a system image backup of their PCs. Basically, it was a program able to make an exact copy of a hard drive and primarily let users recover from hardware failure in a timely manner without losing their desktop applications (e.g., iTunes, Chrome, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, etc....
Microsoft Forms is an online service like Google Forms that ease the process of creating all sorts of forms with a variety of question types, including multiple choice, text, rating, Likert, and net promoter score, which you can share with other people to collect feedback from virtually anywhere using a laptop or desktop device running Windows 10 or any other operating system or mobile device. The service even offers tools to check results in real-time, analytics, and more....
On Windows 10, Storage Spaces is a feature that has been around for a long time, and you can use it to protect your data from hardware failure by combining two or more drives into a pool, which you can then use to create spaces (volumes) to store data. If you have previously created a pool and space and no longer need it, Windows 10 includes at least two ways to delete a pool that removes the spaces and any data on them....
However, if you have a particular app that you don’t want to use with groups of tabs, instead of disabling Sets on Windows 10, you can add the app to the list that you want to disable. For instance, perhaps you find Sets useful to group apps you frequently use, but you don’t want File Explorer, Settings, and Microsoft Store apps from being included into sets of tabs. In the guide, you’ll learn the steps to quickly disable apps from being included in sets of tabs on Windows 10....
Usually, as soon as a new version of the desktop operating system becomes available, Microsoft will update the Installation Assistant and Media Creation Tool to upgrade devices to the latest release, making it impossible to use these tools to install an earlier release. If you need to roll back after the upgrade, you can use the recovery settings to uninstall version 22H2. However, if the option is no longer available or doesn’t work, you can use “Rufus” to download the Windows 11 21H2 ISO file after version 22H2 becomes available....
By modifying a simple registry key, users can now add a dark theme to the Settings app and other parts like on the Network and volume control in the Notification area. The new theme works independently from the dark theme that users can enable in Windows 10 build 10074 with the Personalization options in the Settings app. Enable dark hidden dark theme If you want to know what else is new, or if you haven’t install build 10074, check out this previous write-up....
A TPM is a chip that offers cryptographic functions, such as generating and storing encryption keys to enable features like Windows Hello, BitLocker, and others. Secure Boot is a firmware technology that protects the boot process so that malware (such as rootkits) cannot attack the trusted OS during startup. If you plan to install Insider Preview builds or run the final version of Windows 11 on a virtual machine using VMware Workstation, the application includes TPM and Secure Boot options....
