Windows 10 S Becomes S Mode For Pro And Home

Similar to the “S” variant, the new “S Mode” will be a locked down version of Windows 10 that runs modern apps from Store, but now, it’ll be like a feature more than a different version. According to the report, Microsoft says that 60 percent of users usually remain on Windows 10 S, and those who switch, upgrade within the first day of setting up the device for the first time, and if they don’t switch in a week, then 83 percent stay on S....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Janet Canady

Windows 10 S Next Version Will Not Be Known As Autumn Creators Update In Some Countries

The same adjustment appears in the website for India, but on Germany, France, Canada, and in the US, the new version is still referred as the Fall Creators Update. Although the company has said in the past that was planning to use the “Fall Creators Update” name everywhere, it’s clear that the change aims to prevent confusion in different parts of the world where users are more familiar referring to the season as “autumn” instead of “fall”....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 250 words · Melanie Wallace

Windows 10 Update Kb4494441 Build 17763 503 Releases

KB4501835 update bumps the version number to build 17763.503, and according to the software giant, fixes security vulnerabilities, errors using virtual drives, and a few networking problems. In addition, the company is also releasing quality updates for previous version of Windows 10, including version 1709, 1703, 1607, and the original release. Windows 10 update KB4494441 for version 1809 Microsoft has announced KB4494441 in the Windows support site, and it’s referred as “May 14, 2019—KB4494441 (OS Build 17763....

December 5, 2022 · 4 min · 774 words · Nicholas Hargraves

Windows 10 Version 1809 Support Extended Through November 10 2020

In light of the ongoing health concerns and impact on businesses as a result of COVID-19 (coronavirus), “to contribute to reducing the stress of customers,” the software giant has decided to postpone the rollout of version 1809, and it’s extending the support through November 10, 2020. Other products are also getting their supported expended. For instance, Windows Server, version 1809 (Datacenter, Standard) will receive its final update on November 10, 2020, instead of May 12....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 308 words · Hilda Miller

Windows 10 Will Reactivate If License Isn T Liked To Microsoft Account

However, it appears that there is a bit of confusion, as some users thinks that linking the digital licence with a Microsoft account is required to reactivate Windows 10. And it’s not a requirement. Digital licence and Microsoft account A digital licence and linking the activation information to a Microsoft account are two different things. Using a digital licence simply means that after Windows 10 looks into your computer and generates a unique identifier based on your hardware, your system will successfully activate....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 385 words · Patricia Fontenot

Windows 11 Gets New Reinstall Feature To Repair System

It’s unclear how the feature will work since the system already has a reset feature to reinstall Windows 11 with the option to keep or remove your files. This is in addition to the feature to roll back to a previous version after an upgrade. According to @PhantomOcean3, who originally spotted the feature, describes the feature as an option to upgrade to the same build without media installation. If you are an Insider running the latest preview of Windows 11 from the Dev Channel, you can make enable the feature available in the Settings app using the ViveTool....

December 5, 2022 · 1 min · 176 words · Robert Burnett

Windows 11 Gets New Task Manager With Dark Mode Support

Similar to other components that Microsoft has been updating, the new Task Manager gets a new overhaul design treatment that matches the design style available on Windows 11 with rounded corners, mica material that shines the desktop background through the frame of the app, and new iconography. The new app isn’t officially available. Instead, it’s hidden in the latest preview of Windows 11 (build 22538) and needs to be enabled manually....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 335 words · Cary Collazo

Windows 11 Upgrade Expands To More Eligible Computers

“The availability of Windows 11 has been increased, and we are leveraging our latest generation machine learning model to offer the upgrade to an expanded set of eligible devices,” – the company said. Furthermore, with pretty much all the known bugs resolved, Microsoft is further recommending users to upgrade. “We recommend that you upgrade your devices to Windows 11 to take advantage of the latest features and advanced protection from security threats....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 219 words · George Kirkland

Windows 8 1 Show More Tiles Option Adds Extra Rows To The Start Screen

This new feature, Show More Tiles, only appears on high-density displays and it let users add extra rows of tiles to the Windows 8.1 Start screen. However the option also shows up on the new small devices with resolutions of 1280 x 800 or similar. If you know your screen sizes, you know that this isn’t exactly high-resolution, but apparently Microsoft is taking into account the amount of pixels per inch, plus the total screen resolution to enable Show More Tiles....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 270 words · Jason Mccallum

Windows Blue Build 9364 Leaked Reveals New Snap View Smaller Live Tiles And Enhancements

The early build of Blue images and videos circulating around the web suggest that the folks at Redmond are incorporating smaller live tiles (and even larger) to the Start screen, in addition to two tile sizes already present in the OS, more control on the personalization options such as, choosing virtually any background and accent color, and a few other enhancements. SEE ALSO: Watch This: Windows Blue build 9364 overview videos Probably one of the most significant UI changes in Windows Blue build 9364 is that users will be able to use Snap view with two modern apps splitting the screen in half for each app, very similar to the desktop version of snap....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 310 words · Alma Wright

Xbox 360 Free Games For November A World Of Keflings And Iron Brigade

Both games this month are arcade games with a regular price of $9.99 each. Now, from November 1st and until the 15th, you’ll be able to download A World of Keflings, and from Nov. 16th and until the end of the month Xbox Live Gold members can download Iron Brigade. For those still unfamiliar to the promotion, Microsoft has a “Games With Gold” program that offers 2 games every month for free to all Xbox Live Gold members....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 217 words · Jacob Short

Xbox One December Update Delivers Faster Download Speeds

According to the company, the new Xbox One update for December brings various optimizations to make game and app download a lot faster. After installing this update, users with internet connection greater than 100Mbps should experience up to 80% faster download speeds. On the other hand, users with an internet connection that is less than 100Mbps should see download improvements of up to 40% faster. Xbox One version 10.0.14393.2152 (rs1_xbox_rel_1610 161208-1218) fre also includes background downloads improvements to make it more resilient to intermittent connection problems, and a number of stability and performance improvements....

December 5, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Detra Todd

Amazon Assistant Extension Now Available For Microsoft Edge

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December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 34 words · Charles Yoon

Beautiful Blossoms Theme For Windows 10 Download

A simple and natural tiara of daisies appears forgotten on the grass in one of the images, in another the opening of a flower to greet the sun, then there you’ll find the white little flowers, the fuchsias, and many more that could serve perfectly as your new desktop wallpapers. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section. Beautiful Blossoms theme | Download All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied....

December 4, 2022 · 1 min · 100 words · Stanley Johnson

Big Update For Halo The Master Chief Collection Released

Below you have the full list of changes of the latest update of The Master Chief Collection: Matchmaking: Made an update to make sure a match only starts when teams are even. Players will now receive a ‘loss’ when disconnecting before a round has ended. Made an update to include all split screen players in vote tally. Resolved an issue that caused players to become stuck “Joining Session.” Resolved an issue where players could be dropped from matchmaking after disconnecting their controller....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 373 words · Kaye Evans

Black Friday 2014 Best Deals And Tips Not To Get Screwed

Below is the list of major retailers offering the best Black Friday deals. For more information I would recommend you to visit BlackFriday.com, the website dedicated to publish every single deal there is to know on the biggest shopping day of the year. Microsoft Store If you’re a Windows user, you should stop first by the Microsoft Store. This year Microsoft is offering many deals on laptops, phones, tablets, and especially on Xbox....

December 4, 2022 · 8 min · 1700 words · Ann Montague

Cortana For Windows 10 Coming To Canada South America Japan Australia And More Countries

According to the software giant, Cortana will come to Windows 10 in Japan, Australia, India, and Canada “over the coming months”. In addition, it will also be available to Windows Insiders in French in Canada, and in Brazil and Mexico. Microsoft is not taking any risks on rushing things, and it’s taking its time to roll out the new assistant slowly to get it right. The company says that is carefully tweaking Cortana to ensure that the experience fits the local culture....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 278 words · Darren Lebrecque

Cumulative Update Kb3176925 Arrives To Windows 10 Anniversary Update

With only a few days left until the official release of the Anniversary Update, and rolling out of an update instead of a new preview builds, also confirms that Windows 10 build 14393 is the version that is being considered “final” or “RTM” (Release to Manufacturing). The cumulative update KB3176925 doesn’t bring new features. It only contains several fixes and improvements that further stabilizes Windows 10 for the August 2nd release....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 222 words · Robert Cupp

Cumulative Update Kb3176932 Rolls Out To Windows 10 Version 1607

However, up until now, we didn’t know the changes and improvements Microsoft was including with the update. Today, the company has published the changelog for KB3176932 (also known as KB3176934), which brings the operating system version to Windows 10 build 14393.82. What’s new on Windows 10 build 14393.82 Fixed issue that prevents external media from playing on Xbox One using the Cast to Device menu. Improved performance for Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) with many nodes or disks, scrolling lists on Xbox, DHCP address acquisition, Active Directory queries, and the Cluster Health service....

December 4, 2022 · 3 min · 489 words · Robbin Vining

Customize Windows 8 S Start Screen With Different Images Using Decor8

Features included in Decor8 include: change the Start screen image, ability to set one or multiple backgrounds in a “slide mode”, automatically adjust the scheme color of Windows to match the image or the user can use a custom color scheme (background, standard tile, accent and text color). Additionally, the application can scale and fade any image to fit the screen. Gallery It also provides options to change the number of rows to display tiles, how to control the parallax scrolling — this is the effect that moves the background when you scroll the Start screen –, and whether to apply the color scheme to chrams — More feature details....

December 4, 2022 · 2 min · 243 words · Kazuko Cobb