Latest articles tagged “windows 10”

If you decide you no longer need to keep the Windows.old folder around and want to delete it so you can gain free space, here are two easy methods on how to do just that. ... Read more

Find out if there is going to be a Windows 9 and the reasons why Microsoft skipped ahead to Windows 10. ... Read more

Microsoft has announced that it has just added an interesting twist to two-factor authentication within Windows 10. ... Read more

Perhaps one of the most exciting changes coming in Windows 10, is the new and improved command prompt. There are some changes that have been much needed for quite a while now, which we are finally getting to try out in the technical preview of W10. ... Read more

While many users will find the Notification Center useful and we'll see more improvements added to it in the future builds, some may want to disable it altogether. Here's how. ... Read more

A list of the top 15 features that have been introduced and improved upon in Windows 10 Technical Preview. ... Read more

An overview of the new features found in Microsoft first update to Windows 10 Technical Preview - Build 9860. ... Read more

If you still need to do some testing under XP, we'll show you here a method to install XP Mode under Windows 10, without having a setup disc or an installation ISO. ... Read more

By default, Show Desktop is located at the far bottom-right end of the taskbar. If you find that location inconvenient and you would rather have a Show Desktop icon located near the Start, like in Windows XP, we'll show you how to create one. ... Read more

Windows 10 hasn't been released yet and technology enthusiasts already want to change their Windows operating system to look more presentable. The guys at windowsxlive.net have released the first public build of their Windows 10 Transformation Pack. ... Read more

Microsoft has been quietly building up a significant retail presence since 2009. The Microsoft Store retail locations now cover the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The company has now secured a choice location with a new lease at 677 Fifth Avenue. ... Read more

If you're using the new beta at all, you should have the associated User Guide that Microsoft recently released. ... Read more

If you need to screen capture a User Account Control (UAC) prompt and tried the regular methods, you have noticed that both these screen capturing methods fail. Here are four methods to bypass this inconvenience and capture a UAC prompt. ... Read more

If you don't want to spend time to enter your password every time you logon, then this tutorial will fix this. We'll show you how to make your Windows 10 or 8 logon automatically, but this should work in Windows 7 and Vista as well. ... Read more

We've already discussed about the possibility of testing Windows 10 in a virtual machine, which is the safest way of previewing the new OS, and we'll now cover dual booting alongside Windows 7 or 8. ... Read more