Latest articles tagged “windows 10”

Contrary to what many businesses may have believed, Windows 10 for Enterprise will not be free in the first year for companies who wish to upgrade swiftly from Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1. There will also be two possible update paths to follow. ... Read more

The Quick Actions shortcuts in the Actions Center can be configured to your liking. Here's how. ... Read more

The January build of Windows 10 Technical Preview introduced a search box instead of the icon/button previously used for searching. Here's how to transform this search box back into a button. ... Read more

In this tutorial we'll show you how to download a legal copy of Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10) and run it in a virtual machine under Windows, Linux, or Mac. ... Read more

Want to give the latest Windows 10 a go? Trying using a virtual machine to install the newest build. One such choice for visualization is the Oracle VM VirtualBox software. Here we explain how to install VirtualBox and Windows 10 Technical Preview. ... Read more

The full Spartan browser replacement to Internet Explorer 11 has not been implemented yet in the public builds of Windows 10 Technical Preview, but it's still possible to enable the EDGE engine that runs it and get a speed boost within IE 11. ... Read more

This article is the second part of our guide on what actions to take when using a new PC for the first time. It includes software for working with Microsoft Office files, system maintenance utilities, backup utilities, and a few other little extras. ... Read more

So you've bought that new PC and turned it on for the first time. Now what? This is the dilemma facing many confused PC owners who want to know what software to install to protect the latest PC technology from outside factors that could damage it. ... Read more

Here is the latest information from Microsoft announcements, regarding their new web browser "Spartan". ... Read more

The ink is barely dry on the earlier than expected release of Window 10 Technical Preview of Build 9926 and it has mostly been a success but a few items have cropped up as one should expect from a preview edition of anything. ... Read more

Microsoft are busy putting the finishing touches to the new Windows 10. New builds as being released as technical previews for users to install. Among the interesting new look and updated features are a few that are initially hidden away from users.. ... Read more

Windows 8 and 10, like other Windows operating systems since Vista onward, include the User Access Control (UAC) which sets limits individual user rights. Here we explain how to run a program with administrator rights using various methods. ... Read more

It is useful in Windows 8 to be able to turn on the Administrator account to access system controls that are hidden from lower access users in the operating system. It is possible to unhide and enable the hidden Administrator account by default. ... Read more

With the launch of build 9926 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, a new option is available for Windows 8 and 8/8.1 users: upgrade to Windows 10 via Windows Update ... Read more

Microsoft released the January update of Windows 10 Technical Preview, namely Build 9926, which you can download as ISOs or through Windows Update. After a few hours with this new Build, here's what we found new. ... Read more