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Microsoft Closes Mixer, Leaving Millions of Streamers Without a Platform
As of July 22, 2020, Microsoft is no longer operating out of the gaming platform website Mixer.com and will instead shift the same type of gaming experience over to Facebook gaming. Mixer was a direct competitor to alternative streaming services like Twitch. While it may not mean a whole lot to Microsoft what happens to […]
Windows 10’s Disk Management Tool Features Now Appear in Settings
Yet another major Control Panel applet has been replaced in Windows 10, this time the Disk Management Tool. Starting from Windows 10 build 20175, you can find the equivalent of what the Disk Management Tool was offering from the Settings app. For a long time those who have covered Windows news have speculated that Microsoft […]
Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4557957 & KB4560960 Now Available Via Windows Update & Offline Installer
Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4557957 & KB4560960 are now rolling out to computers as part of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for June 2020. The two new updates include various security and bug fixes. The two new updates are rolling out to computers that have either of the May 2020, November 2019, May 2019, or October […]
Windows 10 Build 18363.900 Now Available Via Windows Update & Offline Installer
The Windows 10’s June 2020 Patch Tuesday, labeled the Windows 10 KB4560960 cumulative update, is now rolling out to many computers via Windows Update. There are also direct download links for the Windows 10 KB4560960 offline installers available. The June 2020 Patch Tuesday update comes with security fixes and a number of other improvements. The […]
Dell and Lenovo Reveal Test Device List Compatible with Windows 10 (Version 2004)
Microsoft is planning its biggest software update of the year with its Windows 10 version 2004 update, also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 update, which will include with it all of the all features and fixes from past cumulative updates up until Windows 10 version 1909. Everyday users won’t have a problem letting […]
Windows Terminal 1.0 Released, Requires Windows 10 Version 18362.0 or Higher
In June of 2019, Microsoft representatives announced a new open source Windows Terminal application, called Windows Terminal, that was meant to supersede the old Command Prompt in Windows that had become outdated and lacked features people had been requesting for a long time. Since it’s announcement, there has been little talk of the new Terminal […]
Microsoft Teams Now Comes With Own Certified Devices
If you’re working from home during this pandemic and part of a larger organization, there is a decent chance you’re connecting with colleagues using Microsoft Teams. While not the biggest name in communication platforms, Microsoft Teams is often the preferred platform for many companies who want to stick with Apple or Microsoft brands. To make […]
Microsoft Outlook Spaces is Board to Help Organize Emails, Documents, and Meetings
Microsoft Outlook Spaces is a new feature that brings Google Keep-styled tabs that you can pin to the backdrop. You can use Spaces to bring together your most important subject matters within Microsoft Outlook and pin them together in one place. One of the best-kept secrets for managing your daily tasks is Google Keep, an […]
Final Update to Windows 7 Blackens Desktop Wallpaper
The last software update rolling out for Windows 7 is removing the wallpaper and replacing it with a black screen. While it sounds alarming, the new black screen is thought of as a bug rather than Microsoft turning out the lights on a version of its operating system that it has been trying to get […]
Windows 10 Mobile No Longer Supported By Microsoft
As of January 14—the same date Microsoft put an end to Windows 7 support—Windows 10 Mobile has come to the end of its support life, with Microsoft preferring to recommend users still use Windows apps but to get them from Android and iOS app stores instead. Like with Windows 7, it also means you’ll want […]
Windows 7 Users Issued Final Windows 10 Upgrade Warning
The end of Microsoft support for Windows 7 happened a few days ago, on January 14 (2020). As a final reminder to those still using Windows 7, Microsoft has sent out an upgrade warning. The screen Windows 7 users will begin to see is titled “Your Windows 7 PC is out of support,” and it […]
Avast and AVG Browser Extensions Caught Spying via Chrome and Firefox
According to a report posted on The Hacker News today, you should reconsider any trust you have put into Avast and AVG antivirus security programs. The list includes Avast Online Security, AVG Online Security, Avast SafePrice, and AVG SafePrice. A lot of people know that both Avast and AVG are two of the better free […]
Fluent Design Coming to Microsoft Office for iOS and Android
Android’s material design was first announced in 2014, and most people were familiar with it by the time their smartphones ran on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Android didn’t do a great job of explaining precisely what material design was — some saw it as a different logo and other design elements, others presumed it was the […]
TeamSnap Allows for Importing Sports Calendars in Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft has added the option to import your family’s school and sports league events to your personal Outlook calendar by using the add calendar feature in Outlook.com. Few things require a calendar quite so much as children’s sports, so this should be a welcomed addition for many people. The new add calendar feature that allows […]
Progressive Web Apps in Microsoft Edge to Improve Native Apps in Windows 10
While Microsoft is still what could only be considered a tech giant, they indeed were not opportunistic when smartphones arrived. It’s almost hard to believe that small handheld computers that follow us around weren’t going to be the next big thing in tech, but somehow Microsoft executives at the time didn’t think so. Missing the […]
Windows 10 Free Upgrades Are Still Available Via Media Creation Tool
If you’re a Windows user, you probably know by now that Microsoft had been offering a free upgrade to most users to get them away from the older versions of Windows that they were looking to remove people from and to get them running on Microsoft’s latest creation, Windows 10. The free upgrade was only […]
Windows 10 1903 Update Management Changes for WSUS and Config Manager
Windows 10 1903 changes the way software updates are deployed. Microsoft now pushes the updates through what is known as the Unified Update Platform. For system administrators, this means you will need to configure a new product category for WSUS and Config Manager. Since October of 2018, Microsoft had said they were going to release […]
Microsoft Releases Security Updates for Windows 10 (October 3, 2019)
Microsoft is rolling out three new security updates to address the Internet Explorer scripting engine security vulnerability (CVE-2019-1367) mitigation and the print spooler service causing print jobs to fail that some users are reporting. This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include: Addresses an intermittent issue with the print spooler service that may cause […]
What to Use for Malware Protection If You Turn off S Mode?
Windows 10’s S mode helps you run a lighter version of the operating system. It’s best used for computers that might not have powerful CPUs and other hardware specs, as well as if you know you don’t need any features that come with the full version of Windows. Some suggest that S mode was meant […]
Windows Defender Gets Rebranded to Microsoft Defender
Windows Defender has only been a reliable source of antivirus starting from Windows 10, and yet it is already being renamed. Microsoft has decided Windows Defender should, in fact, be called Microsoft Defender now. As Microsoft continues to evolve, it now sees Windows Defender as a cross-platform antivirus solution, hence the name change to Microsoft […]
Microsoft Soon to Make Windows 10 Passwordless Platform
There has been lots of chatter of late about Microsoft doing away with passwords moving forward. It appears as though that this will eventually be another case of where there is smoke there is fire. Passwords have long had the distinct advantage of keeping intruders locked out of a user account. You could make the […]
South Korea to Ditch Microsoft for Linux When Windows 7 Support Ends
Not that Microsoft would be too concerned about it, but the South Korean government is allegedly planning to ditch Microsoft Windows and make the switch to Linux operating systems for their computers. The change will begin when Windows 7 support from Microsoft is officially up, which is happening this coming January. It’s likely to be […]
Microsoft Patches New Worm Vulnerability in Windows XP
Microsoft has released a patch for Windows XP to fight a dangerous worm vulnerability on Remote Desktop Services. Microsoft likely considered this an important patch because Remote Desktop Services is a feature related to administrators taking control of other computer’s, and thus it involved administrator permissions. Microsoft discontinued support for Windows XP back in 2014. […]
New Microsoft Paint Features Coming in Windows 10 Version 1903
It wasn’t long ago that Microsoft was considering doing away with the much beloved Microsoft paint app altogether. However, thanks to user feedback, Microsoft has decided to keep Paint living on, at least for now. We certainly hope Paint continues to stay in Windows 10 for a while yet because there are some things that […]
Microsoft PowerToys Rebooted in GitHub for Windows 10
Microsoft PowerToys has been rebooted and is now an open source project available on GitHub. Microsoft PowerToys is a play on the Windows 95 era PowerTools project. The new PowerToys project is designed to be a set of utilities for power users to customize their Windows 10 experience for higher productivity. As the Windows operating […]
Microsoft Introduces Windows Terminal App for Windows 10
Microsoft has introduced a new command line app, called Windows Terminal, you can use instead of Windows PowerShell and the Command Prompt application. Windows Terminal will also offer Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support as well. For a while now Microsoft has been welcoming user feedback and have shown they’re more interested in following what […]
Microsoft Build 2019: Introducing Microsoft Search
The search field you get in Windows’ taskbar is about locating information that’s already on your PC: opening files, finding apps instead of navigating around Windows, and so forth. Microsoft is now expanding on that experience by personalizing it to include direct access to your contacts and data you would expect to find from your […]
Windows 10 WinRT API Preview Available Via NuGet
The Windows 10 WinRT API pack preview is now available to download from NuGet, according to Microsoft. NuGet is the name given to the package management platform of the .NET framework. You can find the preview available as NuGet packages, which is designed to make it simpler to add new Windows functionality to WPF applications. […]
Dell Support Assist App Vulnerability Found, Requires Patch
Most Dell computers, including the popular XPS 13 and 15 ranges, come with a preinstalled Dell Support Assist application. Support Assist offers users a simple way of keeping the computer up to date with drivers, BIOS updates, and other fixes that are automatically taken care of by Dell. Many users like to remove what they […]