Articles related to Microsoft’s Windows Operating Systems
Windows 10 – Have You Upgraded Yet? Are you still waiting? Alright, I know, it’s only been a couple of days since Windows 10 was officially released for public consumption. Did you hit the icon and expect a fanfare and choir of angels. I know […]
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How To Hide or Minimize the ‘Search the web and Windows’ Bar The first thing many new Windows 10 users will notice is the “Search the web and Windows” bar taking up a decent proportion of the taskbar: While this may not present a problem
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Only 5 more sleeps to go! We recently published an article to help users get started with Windows 10, you can catch up with that article here: Understanding Windows 10 – A Guide to Help Get You Started. Now, with the Windows 10 launch less
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There has been a lot written about the forced updates policy in Windows 10, and specifically automatic driver updates. Now, in what can only be described as a “you never stop learning” moment, it has come to light that recent Windows versions have always included
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After keeping us all in suspense over Windows 10’s support lifecycle, Microsoft has finally (and without fanfare) updated its Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet to reveal that, after all the conjecture, nothing has changed at all: So, in the end, Windows 10 support remains squarely within
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With the release of its latest operating system, Microsoft is moving into a whole new era of Windows. “Windows as a service” is the term being bandied about by the company but what does that actually mean? To date, Microsoft’s announcements regarding the ‘Windows as
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Windows 10 Incoming! RTM means Released To Manufacturers, or Released to Manufacturing. It is the point in an operating systems development where the software is stable enough for the authors to release the OS to hardware manufacturers and the suppliers who create the retail media
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2 weeks and counting… Following a cursory perusal of Windows 10 I recently voiced the opinion that Microsoft has included a lot of changes merely for the sake of change – presumably to help expand the gap between Windows 8 and Windows 10. After spending
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Microsoft has recently made another huge collection of its publications available to download as free eBooks, topics include Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Office 2013, Office 365, SharePoint 2013, Dynamics CRM, PowerShell, Exchange Server, Lync 2013, System Center, Azure, Cloud, and SQL
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The announcement that Windows 10 (final) would be launched on 29th July took a lot of people by surprise, including yours truly. The general consensus being that October was the most likely general release date for the new operating system. Now, in a recent blog
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The Beginning: Opening introduction to the series Browsers: What are they? How to make them a safer door to Web. Search Engines: The Good, Bad and Ugly. Understanding search results. Malware and Virus: What is Malware? – What is a Virus? What is the difference in their
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Windows 10: 3 Weeks and Counting… Much to the chagrin of many people, the traditional Start Menu was dropped from Windows 8 and 8.1 and replaced by a Start Screen. As you would no doubt be aware by now, the Start Menu is back in
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A useful feature in Windows 7 and 8, for me anyway, is the ability to add extra clocks from different time zones. I read somewhere, can’t remember where, that this feature is no longer available in Windows 10. However, that information is incorrect, adding additional
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As a computer repairer I’ve come across plenty of PCs over the years that are running like molasses, in fact, it’s one of the most common complaints I encounter. The causes are diverse – I’ve even come across PCs with two or more antivirus products
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