Tech Tips & Tricks Windows 7’s July 2019 Security Patch Includes Telemetry Jul 12, 2019 To the surprise of Windows watchers, the latest Windows 7 “security-only” update includes telemetry. The telemetry in question is Microsoft’s…
Computing Windows 10 Preview Gets Password-Free Logins for All Accounts Jul 12, 2019 In the latest update for Windows 10 Insiders, Microsoft is taking its disdain for passwords to a new level. Microsoft has just released a Windows 10…
Tech Tips & Tricks Why Does Windows Still Use Letters for Drives? Jul 11, 2019 Windows typically assigns your system drive the letter C: and gives different letters to other storage devices. That’s unusual macOS and Linux don’t…
Tech Tips & Tricks How to Disable Touch Screen Feedback Circles on Windows 10 Jul 11, 2019 Windows 10 provides visual feedback when you tap your touch screen. By default, a transparent circle appears under your finger after you tap.…
Tech Tips & Tricks Cmd.exe vs. PowerShell on Windows: A Handy Reference Jul 8, 2019 Command Line or Powershell on Windows? Here’s a look at both of them, the pros and cons of each, and some key commands that you can use. Clicking,…
Tech Tips & Tricks How to See the Applications Using Your Network on Windows 10 Jul 6, 2019 Windows can show you which applications are using your network right now and how much data they’re transferring. You can even see a list of apps…
Tech Tips & Tricks How to Customize Windows 10’s Appearance Jul 4, 2019 Windows 10 includes a bunch of personalization settings that let you change your desktop background, windows colors, lock screen background, and…
Tech Tips & Tricks How to Remove Items From the New Menu in Windows File Explorer Jul 4, 2019 The New Item menu in File Explorer lets you create new files in the current folder, but you might not ever use some of the options. Here’s how to…
Tech Tips & Tricks Windows 10 Can Now Sync Android Notifications to Your PC Jul 4, 2019 If you have an Android smartphone and a Windows 10 PC, you can now sync your Android phone’s notifications to your PC and see them on your desktop.…
Computing Linux is now beating Windows on Microsoft’s own turf, and Azure is better for it Jul 4, 2019 A Linux kernel developer working with Microsoft has let slip that Linux-based operating systems have a larger presence on Microsoft’s Azure cloud…