personalization

Once enabled, Cortana can work to help organize your life and deliver information unique to you. You can also manually adjust how Cortana works in Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

It seems that Microsoft bring out a new operating system every 3 years or so. It is getting impossible to keep up with it. The recent new version of Windows is Windows 10 which I have tried one of the builds a few months ago. While I found that all of the software that I used on Windows 8 works...

At Microsoft, our vision for a powerful digital assistant means it is personalized and available to you everywhere, whether you’re on-the-go with the device you carry with you, in your office, where you need to be highly productive, or even in your home, where you relax, play, and are...

A closer look into the Personalization settings in Windows 10 Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1 read more Continue reading...

Hi everyone, We have a new build for PCs releasing today to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring – Build 10130. As I mentioned with the last build, from here onward you are going to see a lot of tuning, tweaking, stabilizing, and polishing which means fewer big feature changes from build to build...

I really don't like the default logins for my windows 8.1 computer, as in I select a user from a list and it pops up a new screen and you enter the password then login. I would much prefer you type in the username, and then type the password. I am wondering if there is someway to do that through...

You all know how much I like the idea of kid coders, that we can teach the next generations that they are not slaves to their PC's, that they can have control, via code. With this event, they not only learn, share but can win cash too! Become a Technology Creator Link Removed You know those...

Now that the Microsoft Band is pretty easily purchased (I'm wearing one of the latest batch now :) more dev's are getting them and sharing their efforts. Instead of rationing them, I'm going to give you a round-up of them, posts from Iris Classon (two from her actually), Fela Ameghino, Lorenzo...

I messed around for hours trying to "improve" my desktop! WOW! What a mess. I'll never hit that Personalize option after this Please can you help me revert to the standard colours of a Windows desktop? ? Many thanks, baobab

Hi: I am not sure if what I want to do is possible, but here goes: I would like to be able to create hotkeys within Win 8.1 with frequently used phrases, i.e., email address, postal address, name, and so on...Is it possible to do this within Windows or do I need an external program? If so, could...

When the Microsoft Band was first released (and sold out and is still not available online...) every dev who got one, wanted an SDK too. It took a little bit, but now, now we finally have the first preview Microsoft Bank SDK! Link Removed The Microsoft Band SDK Preview gives developers access...

This is where you should be able to go for all your Windows 10 personalization needs...but it's not. Continue reading...

Well, i did system optimization with years used tool, Advanced System Care, version 8 by IObit. I did same things i did on other PC running Windows 8.1 (both x86 and x64) without issues. Here are problems it caused: 1. Hard to read window names 2. Unsharp minimize and close buttons 3. Totaly...

I downloaded and installed a program from the Windows club, which allows you to modify and personalize many elements of Windows. It's called the ultimate windows...something. One of the things it lets you do is personalized the startup screen. Somehow in doing that, there's an element of the...

So today, I finally just got fed up of my Windows 8.1 Pro installation and wanted to go back to Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit again. So, after a while of waiting, my PC was rid of Windwos 8 and I was back to Windows 7. I wanted to make my taskbar transparent, and I have been searching it up...

At random times, usually daily, something goes into my Contol Panel in "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" and checks the box,"Auto-hide the taskbar". I notice this when suddenly my taskbar disappears while I am doing other work. I go into the Control Panel and uncheck it, but hours or maybe...

A day or two after I published my Link Removed, I suddenly realized that I’d completely forgotten to mention one of the new themes I’d been the most excited to bring you – Panoramas of Europe! So this time, I’m making sure to talk about it first. This theme is huge in several ways – it contains...

the hierarchy in widows explorer this pc -> c > users -> user -> <my files> BUT I can access my files with start -> guy -> <my files> My question: who is this USER whose workspace is same as mine? Why is it named USER? (and not, for example, guy) Thanks for your time

Hi there, I just installed a new Windows 8.1 on my laptop on a fresh HDD. I used the same log in as my desktop PC. It imported most of my settings from my desktop over to the laptop INCLUDING my wallpaper. I want different wallpapers. Is there a way to turn this feature off, or will I have to...

Hello, I could find how to personalize the "start" screen the "desktop screen" but not the screen i see when the machine wakes up from sleep. Could someone please help? Many thanks in advance for your time Windows 8.1