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Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17046 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17046 Microsoft Edge Improvements Form Fill for Address fields: Microsoft Edge can now save and...

As we previously announced, the first phase of the rollout targets newer devices. Based on testing work done with our OEM hardware and ISV app partners, we believe these devices will have the best possible update experience and help us decide when it’s time to begin the next phase of the...

Apparently the Media Creation Tool for Windows 10 Version 1511 and updates on Windows Update were pulled because the initial upgrade build was inadvertently reversing four privacy settings on some users systems. read more Continue reading...

This video will review the extensive privacy settings that are available to users on Windows 10 to control the data which is shared with Microsoft and installed apps. read more Continue reading...

Friend of the Gallery, Abhijit Jana, recently posted a couple tips for those of you Kinect v2 Dev's moving to Windows 10. Running Kinect for Windows applications on Windows 10 – Things you should verify Running a Kinect v2 device and a Kinect for Windows application on Windows 10 is not...

Today Link Removed that Link Removed is now rolling out to the Windows Store! Sway is a digital storytelling app for work, school and home that makes it quick and easy to create and share polished, interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more. Link Removed Sway for Windows 10...

Is there a way in Google Chrome to clear the internet cache but stay logged in to sites like this? Yahoo is my home page and it's not uncommon to have the home page appearance messed up after clicking on a news story. If I clear the internet cache with Chrome or Ccleaner it fixes the Yahoo Home...

When you install Kaspersky, it asks to disable the browser's password manager, saying that it might cause it's password manager problems, but I chose not to, and it seemed to work okay. However, when I installed an update for Kaspersky, it disabled it anyway. Maybe the option was there not to...

when my system starts up it always opens my personal file.. How do I stop it happening ? Also when I put my desktop PC to sleep I tweaked it so when I wake it up I don't have to use password.. however when pc goes to sleep automatically when I wake it up it says it is locked and asking me for...

Microsofts 'Building Windows 8' blog carries an article concerning the use of IE10 with the new release preview. It has some useful tips and is well worth a read.. Reference: Link Removed

To explain a little better, I have file extension .sfk that I'd like to have the files hidden by default. I can manually hide each file, but that'd take forever. I'd like it to be hidden by the "Don't show hidden files, folders, or drives" option. I'm completely blanking on this whole thing so...

I have a number of users that I support that cannot open a PDF file downloaded from a training website (external website, not intranet). Using IE8 they get a flash of status bar activity and then nothing. On my computer with IE9 I have no issues opening them at all. I've changed all the...

Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...

I am using W7, home premium on 1 year old HP desktop computer. Recently, I was having trouble accessing videos from you tube, email and other sites. I had been using adobe flash player 9 and I was told to upgrade adobe flash and to get version 11. I installed version 11 but it would not play...

Hi all: I have a bit of an unusual issue. I am trying to prevent Win 7 from deleting files from the temp folder (C:\Users\<NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp) when I close a program (in my case Firefox). I believe it is the OS, and not the program or my AV, which is deleting the files, though if...

Win7 Pro 64bit Problems with almost any program showing up on the FPL. The normal start menu list of programs works just fine. I noticed this about 2 months ago in that the FPL was static. Yesterday I manually removed all programs from the FPL and have run a multitude of various programs yet...

Hi I have steam, Last week I noticed my steam account was showing hours of gaming time for games that I always use and some games I haven't played at all. Then the other day I got home and saw "This Account is Currently Being used Elsewhere", and according to my Profile I was playing...

Introduced in Internet Explorer 8, was the advent of "InPrivate Filtering" mode, which essentially allows users to create a pre-defined set of rules for content blocking. Several people on the interweb have devoted time to making HUGE lists of suffixes, web addresses and more of websites/ads...

I have a new Dell laptop with Windows 7 Professional. It came with McAfee security. I am comparing W7's Explorer's left hand folder tree with that of my desktop computer which has Win XP Pro. I find W7 to be confusing. W7 has a folder called \Users\ which seems to be similar to XP's...

Hi, I have a bunch of files and folders that i want hidden from the other users on my computer. I have one of two admin accounts, the rest are limited. I have set the correct permissions settings (Changing from Allow to Deny ) in C:\Users Now, when a user makes a search from within the START...