Microsoft Paint is shedding one of its most persistent limitations: you can now save your work as an editable project file that preserves layers and edit state, and the app finally adds per-tool opacity controls for Pencil and Brush — changes already rolling out to Windows Insiders as part of a...
Microsoft’s latest Paint update lands as a surprisingly consequential usability upgrade: a native, editable project container (.paint) and a per-tool opacity slider for Pencil and Brush tools, both of which ship to Windows Insiders now and materially change how the app fits into everyday image...
Microsoft has quietly given Paint a workflow upgrade that moves the app from a quick doodle tool toward a genuinely useful, session-aware image editor: Paint can now save editable project files (.paint) and offers an opacity slider for Pencil and Brush strokes — features rolling out to Windows...
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Microsoft’s long‑running habit of quietly modernizing its smallest apps reached a clear milestone this week as Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad received coordinated feature updates in Windows Insider builds — features that push these familiar utilities from convenience tools toward real...
Microsoft’s latest Paint update reframes the long‑running app as a serious low‑friction image editor by adding an editable project file format and per‑tool opacity controls — features that put Paint squarely in the conversation as a free, entry‑level alternative to Photoshop for everyday tasks...
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...
Microsoft is rolling out a fresh set of updates to three of Windows 11’s most ubiquitous utilities—Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad—to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev channels, delivering both small UX wins and consequential AI features that shift how everyday creation and capture...
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Microsoft has recently announced the comprehensive integration of OpenAI's latest language model, GPT-5, across its entire product ecosystem. This strategic move aims to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft's AI-driven tools, including Copilot, Microsoft 365, GitHub, and Azure AI Foundry, by...
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For my projects I crate a technical documentation DVD, what is a copy of the documentation on my HDD. The documentation is divided into 2 areas:
C :\Paths\Documentation\CommonFilesPath\ (Datasheets and similar, common for all customers and projects)
C :\Paths\Documentation\UserProjects\...
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I'm using windows 8.1 suddenly my laptop shut down... When I restart my laptop it didn't switch on. I used windows 8.1 boot cd and checked c drive is not responding. I'm also tried in cmd c: it just not responding it just freezing the command prompt whereas i can get into d: & e:. I just had...
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This error happened almost a week ago, whenever I connect my internal WD 500GB HDD, it doesn't shows up in my computer, when I got to Computer Management, it says Disk 2 not initialized, when I click initialize it, it gives me an error "Incorrect function".
I try to connect it to a different...
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No matter what compiler I elect to use (I have tried codeblocks, bloodshed dev C++, visual studio c++ express 2005, visual studio 2008 & 2010 and eclipe [java]) when i attempt to rebuild a project after executing it once, it will link and compile, but and error will appear stating that the...
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I have a computer with Windows XP Professional SP3 installed. It is not connected to the internet, and it is strictly used for my hobby recording studio. I have about 20 years of recording projects on this computer. ANYWAYS...
I ran ATF-Cleaner (with ALL Boxes Checked) the other day and it...
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after working on a video project in Windows DVD maker,,,,after saving,,,,the file is saved as a PROJECT with the (.MSDVD) extention ! Meaning,,i can't watch it anywhere else except on the Win DVD Maker ! However, i am already done with it and want it to have a regular file extention for use...
I am using a program called GDIDB which is not W7 approved, but installs and runs fine.
The program requires projects to be created.
When i create a project, the program creates a folder in the following location:
c:\program files\GDIDB Pro\projects\my new project.
The problem I have is that...