Microsoft PowerToys quietly transforms Windows 11 from a rigid, predictable environment into a highly malleable productivity powerhouse — and once you start using tools like Workspaces, PowerToys Run, FancyZones, Peek, and Keyboard Manager, the OS feels fundamentally different. Toys has evolved...
The shift from Windows habits to a Linux mindset is less about swapping a wallpaper and more about adopting a new set of expectations: about software freedom, update models, privacy defaults, tooling, and even the language you type into search boxes. A recent How-To Geek piece lays out five...
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This month’s Patch Tuesday isn’t just another round of security fixes — it’s a functional pivot for how Windows 11 helps you recover, control, and interact with your PC. Microsoft’s preview updates introduce Recall export and reset controls (EEA-only export), a system-level Quick Machine...
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It may or may not have come after an update, but Edge constantly uses too much CPU. Even closing it down doesn't kill the process and it keeps using CPU, I have to kill the process myself. Edge doesn't start at boot. Edge's behavior is also abnormal. If I click on the title bar, the computer...
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It sometimes seems like I'm one of the few people that likes windows 8, anyway...
In 8, I can snap the desktop screen to the right by pressing "Windows key" + "." or to the left with "Windows key" + "shift" + "." and this is a very handy sortcut but for some reason Microsoft has disabled this...
I have a mac book pro with a resolution of 1280x800 and an imac with well over that. I know that you need 1366x768 to snap windows, but my question is: Is there a way to force the mac book pro to be enabled with snap multitasking and will the imac be capable of all windows 8 features even though...
Ad-Aware Pro is complete line-of-defense against the most extreme forms of malware and cyber threats, including most advanced anti-spyware and antivirus detection and threat blocking algorithms, a powerful two-way firewall, an email protection engine and advanced web filters against phishing...
I need some help with my Windows 8 Desktop. Somehow I have changed something and now my desktop windows will not re-size or move. When I initially open a program or browser it opens fine in a small window somewhere on the screen. As soon as i grab the title bar 2 outlined windows appear on...
You know it's a drag one hesitates when it's to say something good. Seems hard to do w/ such worthy contributions as "fanboy" & "evangelist", as if curse words or slander, maligning, not worthy by motivation to be given credence, scoffed @ cus of presumed MS driven bias, but, anyway, lol
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Hi
I was thinking about this today.
When I upgraded from XP to Windows 7 there were new features that were obvious.
Like Snap better CD writing apps in the software, etc.
I was trying to come up with things that are different from Windows 7 in Windows 8 other then the user interface...
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As you can see, any program I have (when i Maximize it or snap it) - it goes under the task bar.
It didn't used to do this but it just started randomly one day and I haven't had time to deal with it
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In this special edition of the Mailbag, I address a wide range of Windows 8 questions that have come up in the wake of Microsoft's revelations this week. These include a Windows 8 and Windows Mobile 6.5 comparison, Windows 8 Snap with more than two apps...
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Learn about the features included in the Aero desktop in Windows 7. These features include snap, peek and shake and are used to help manage open windows on your desktop.
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