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Windows 10 Insiders can now download a new build for their Windows Phone devices to continue testing the development of the Windows 10 Mobile operating system. read more Continue reading...

In 10147, and probably the next official build, there is an option to stop the Preview Builds. This seems to direct you to a website to do this, but since I am not ready to leave, does anyone know if this option will stop the Preview builds for all the computers currently enrolled or just the...

Although Windows 10 is still being tested some of the apps in the new OS have moved out of preview mode. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1 read more Continue reading...

No Icon has appeared. I have a legit OS of W7 Pro, with all the latest updates including the one necessary to get the Icon. I have tried everything that has been posted including the command prompt route and nothing works. Is it that I will not be able to use W10? Is there a way to test this...

Please forget this ================================================== There was no driver for my Intel series 4 express VGA after the installation of build 10125 (10130 did not install at all on my notebook). Hence a standard - not matching - screen resolution and no 2nd screen. Hardly or not...

Back to running Windows-7-pro. Still more solid than 8.1 or beta-10. I have 16-gigs of ram on the board. Windows-7 sees it, but I often wondered if it actually uses it. I had the pagefile at 12-gigs. So I did a test. I moved 38-gigs from one sata drive to another sata drive. The desktop...

We've got two things for you today... First, I wanted to highlight an outstanding post by Utkarsh Shigihalli. Last week I highlighted and Visual Studio extension by Utkarsh Shigihalli and Tarun Arora, Is Visual Studio Online Online? VSO Status Indicator Extension. Since then Utkarsh released...

Power Suite for Windows Embedded Compact Platforms is a group of tools to help developers debugging and testing their code on Windows Embedded Compact Platforms. Link Removed

Hi All, I have installed Windows 10 in my testing machine. I have checked the Major, Minor and Build version for the Windows 10 Programmatically as shown below. Major: 6 Minor: 2 Build: 9200 (But i got the same result in Windows 8 and 8.1 OS) So, please let me know the correct details(Major...

A new SSD benchmarking tool is available. AS SSD Benchmark is a small, free application avalable to download here: Link Removed Ref: AS SSD Benchmark Download

Microsoft Emulator is a desktop application that emulates a Windows 10 Mobile device when used in conjunction with Visual Studio 2015 Preview. It provides a virtualized environment in which you can debug and test universal apps without a physical device. It also provides an isolated environment...

Remote Tools for Visual Studio 2015 RC enables remote debugging, remote testing, and unit testing on computers that don't have Visual Studio installed. This set of tools also enables the installation of a developer license, and the deployment and performance profiling of Windows apps on...

Agents for Visual Studio 2015 Preview contains agents that you can use to test applications across the desktop, the server, and the cloud. Link Removed

Hey guys I am looking for free Network simulator/emulator software, for a Windows 8.1 ,64 bit machine . I know there is Dummynet but seems like there is problems with a 64 bit machine. I am looking for a quick set-up type alternative that will eg sit in-between my network-card on my laptop and...

I have not had much time with this build, but it is nice to see some of the normal icons coming back, like the Trash bin. They have changed the look of the Weather App but it doesn't look as polished as the Windows 8 one. They have moved the power button and some folks don't like the new...

Windows 10 will see the release of DX12 which like AMD's Mantle see's the bulk of work spread across all the CPU's cores instead of just the first core taking all the brunt. Now with the latest update of 3DMark (you'll need a full licence) users can see for themselves what a major change DX12...

Today's project comes from Charles Torre. While the component's source isn't currently available, when I saw this post on the Visual Studio Gallery was from him, what looks like his first, well had to share it! As if I need to tell you all this, but we live in a connected world, more so every...

Link Removed and Link Removed discuss Microsoft Certification—and how you can get certified at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago. In Episode 3 of the Countdown Show, they explain the basics of taking certification exams at Ignite, and the special discounted price (see below) exclusively for attendees...

Yesterday, Microsoft took a lot of people by surprise by releasing Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9926 rather earlier than expected. Here at BetaNews we've installed the latest build on various machines -- virtual and real -- having battled with downloads, and now it's time for testing...

Today, we provide advance notification for the release of seven Security Bulletins. Three of these updates are rated Critical and four are rated as Important in severity. These updates are for Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Exchange. As per our monthly process, we’ve...