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As Windows 10 matures we are seeing more choices on what theme ( colour) you want to run your application in. This is a very short tutorial as the changes are relatively easy to make. The windows 10 Mail application can be changed by following the arrows in the screenshot below: The Edge...

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In this introductory video, Bob will explain the purpose and intended audience for this series of lessons, what to expect, how to get the most out of it, what tools you'll need and pre-requisites before starting. Lesson source code: none for this lesson Full series source code...

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...

Scott speaks with Matthew Snider about Azure Service Fabric. The Service Fabric is the system that is underlying Windows Azure itself, and it's now being made available as a programming model for developers to create "Born in the Cloud" applications. How do apps live, work, and scale beyond just...

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A few weeks ago we highlighted a new Kinect video on Channel 9, Hello Channel 9 and Hello Kinect. Since then we've had not only one but two new videos added by another Niner! Link Removed In case you're curious about how to implement gesture control in your Unity game, you can easily follow...

About a week or so ago Nico and Sachin announced a really cool visualization contest where people could win actual money! They were eager for everyone to be successful so they wanted to have an end-to-end demonstration on how one would go about building a visualization from scratch. In this...

Learn how to turn off Conversation View in the Windows 10 Mail app. read more Continue reading...

In this episode, Robert is joined by Link Removed, who shows us how to integrate Cortana into apps. Among the topics Nick covers and shows are voice commands, speech recognition and synthesis, background voice commands and continuous dictation. Resources: Link Removed Nick's Demos Link...

If you find the Action Center in Windows 10 annoying, you can remove it through a Windows registry modification. read more Continue reading...

Seems like with every Windows release, there's a set of sample apps that wrap the browser, showing you how you can add your own chrome (as in UI) to it, adding features and behaviors, creating your own web browser. Windows 10 is no different. Then again it is, because this time around, it's...

About 2 months ago I built my first computer, nothing insanely special, but enough to replace my dying laptop and play games at half decent settings. I got it with a copy of Windows 8.1, and late at night and in a hurry to get int.everything set up I didn't do any research and just did windows...

Fred Langa On Wednesdays, we'll be featuring an abridged Q&A from Fred Langa's LANGALIST, a feature available exclusively to paid subscribers of the Windows Secrets newsletter. Today's Q&A: How do I uninstall Windows 10 and go back to the infinitely preferable Windows 7? read more Continue...

Microsoft Edge offers some limited capabilities to remove traces of your Internet browsing. read more Continue reading...

Casting your device's screen to a remote display is now part of the Connect setting in Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

One of the major issues I and others have had is using Microsoft Edge on the internet. Yes its fast but noise on the net really get the best out of Edge. If you have not managed your host file, you seriously do not know Microsoft Edge. (Note, there will be an ad block for Edge eventually but...

Using shell commands in Windows 10, you can navigate directly to specific settings pages. read more Continue reading...