user control

So, this is something that took me hours to figure out because it's so unbelievable. I use a game trainer program that is blocked from executing in an AppData temp folder because it uses code-injecting behaviour associated with malware. Usually, I just have to disable my AV program and Windows...

We can hardly believe it’s been about one year since we launched the new Microsoft Edge – and what a year it’s been! It’s safe to say that a lot has changed since our launch in January 2020, but one thing that remains constant is our commitment to our users. We’re all more dependent on the web...

Today, we’re excited to announce the “first-look” rollout of the Storage Access API in our Canary and Dev channels. For developers, this API allows them to determine whether their access to browser-based storage is restricted by a user’s privacy settings and to request storage access from users...

I have got a new notebook with a pre-installed Win10 Home v1803. This Win10 version updates itself automatically every week.. But I don't want this: I want to decide when I want to update Win10. As far as I read this is only possible from Win10 v1903 onwards. So I decide a one-time update to...

UPDATE May 22nd 2019: Microsoft has now made the Windows 10 May 2019 Update available via their media creation tool with which you can create your own iso/USB install media. Link Removed Starting next week via release preview the Windows 10 May update will start to roll out. Windows 10 May...

My son and I share a PC. Everything I have read said to install this app, run this thing, gpedit, etc blah blah blah. Did Windows 10 REMOVE the most BASIC of basic user settings?!Link Removed ovo.fyi/temp-mail ovo.fyi/10-minute-mail I JUST want to stop my son from installing $h%! onto my PC...

For a long time, desktop PC users have been able to configure Win32 apps to start at startup or user log-in. This has also been possible for Desktop Bridge apps since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (v10.0.14393.0). We’ve now extended this feature to allow regular Universal Windows Apps to...

I left GTA V to download overnight last night, but my computer restarted during the download, preventing the game from finishing the download. I'm now looking for a way to turn this off. I still want the updates to download automatically, but I don't want them to install and restart my computer...

European authorities raise fresh concerns over Windows 10 data collection (via neowin.net) A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced changes to Windows 10 to offer users greater control over how it collects data about them from its devices and services. Among the changes were a new web privacy...

Starting with the most recent Windows Insider Preview release (build 14.14342), Web Notifications are enabled by default in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 PCs and tablets. This feature will be available to all Microsoft Edge customers in EdgeHTML 14, coming this summer with the Windows 10...

I personally need to generate file hashes quite a bit for verifying file integrity as well as analyzing malware samples. I really wanted to have code that I had complete control over so I wrote a short powershell script and some minor registry editing to set this up. Registry Change If you...

I have a relatively new laptop and am setting it up. I created one local administration account and one local standard account for my one of my Laptops. However, when i log in to my local standard account I am prompted by UAC asking if windows command processor can make changes to my PC. I have...

So my Windows 10 updated this morning. For gaming purposes I had an older version of Chromium installed (which could run NPAPI Flash Player, version 330231). Now, whenever I load this browser I get the "He's dead, Jim!" message. My question is why is this happening? This is literally the only...

Windows 10 is magnificent. That said it appears to me as if nr 10 was created solely from an American perspective? With nr 8 I could go to my internet settings and mostly negate any unwanted advertisements. Being online with nr 10 I use an inordinate amount of data, no matter how I tweak my...

In today’s connected world, maintaining our privacy is an incredibly important topic to each of us, thus we welcome the questions and the feedback we’ve received since launching Windows 10. Trust is a core pillar of our More Personal Computing vision, and we know we have to earn it. We’ve taken...

A recent update to Windows 10, KB3081448, returns control to Home edition users over automatic app updates. read more Continue reading...

Hello to all, Can any guru here teach me how to stop someone from sign in to my win 8.1. 1. Can someone just sign in with their own microsoft account without approval? 2. Can someone just sign up a new microsoft account at the login screen and get into win 8.1 without approval? thank you...

Kinect MVP Carl Franklin has done it again. He's not only released his Link Removed, but he's also released the source for it too. As you can see, Carl is a Friend of the Gallery; GesturePak v2.0 Public Beta GesturePak 2.0 Alpha for the Kinect for Windows v2 KinectTools v2 with BodyViewer...

This guest blog post is the final post of a 3-part series written by Windows developer Jani Nevalainen. Please see the original 3rd post on Jani’s blog Link Removed, and refer to Part 1 Link Removed and Part 2 here. Moving the ship When we’re doing a universal app, we have to take in account...

Hey, guys! I'm back again! Haha :-) I have been moving a lot of files around on my external, but I keep getting this message. It doesn't make since because I should have full control. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! - Alex