virtual desktops

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18272 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. To help Insiders get started with the latest 19H1 builds, we’re also making the ISOs for Build 18272 available today by Link Removed. (It make take a little bit for...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17618 (RS5) to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17618 Sets: Sets is designed to make sure that everything related to your task: relevant webpages, research documents...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17040 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. NOTE: The block for AMD PCs is no longer in effect as of this flight. What’s new in Build 17040 Settings Improvements...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17025 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. REMINDER: Going forward, we plan to release new builds for RS4 from the RS_PRERELEASE branch to Insiders in the Fast ring...

Following the launch of Windows 10 last week, we’re excited to announce new and updated PC accessories that take advantage of the latest Windows 10 features and functionality. Don’t forget to download our Link Removed to further customize your keyboard and mouse settings and take advantage of...

The countdown to our Windows 10 launch continues. Today, we’re talking about multi-doing on Windows 10. Our lives are busier than ever requiring us to juggle more tasks, both big and small. Wouldn’t it be great if our devices could help make accomplishing our tasks simpler? With features like...

Hi everyone, We have a new build for PCs releasing today to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring – Build 10130. As I mentioned with the last build, from here onward you are going to see a lot of tuning, tweaking, stabilizing, and polishing which means fewer big feature changes from build to build...

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing a new Technical Preview build for PCs – 10061. This build will be available to the Fast ring, and will be delivered via Windows Update. You can wait for your PCs normal installation time for Windows Updates and it will install automatically, or you can go to...

We know there’s a vocal set of people who just love virtual desktops. Having desktops beyond the limitations of a physical display is a powerful way to organize and quickly access groups of windows. Virtual desktops aren’t new. In fact, Xerox PARC created one of the earliest virtual desktop...

Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce we’re rolling out Build 10041 for PCs to the Fast ring. Like all of the previous preview builds this one comes with a collection of new functionality and bug fixes. The build will only be available through Windows Update for systems already running a previous...

A) Some people have said Multiple Desktops & Task View is silly or unnecessary or 'geeky' when I suggested it could be put to good use. B) Windows 10 allows some funky snapping. 1/2 screen or 1/4 screen. And everything 'floats' & is sizable. Well, it is becomes bloody neat when you combine A...

Really like the multiple Desktops. @ 1st thought it was much like Alt-Tab or hovering across Taskbar, basically, another View/Select approach. In 7 (& 8) would run more than one tabbed browser grouping related sites in each. This does that and on a higher level. Can EASILY be done by...

According to Mary Jo Foley Microsoft intends to release the developer preview of windows Threshold either late September or early October: Read the full blog here: http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-deliver-windows-threshold-tech-preview-around-late-september-7000032668/ Edit: If your...

Link Removed Topics............. Microsoft Could Remove The Clock From Windows 9 Taskbar Microsoft Might Remove The Charms Bar From Windows 9 Desktop Windows 9 Preview Version Launching This Year, Report Windows 9 To Include Support For Virtual Desktops P.S. I feel stupid that I have to...

Hornsby Shire Council in northern Sydney is in the pilot phase of a rollout of virtual desktop infrastructure. The rollout, which is due to be completed by the end of June, will involve shifting the council's employees from Windows XP to virtual Windows 7 desktops delivered via Nutanix converged...

I have Windonws 7 Professional running on several virtual desktops (VMWare View). The virtual desktops go to sleep after a few minutes, and require a password on wakeup. I've read a number of threads that deal with either disabling password on wakeup, or preventing the OS from going to sleep...

July 7, 2011 -- Cloud services provider ThinkGrid announced on Tuesday that it has launched Microsoft Windows 7-based Hosted Virtual Desktops. Link Removed - Invalid URL

The discovery of Microsoft India researcher Manoj Manduva's portfolio has given clues as to some of the interface features that may show in Windows 8. The proposal would include multiple virtual desktops that would include an "advanced desktop mode." Its basic template would appear to be a...

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The Power User's Guide to the Windows 7 Taskbar Link Removed It seems like every week we learn about a new tip to enhance the Windows 7 taskbar, and it's hard to keep them all straight. Here's the complete power user's guide to tweaking and using your...