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    Windows 10 Tip: View 360° videos and photos in Microsoft Edge with your Windows Mixed Reality headset

    Link Removed With the Link Removed and a Windows Mixed Reality headset plugged into your PC, you can view 360° videos and photos in your headset from Microsoft Edge, simply by clicking the Windows Mixed Reality icon that has been added to the video or photo. You can also navigate to a website...
  2. Anderson Hoffmann

    Windows 7 ENABLE Process Name in 8dot3name format

    I need to simulate an application using 8.3 format, as shown in the attached image How do I enable it? (The print is from another Windows 7) I did not find it
  3. kemical

    Introducing Windows 10 S

    A new version of Windows 10 Pro will be introduced around 2019 called Windows 10 S: Reference: Link Removed Reference: Confirmed: Windows 10 S will evolve into a 'mode' of Windows 10 in 2019
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    Windows 10 Bitlocker benefits for PCs that dont leave the office?

    We have a few laptops in our office that we are looking at putting some encryption on as they often leave the office. Bitlocker seems the best solution with it already on Windows 10 and free. I just wonder is Bitlocker worth putting onto the desktop PCs that are in the office and don't ever...
  5. kemical

    Windows 10 Turn on anti-ransomware features in (Build 1709) Fall Creators Update

    A new setting which stops ransomware from taking control of your folders has been added to the Fall Creator update. This is accessed using Windows Defender and won't work with third party security applications. To turn it on follow my screenshots below: Click the arrowed setting: Simply...
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    security windows 10

    I picked up 9 trojans at once with Win 10 defender and stock firewall at youtube while trying to read about a clean install of Win 10. I have windows defender and firewall with mbam and a router. Is there a more secure solution for a mid level user like me or was I just unlucky when I took that...
  7. J

    Video Player 2nd window floating feature.

    I have searched for two days and downloaded 15 windows video players in search for what I want. The thing is that I remember this feature was available in 2005 during the Windows XP Era. I don't remember the name of the player that could do it. I found the backup software CD I had since that...
  8. Proactivo

    Windows 8 What is this program ?

    I think is a virtual desktop manager. I can activate with the mouse left click touching the left border of my screen. Then appear three points in the bottom of the screen. Like this http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/9039/Q9qqUz.png thanks
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    Install bitlocker before TPM chip?

    Hi, I currently don't have TPM chip on my server, but I'm planing to install it - I can only get v1.2 but it's good I guess. I want to install bitlocker now on my server and only encrypt my external and internal drives, not the system drive due to the lack of TPM as I need to boot it without...
  10. News

    Configure your app to start at log-in

    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...
  11. Vetral32

    Windows 10 Get rid of settings and allow only control panel?

    Is there an application to remove settings (Or stop it from opening) and give all the settings back to Control Panel? Because I always used Control Panel back when I used Windows 7. Now I'm on Windows 10 and trying to make it look like Windows 7 but this 1 problem is kinda stopping me. Also...
  12. J

    Windows 10 Context menu

    What is a context menu and can I change it?
  13. kemical

    No more Disk Clean but...

    ''It now seems there is a modern alternative to the Disk Cleanup program that deals with all of the files that take up space on our devices and can be safely removed. I suspect the day is coming in a future feature update for Windows 10, maybe even Redstone 3 that is due this fall, that Disk...
  14. News

    Ten Windows 10 PCs that unlock Windows Hello

    Windows 10 brings you built-in protection. That means more security features, safer authentication and ongoing updates delivered to you for the supported lifetime of your device, all at no extra cost. One of Windows 10’s built-in security features is Windows Hello, designed to eliminate the use...
  15. relztrah

    Windows 10 Windows 10 has no option to burn an ISO file

    I downloaded an ISO file of Office 2016 and have the ISO file in my downloads folder. Windows 7 had an option to burn the ISO file without the need of a third-party solution. Supposedly Windows 10 does also, but when I right-click on the file I don't see the option to burn it to a DVD. A blank...
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    Windows 10 Task scheduler

    I have created a task that will run once every night 01:00 on my Windows machine. It worked OK before upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Now it doesn't. When I try to run it manually from Task Scheduler following error occurs: Task Scheduler service is not available. Task Scheduler will attempt to...
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    Windows 7 How to recover themes after Windows 7 reinstall?

    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Generic (self built) PC I tend to reinstall Windows twice yearly for various reasons & always run into this issue so figured it time to see if there's a simpler solution than the one I'm using. Basically I love the slideshow option & have 3 or 4 folders with up to...
  18. News

    Windows 10 Tip: Getting started with the Windows Ink Workspace

    Today, we’re talking about how to get started with Windows Ink* in four easy steps. Windows Ink is part of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and lets you capture ideas quickly and naturally with a pen or touch-enabled device. Get started with the Windows Ink Workspace Link Removed First...
  19. News

    Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14901 for PC

    Hello Windows Insiders! THANK YOU for helping us release the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to our customers last week! We couldn’t have done it without you. Now that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Build 14393) has been released to our customers, it has replaced the Windows 10 November...
  20. Haxxzer

    Windows 10 Really weird thing about windows disk cleanup.

    So today I went to the windows disk cleanup on my laptop which only has 32GB of storage on it, and it said that I could get 3.9 TB back and that seems impossible since it is 32GB model. It turns out that the thing that was 3.9 TB was the old windows versions that it saved apparently. But it...
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