Category: Windows

September 16, 2020

Microsoft has been improving its Your Phone companion app heavily in the past months. The company first tested screen mirroring between Android and Windows 10 back in March 2019. Later last year, Microsoft added the ability to view Android phone […]

August 12, 2020

Google Project Zero (GPZ) is refusing to give Microsoft further extensions on disclosing a Windows 10 authentication bug because it says a patch Microsoft delivered in the August 2020 Patch Tuesday update is incomplete. One of the 120 security bugs […]

July 27, 2020

Microsoft says it is working on a fix for an error that prevents Windows Sandbox and Windows Defender Application Guard from opening. The issue affects Windows 10 versions 1903, 1909, and 2004. When failing to open, the bug triggers the […]

July 23, 2020

Microsoft has rolled out a new AI-powered feature of its Arm-based Surface Pro X that corrects the gaze of the person on a video call to make it appear they’re looking directly at the other participant. The trick addresses a […]

May 29, 2020

With the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, version 2004, now released, Microsoft has detailed the Windows 10 features it’s no longer developing and features it’s removed. Features that are no longer under active development are those that Microsoft might remove […]

May 27, 2020

The Windows 10 May 2020 Update is the first major Windows 10 update that Microsoft is rolling out in 2020, and it’s expected to bring a whole new set of features and performance refinements to the versatile OS. Unfortunately, it’s […]

May 19, 2020

Windows 10 May 2020 Update will give back users the ability to pipe music through from their phone to their PC via Bluetooth. In other words, you’ll be able to hook up a mobile device to the PC wirelessly with […]

May 5, 2020

It’s clear that the coronavirus pandemic will forever change the world we know — in the ways we live, work and communicate. And that means technology and software will have to change as well. How? If we look at one […]

April 22, 2020

Microsoft’s recent adjustments to Windows 10 will create a pile-up of deadlines later this year when three different editions exhaust their support almost simultaneously. In the last five weeks, Microsoft has extended support for two versions – Windows 10 1709 […]

March 27, 2020

As if working from home wasn’t challenging enough, Microsoft has now warned that a Windows 10 bug is preventing Office 365, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and other critical work apps from reaching the internet. The Windows 10 connectivity bug couldn’t come […]

March 10, 2020

One of the most essential features of Windows 10 – the operating system’s volume controls – could be getting a big overhaul in the near future. As Windows Latest reports, a new preview build of Windows 10, Build 19577, contains […]

February 28, 2020

Microsoft has released an optional Windows 10 update that it says fixes some lingering Search box bugs. The update for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 “updates an issue that prevents the Windows Search box from rendering properly”. Earlier this […]

February 19, 2020

Microsoft’s original promise for Windows 10 was that “Windows as a service” would make life with your PC simpler. Instead of the disruption (and cost) associated with a major upgrade every three years, you could expect those big changes to […]

February 13, 2020

You may be hearing a lot of talk about Microsoft’s Windows 10 ( $90 at Walmart ) operating system lately, since the tech giant recently ended support for its predecessor Windows 7 ( $4.79 at Walmart ) and is encouraging […]

January 27, 2020

Microsoft released its final public security updates for Windows 7 earlier this month, ending support for the operating system after more than 10 years. While the final updates looked pretty routine, Microsoft has now revealed that one is causing wallpaper […]

January 24, 2020

Microsoft has run into more trouble with Windows 10 updates, as a recent important security patch which had previously been problematic by failing to install for some folks, is now causing serious crashes – and even boot failures – in […]

January 21, 2020

Microsoft has been beefing up Your Phone with new features on a regular basis, and a further fresh piece of functionality is apparently incoming – namely the ability to easily transfer content from your Android phone to PC (or vice […]

January 14, 2020

Windows 7 has reached end of life and now isn’t supported by Microsoft. It means businesses and consumers with PCs running on Windows 7 – which was introduced in 2009 – will no longer receive technical assistance, software patches and […]

January 7, 2020

Microsoft has said for years that its customer base includes 1.5 billion Windows users. Among pundits and analysts, this number is often treated as authoritative and precise. It is not. It is, rather, an aspirational bit of rhetoric, called forth […]

December 20, 2019

Microsoft this week reworked its Windows 10 development model, severing links between features and specific releases so that it can deliver the former “when they are ready.” “While features in the active development branch may be slated for a future […]