Windows 1o will reach the end of support on the 14th October 2025. This means Windows 10 devices will no longer receive critical security updates or technical support from Microsoft. While your PC will continue to function, due to the security implications we strongly recommend upgrading to Windows 11. Key things to consider Security vulnerabilities… Read More: Windows 10 -End of support – 14th October 2025 »
Windows 7 reached end of support just over 3 years ago, and it’s almost time for another Microsoft operating system to bite the dust. Windows 8.1 will be reaching its end of life on the 10th January 2023. In terms of what end of support means for Windows 8.1, Microsoft will no longer offersecurity updates… Read More: Support for Windows 8.1 ends this week (10th January) »
Click the Windows ‘Start’ button and select Settings On the ‘Settings’ screen select System > Recovery In the ‘Recovery’ screen select Go Back Select a reason (anything will do) and click Next Select No, thanks in the ‘Check for updates’ window Click Next Click Next Click Go back to earlier build This process should… Read More: Rolling back from Windows 11 »
Microsoft’s activation servers appear to be experiencing issues today. Some Windows have seen Windows 10 Pro systems have, er, gone Home.
Microsoft offered Windows users a free upgrade to Windows 10 back when the operating system was released. The official free upgrade offer hasn’t been available for more than a year, however customers who use assistive technologies were still able to upgrade. The ongoing free upgrade offer was implemented for anyone who wanted Windows 10 for… Read More: Microsoft will end the final free Windows 10 Upgrade program… »
BitLocker is Microsoft’s proprietary encryption program for Windows, that can encrypt your entire drive as well as help protect against unauthorized changes to your system such as firmware-level malware. Data on a lost or stolen computer/laptop is vulnerable to unauthorized access, either by running a software-attack tool against it, or by transferring the… Read More: Microsoft BitLocker »
If you use assistive technologies, you can get a free upgrade to Windows 10 as Microsoft continues our efforts to improve the Windows 10 experience for people who use these technologies. With the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we’ve taken a number of steps to improve the accessibility of Windows 10. To learn more, read our… Read More: Windows 10 free upgrade for customers who use assistive technologies »
Microsoft yesterday stopped providing Windows 7 Professional and Windows 8.1 licenses to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), including its PC partners and systems builders. The end of sales for Windows 7 Professional comes a full two years after sales ended for Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate. Windows 8 sales ended a few months… Read More: Microsoft stops selling Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to computer… »
The year 2015 was a milestone for the technology realm. Both eBay and Amazon ditched their teenager tags and celebrated 20 years in business, while IMDb turned 25. Elsewhere, the humble .com domain name reached 30 years of age, as the first dot-com domain was registered in March 1985. However, 1985 was a notable year… Read More: Microsoft Windows was launched 30 years ago today »
Open the Windows 8 Control Panel. Windows 8 includes a tool to create a Recovery Drive and it’s most easily accessible from the Control Panel. Tap or click on the System and Security link.Note: You won’t see System and Security if your Control Panel view is set to Large icons or Small icons. In your… Read More: How To Create a Windows 8 Recovery Drive »
Windows 8. is a free update to Windows and is coming later this year. The pre-release version is available now to try. Windows 8.1 has new ways for you to personalise your PC and includes a wave of new apps and services. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/preview Windows 8.1 Preview Product Guide
ModernMix is a program that lets you run Windows® 8 “Modern” apps in a window on the desktop. Windows 8 Modern apps, also known as Metro or RT apps, will use the full screen on your display regardless of how much of the screen they really need. As a result, that weather app, mail program… Read More: ModernMix – Run Modern (Metro) apps in a window on… »
only non-Plug and Play devices, drivers, and printers when you click Show hidden devices on the View menu. Devices that you install that are not connected to the computer (such as a Universal Serial Bus [USB] device or “ghosted” devices) are not displayed in Device Manager, To work around this behavior and display devices when… Read More: How to show hidden devices in Device Manager »
Buy a qualified Windows 7 PC today Register for the offer (http://www.windowsupgradeoffer.com/en-GB) Redeem your upgrade Eligibility Details The offer is for customers (e.g. home users, students, and enthusiasts) who purchase a qualified PC. A qualified PC is a new PC purchased during the promotional period with a valid Windows 7 OEM Certificate of Authenticity and… Read More: Buy a Windows 7 PC and upgrade to Windows 8… »
Windows logo key+spacebar Switch input language and keyboard layout Windows logo key+O Locks device orientation Windows logo key+Y Temporarily peeks at the desktop Windows logo key+V Cycles through toasts Windows logo key+Shift+V Cycles through toasts in reverse order Windows logo key+Enter Launches Narrator Windows logo key+PgUp Moves Metro style apps to the monitor on… Read More: Windows 8 Shortcut Keys »
The System Maintenance trouble-shooter performs a weekly maintenance of the operating system. The System Maintenance trouble-shooter either fixes problems automatically or reports problems through Action Centre. When there are more than four broken shortcuts on the desktop, the System Maintenance trouble-shooter automatically removes all broken shortcuts from the desktop. To work around this… Read More: Desktop shortcuts disappear in Windows 7 »
Problem Step Recorder – When any application starts misbehaving under Windows 7, simply type PSR in the Windows start menu, press Enter and then select Start Record. The Problem Steps Recorder will record every click and key press, take screen shots and then package everything into a single zipped MHTML file. This can then… Read More: Problem Step Recorder in Windows 7 »
What to do if the Show desktop icon is missing from your Quick Launch toolbar in Windows XP To re-create the Show desktop icon, follow these steps: Click Start, click Run, type notepad in the Open box, and then click OK. Carefully copy and then paste the following text into the Notepad window:[Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3… Read More: How to re-create the Show desktop icon on the Quick… »
Depending on the version of Windows you’re currently running, installing Windows 7 on your PC may be a lengthy process. Run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to make sure your PC can run Windows 7, and then review the information below prior to buying or installing Windows 7 on your PC. Use this chart to determine… Read More: Windows 7 Upgrade Considerations »
Since April of this year, Windows XP SP2 has been in the extended support stage, which means support with Microsoft is no longer free and only includes security updates and patches. Next July (2010), XP SP3 will enter extended support as well. All support for Windows XP SP2 and SP3 will end in April 2014.… Read More: Windows XP availability and support »