Microsoft released a new build of PowerToys for Windows, that pushed the version number to 0.12. The new update brings several new improvements and a new tool that allows you to easily rename files in batches. If you have a load of files, this update will make it easier for you to rename all of them.
In this tutorial, you will learn the Python basics which will include installation and execution of Python on your computer by writing our first Python program.
Microsoft announced that they are ready with the next feature update of Windows 10, i.e. the
This build is currently available to the insiders and those who want to experience it early can join the Windows Insider program and select the "Release Preview" ring to get this update.
After the OnePlus 7T launch, the company has now officially launched the Pro version of the smartphone. The
Microsoft has brought some new capabilities to
If you are a Windows Insider in the fast ring (20H1), you can upgrade to build 18999 to experience the feature right at this moment, ahead of public release.
OneDrive Personal Vault brings added security to your most important or sensitive files, photos and videos with a strong authentication method. The feature is rolling out worldwide and will be available to everyone with a Microsoft account by the end of 2019.
Continue reading to know what is OneDrive Personal Vault and how to enable or disable the Personal Vault in your OneDrive storage.
Microsoft is currently working to include '
Microsoft recently introduced it with the
During the .NET Conference 2019, Microsoft released the next feature update (version 16.3) of Visual Studio 2019 that now supports .NET Core 3.0, C# 8.0 and F# 4.7. The new update also brings many new enhancements to the IDE.
Continue reading further to know about the new enhancements along with the link to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2019.
Finally the wait is over! In the .NET Conference 2019, Microsoft released the .NET Core 3.0 that now supports Windows desktop apps like WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) and Windows Forms, along with C# 8 language features.
Here's everything that you would like to know about .NET Core 3.0 and the links to download the SDK and runtime for different platforms.
Google announced that they are soon going to roll out some new features on Chrome browsers, which will help you to better manage the open tabs and themes. If you are a user having too many tabs opened at a time, this feature is most likely for you.
Apart from that, they are also bringing faster search, browser color customization tool and other new features in coming days.
Windows 10 by default sets unrestricted data access to download updates, synchronize settings and connect to cloud services. If you have a limited data plan to connect to a WiFi network, these will definitely going to eat all your bandwidths.
If you are using Windows 10 Creators Update and above, you can set your WiFi connection as metered network to save those extra bandwidth. Continue reading to learn more.
Windows 10 by default sets unrestricted data access to download updates, synchronize settings and connect to cloud services. If you are using Ethernet to connect online with a restricted data plan, these will definitely going to eat all your bandwidths.
If you are using Windows 10 Creators Update and above, you can set your Ethernet connection as metered network to save those extra bandwidth. Continue reading to learn more.
With the latest
To know more about this cloud recovery feature of Windows 10 and the known issues with optional features, continue reading more.
While adding assembly reference in Visual Studio 2017, if you are facing the following error message: "Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component", this could be due to ReferenceManagerPackage failed to load. If you encountered this issue, here's a quick solution for you to resolve it.
During the Microsoft Build 2019 conference keynote, Microsoft demoed the Collections feature. Now they have integrated it as an experimental feature to the chromium based Microsoft Edge browser, which needs to be enabled explicitly.
To know how to enable the experimental Collection feature and how to work with it in Microsoft Edge, continue reading further.
The chromium version of Microsoft Edge browser is now available for download in its Beta channel. Going forward it will be updated every 6 weeks with major feature set. The Edge beta channel will have most stable preview bits for you to try.
If you haven't experience the chromium Edge experience yet, here's how to download the Edge beta preview builds from Microsoft site.
Microsoft is continuing its efforts to make you more productive with Visual Studio 2019. With the next feature release of the IDE, they are going to add Container Tools to make you more productive in creating serverless solutions.
To try out this feature before the public release, you need to install the latest preview version of Visual Studio 2019. Continue reading to know more.
Google, on a blog post announced that they are bringing the password-less authentication to Google Chrome application on Android. Initially the feature will be restricted to few of their services on Pixel devices, but gradually will be available to others as well.
Are you excited to have this secure authentication on your? Checkout this blog post to know the prerequisite and the way to try it now.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 SDK (Software Development Kit) Preview Build 18945 for the developers to make their applications ready for the Windows 10 feature update that is going to release in early 2020.
The new SDK build brings Device Guard signing to the Device Guard feature. Here's how to download the latest build (Web Installer and Offline Installer).
After accidentally releasing the internal-only build 18947 to Windows Insiders, Microsoft released a fresh Windows 10 20H1 build 18945 that includes a new Cortana beta app with a new fresh look where you can type or speak to it.
Continue reading this post to know the features part of the new Cortana beta app. You must be an insider in the U.S. region to experience it.
Microsoft started rolling out a new feature update today for the
Currently the feature is available to Windows Insiders running Android mobile version 7 or higher. For non-insiders, you will have to wait for some time.
Microsoft accidentally released an internal-only Windows 10 build on 24th July, that reveals a new Start Menu design and a GIF search tool within the emoji picker. The build was not tested, and was released accidentally to a small portion of insiders in Fast, Slow and Release Preview rings.
If you are one of the (un)lucky insiders and downloaded/installed this build, Microsoft explained how to rollback it to the previous build.
Microsoft accidentally released an internal-only Windows 10 build (18947) to the Windows Insiders in all rings. The new build appears to have a completely new Start Menu design, by getting rid of the Live Tiles which was introduced with Windows 8.
The new build also includes a GIF image search within the emoji picker. Checkout this post to see what has been revealed as of now.
Windows 10 April 2018 Update is nearing its end of support, Microsoft now wants its users to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10 to provide continued support. Windows 10 users running older version of the operating system will be automatically updated.
Are you nearing to the end of Windows 10 support life-cycle? Check for updates to upgrade to the latest Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903).
Microsoft released a new test build from the 20H1 branch to the Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring.
If you are a Windows Insider in the Fast Ring, you won't like to miss making your hands dirty with these new feature. Check for updates to grab the new build.
Windows 10 Background Image Settings page is where you can set some beautiful wallpaper backgrounds for your system desktop. But, as an IT administrator, you may like to disable this page so that user won't be able to set/change desktop background.
In this quick tip we will learn how to completely turn off (disable) the desktop background settings page in Windows 10.
Microsoft introduced a new experimental preview feature to its chromium based Microsoft Edge browser, that will allow you to control how the third-party trackers work when you visit a website. They called it as
The feature is currently available to Microsoft Edge Insider Preview build (version 77.0.203.0 or higher). Here's everything that you would like to know about this feature.
Microsoft releases one more Windows 10 SDK Preview Build, pushing it to number 18922. You can use it in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 18922 or greater). Though there are no major changes in this build, but you can find new API changes for pen input and bug fixes.
Here's how to download the latest version of Windows 10 SDK Preview Build 18922 (both web installer and ISO image for offline installation).
The next feature version of Windows 10 that's going to release in early 2020, will allow you to control the absolute bandwidth for downloading Windows 10 updates. The new throttling option will reduce the burden in the slow network.
If you are a Windows Insider in the Fast ring, you can try this feature now with the latest preview build 18917. In this post we will discuss how to set this settings.
The official version of the
If you are a Windows Insider in the fast ring, and would like to perform a clean installation of the preview bits, here you go!
Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version:1903), which is now available, has a minimum storage requirement of 32 GB for both 32-bit and 64-bit to accommodate some space for updates, apps and temporary files for a smooth running system..
Now Microsoft has clarified some doubts on the new storage requirement and said that this rule is applicable for new devices only.
Microsoft added a new
If you are looking forward to know how to enable the new light theme mode on Windows 10, here's the steps that you need to perform.
Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903) is already available to the seekers who manually checks for update and will gradually available to millions of other computers running Windows 10. If you are one of them, you will get the upgrade notification in coming weeks.
If you are looking for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update ISO image for offline installation, here's a quick trick by which you can download it directly from the Microsoft site for free.
Microsoft's next major Windows 10 feature update (
You can now grab this update directly from the Windows Update by navigating to
Microsoft rolled out a new update to its
Though this capability is disabled by default to save your data charges, but when you need it, you can navigate to app settings to make it enabled.
Are you using the
With this rule in place, you can now configure a password for your Active Directory with much more flexibility, while keeping your account secure.
Last week, Microsoft released Windows 10 SDK Preview build 18890 which was the first SDK build from the 20H1 development branch. Now, they have released another update (build: 18894) that comes with no big changes.
As a Windows Insider, you can download the latest Windows 10 SDK preview from the insider portal or from the direct link shared here.
While Microsoft is working on the OS changes for 20H1, which is expected to release in early next year, Microsoft released it's first Windows 10 SDK for 20H1. If you are a Windows Insider, you can now download the SDK, and start preparing your application(s) for the 20H1 update.
Microsoft releases the next preview build of Visual Studio 2019. The latest version of Visual Studio 2019 (version 16.1 Preview 3) comes with IntelliCode. Addition to other improvements, it also includes an early preview of the XAML Designer for developers building .NET Core 3.0 WPF applications.
If you are on Preview channel, you wouldn't like to miss the IntelliCode and other improvements before anyone on the Release channel.
If you could remember, how badly the
Beginning with the
Microsoft is doing the last minute preparation for the final release of
Microsoft updated the minimum hardware requirements that Windows 10 needs for successful installation. Windows 10 May 2019 Update won't install on systems having small disks.
As the tech giant company already noticed an issue with drive reassignment, they have blocked the installation of the update to devices having external storage.
Visual Studio 2019, which was released by Microsoft on 2nd April 2019, by organizing an online launch event, now entered into 2nd preview bit. That means, you can now experience the latest updates to Visual Studio 2019 before the next feature release and provide continuous feedback.
If you are one of the early adopter, Visual Studio 2019 version 16.1 Preview 2 is now available for download. Here's how to download the latest test build.
Instead of waiting, you can now download the latest version of .NET Framework 4.8 (Development Pack and Runtime) from the Microsoft site. Continue reading to grab the links.
You might be aware that the Microsoft Edge preview builds powered by Google's Chromium engine are now available for you to try during its initial development stage, so that, you can start giving feedback for a better future.
While using the latest preview build, you may want to know whether the new Edge browser supports Dark Theme. In this quick tip, we will learn the way to enable dark theme on Chromium Edge.
More or less, almost everyone aware about the Windows "
With the Windows 10 version 1809 and later, Microsoft changed the default removal policy for external storage media which will allow you to say 'Good Bye' to Safely Remove Hardware option.
Microsoft Edge preview builds powered by Google's Chromium engine are now available for you to try before the final release. Currently the preview builds are available in Edge Insiders Canary Channel and Dev Channel, whereas Microsoft is planning for another Beta Channel some time soon.
To know more about the new chromium based Microsoft Edge and to download the latest preview builds, continue reading further.
Microsoft released Visual Studio 2019, the latest version of the Visual Studio IDE which is committed towards faster execution, real-time collaboration and more productive features for developers to perform their tasks.
You can now download the latest version of the Visual Studio 2019 (RTM) from Microsoft sites. If you are already using the Release Candidate, update it now.
Mozilla launches its free Password Manager for Android, named "
With a 256-bit encryption, it stores your password in a secure vault. Based on your device capability, you can use Face ID or Fingerprint to unlock the app.