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KB4450945 for Windows 10 1903 and 1909. The new updates will increase your build number for 1903 to 18362.815 and 1909 to 18363.815. The new updates will fix the following issues: Addresses an issue that prevents certain apps from opening after you upgrade from a previous version of Windows, and a Bad Image exception dialog box appears.Addresses in an issue that turns off notifications for devices that use a virtual private network (VPN) on a cellular network....

Windows 11 Preview Build 22000.120 One of the new features you will see is a Family widget for MSA accounts. “It is available in all Windows languages and regions. It allows you to see recent activity from members of your Microsoft family group.” And here is the rest of the changes and improvements in today’s release: We are beginning to rollout notification badging for the Chat icon on the Taskbar. Not everyone will see it right away at first....

Power Usage Windows 10 Task Manager The new feature will allow you to view the current power usage on a per-app basis. As well as monitor the system resources an app takes up over time. For example, it uses the disk, processor, and graphics usage on each app and processes to calculate the overall energy impact on your system. To monitor the power usage of apps, open task manager. Either right-click the taskbar and choose Task Manager or hit the Windows key type: type: task manager and hit Enter....

How to Setup and Use the New OneDrive App for Windows 10 Initially, I experienced trouble installing OneDrive on my Windows 10 laptop. It turns out you need to be running the most up-to-date commercial Windows 10 Build 10586.314 or later to use it. The new OneDrive app is improved and optimized for Windows 10. It features an interface that is friendly to both touch and traditional mouse and keyboard. OneDrive integrates nicely with the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update changes this summer, such as the new Dark Theme....

What Is It? Ever look up at the sky and wonder what it all meant? No, I’m not talking about your spiritual existence. Rather, I’m talking about the name of the stars and constellations. To me, it’s just a jumbled mess of various colored lights. They all have names, though, and of course, much much move. Night Sky 4 uses your phone’s location services and accelerometer to figure out what you see when you look up....

What Is It? The game is deceptively simple: get marbles into a hole by adjusting a Rube Goldberg device. By changing one or two of the gadgets, the marbles go in the right place. At early levels, all you do is adjust a lever or a fan. Later in the game, figuring out where the marbles go isn’t that obvious. The game has excellent 3D details, which you can put into Low Power Mode to prevent battery draining....

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Atari, the online version of the Atari Arcade was launched. The games run on any browser that supports HTML5, so essentially any modern version of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Then, if you want a completely ad-free experience, then you’ll want to fire up Internet Explorer. Classic Atari Online Go to the Atari Online Arcade and check out the stack of titles that are available to play....

Only Print Text You Highlight on a Page Highlight the text and/or images you want to print on a web page. Now in your browser go to File > Print or simply use the Ctrl + P keyboard combination. The Print screen comes up. Select the Printer you want to use. Then under “Print Rage” check the Selection box and click OK. This quick tip will save you a lot of paper, time, and ink when you only want to print out part of a webpage....

One of the notable features that are no longer supported is Windows to Go. It isn’t removed but is part of the “deprecated” list which means it’s no longer being actively developed. It was originally introduced with Windows 8. It’s an Enterprise feature that lets you create a Windows workspace to run from a USB stick and run wherever you go. Removed Windows 10 Features Here is the list of what Microsoft has removed from Windows 10 1903:...

Starting with Chromecast After using the Chromecast a few times over a couple of weeks, it has basically sat unused, that was until I discovered Videostream for Chromecast. Videostream for Chromecast This free app for Google Chrome is touted as “What you bought your Chromecast for” by its developers — and they’re right. It allows you to easily stream the videos stored on your local computer or network location directly to the big screen....

Hidden Netflix Streaming Settings While you’re watching Netflix on your PC, hit Shift + Alt on your keyboard and left-click your mouse on the screen. That opens a diagnostics window that contains several playback options and settings you can tweak. Note: On a Mac, hit Shift + Option and left-click the mouse to get the same thing. For streaming issues, open the Stream Manager and select Manual Selection, and set the buffering rate that works best for your situation....

What is an Emoji? An emoji is a visual representation of an emotion, object, or symbol. Emoji can are in modern communication apps such as your smartphone’s text messaging or social networking apps such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. To access your library of emoticons in any app, tap the smiley face icon on the keyboard. This will reveal a library of emoticons organized into categories. On iOS, your most recently used emoticons are displayed, followed by emotive images, animals/creatures, food, sports/activities, motor vehicles, technology/equipment, hearts/symbols, and flags....

Adobe creates a lot of programs, many of which I found myself unfamiliar with until recently. Most people know about Flash, Photoshop, and Adobe Reader. But those aren’t the only programs Adobe develops. In the past, it was a fairly large investment to buy the suite however in recent years, Adobe has lumped all its products together into its Creative Cloud platform with subscription plans ranging from $9.99/mo to $49....

What is a computer hard drive, exactly? How does a hard drive work and what does it do? What size hard drive should you get, and how can you tell what size hard drive you already have? All important questions with answers that we’ve outlined below. What Is a Hard Drive? A hard drive (also known as a hard disk drive or HDD) is a computer storage device found in many computers....

Know The Basics of Car, Home, Medical, and Business Insurance You’d think a car accident is simple. It’s in a car, so shouldn’t the car insurance pay for any damages? Nope. Your car insurance generally covers the vehicle and the damage caused by that car to the person and property. What’s in the car is a different story. Let’s start with the “stuff.” For example, you might have your laptop....

If Windows 11 is not working after an update, you can give these fixes a try. 1. Restart Your PC After grabbing an update, your PC will typically restart either automatically or at a time of your choosing using Active Hours. Occasionally, an update isn’t fully installed—even after restarting the first time. You may need to restart Windows 11 manually to resolve the issue. To restart, right-click the Start button and click Shut down or sign out > Restart....

In the technology world, things are constantly changing fast. And, in a move that’s sure to irritate some Windows Live Mail 2012 users, Microsoft has decided it’s pulling support for Outlook.com. Microsoft is (slowly) rolling out a new Outlook.com infrastructure built on top of a foundation based on Office 365. Windows Live Mail doesn’t support the protocols for this new foundation, so you’ll no longer be able to send or receive Outlook....

Unfortunately, Windows doesn’t always do a good enough job of deleting temporary files, but you can quickly delete them using several different methods on Windows 11. Today, we’ll show you four ways to reclaim space if you delete temporary files on Windows 11. How to Delete Temporary Files in Windows 11 One of the straightforward ways to delete temporary files on Windows 11 is by using the Settings menu. To delete temp files on Windows 11 via Settings:...

Whether you’re in the middle of writing an email, working on a term paper, or paying your bills – there’s nothing as annoying as when an automatic Windows update consumes all of your system CPU or memory. Thankfully, there are several ways you can turn off Windows 10 updates. Decide How You Want to Turn Off Windows 10 Updates There are many different ways to turn off Windows 10 updates....

25 Years of Microsoft Office The history of the suite is of particular interest. Microsoft’s entry into the applications market started with a precursor to Microsoft Excel called Multiplan, a spreadsheet application developed for computers running the CP/M disk operating system that was later ported to MS-DOS, Xenix, and the Macintosh. The success of Multiplan ended with the rise and dominance of Lotus 1-2-3, once a favorite spreadsheet app that has since faded into the history books – no pun....