Bluetooth is a wireless technology designed to transfer data over very short distance, and on Windows 10, you can connect a wide range of wireless devices, such as mouse, keyboard, and headphones. If Bluetooth isn’t enabled on your computer, the Settings app makes it easy to turn on this device and connect multiple peripherals. In this guide , you’ll learn the easy steps to turn on the Bluetooth adapter on your Windows 10 device....

On Windows 10, updates are mandatory to ensure your device stays secure and you have access to the latest features and improvements. The caveat about this approach is that sometimes cumulative updates can rollout with bugs, compatibility, and other problems that may negatively affect your experience, such as being unable to access the desktop. However, when something like this happens, you can use the Advanced startup environment to uninstall the latest update causing problem to regain access....

If you’re running Windows 11 23H2 (or an older release) on unsupported hardware, you can still upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 through an in-place upgrade without losing your files, apps, or settings. In this guide, I’ll walk you through two methods to complete the upgrade, based on my experience testing Windows setups on unsupported devices. However, if you’re coming from Windows 10 , I strongly recommend performing a clean installation instead of an in-place upgrade....

June is just around the corner and Microsoft is now revealing the new Xbox One and Xbox 360 games Xbox Live Gold member will be getting. For the month of June, Microsoft is making available a total of four games, including Massive Chalice, Pool Nation FX, Just Cause 2, and Thief. Through the month of June, Xbox One owners can download free, Massive Chalice, a $19.99 value (game will be available in June 1st) and Pool Nation FX , a $13....

Microsoft details two new features to be included in Windows 8: refresh and reset your PC, and they are already part of Windows 8 Developer Preview but with some extra tweaks coming on Windows 8 Beta. As most mobile devices in the market today, Windows 8 will include “one-click” — OK, may be a couple, but will still be a pretty simple process — reset button to either reset your PC to its original state or refresh your PC, which includes the reset feature but preserving data, “important” settings and apps....

For a while, we heard talks about Microsoft working on Spartan, a new version of Internet Explorer for Windows 10, which aims to have a very similar look and feel like Firefox and Chrome. However, new information revealed today by ZDNet , states that Microsoft is actually building a brand new web browser software and it is not Internet Explorer 12. According to the report, the Spartan browser will continue to use Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine and the company’s Trident rendering engine, but it will not adopt the widely use WebKit engine....

Microsoft Edge to remove some lesser features. These features include Math Solver, Picture Dictionary, Citations, Grammar Tools, and Kids Mode. The browser also launches the Microsoft Edge for Business experience. Microsoft is expected to remove several features from its Edge browser for Windows 11 (and 10) starting with version 117, arriving on September 14. Although the company usually introduces new features for its web browser, this time around, it’ll ship a new version with fewer functionalities....

The wait is over. Microsoft Edge Chromium is now available for download for Windows 10 , Windows 8, Windows 7, and macOS. After months of development, starting January 15, 2020, Microsoft is beginning the slow rollout of the new version of Microsoft Edge based on the Chromium engine created by Google, which is set to provide better compatibility for websites and extensions, improves speeds and security. And because developers no longer need to worry about adjusting their websites for another platform, the new version also helps to reduce development fragmentation....

On May 12, Microsoft is rolling thirteen security bulletins as part of a new Patch Tuesday. For the month of May, the software maker is pushing out eight new updates rated as Critical and the remaining three updates are rated Important to resolve various vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and other products. The updates rated as Critical deal with vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (KB3049563), Windows, .NET Framework, Office, Lync, Silverlight, and Windows Journal (KB3057110 and KB3046002) that could allow remote execution, if the user access a specially crafted webpage or document using these products....

Today is Patch Tuesday, February 2014, and Microsoft is announcing that will be releasing a total of four critical and three important updates for Windows 8.1, Internet Explorer, and various products including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and server products. The four critical updates are patches for Internet Explorer and VBScript, and to address vulnerabilities in Windows and Security Software; while the remaining three updates for February’s Patch Tuesday will address issues in ....

Microsoft has announced that is planning to stop supporting the legacy version of Microsoft Edge on March 9, 2021. This means that after that date, the browser will continue to work, but it’ll no longer receive maintenance updates making it vulnerable to attacks and unequipped to browse the web. The company has already been pushing updates through Windows Update to switch users to the new Chromium version of Microsoft Edge , and future releases of Windows 10 will include the new version of the browser....

Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 licenses on January 31, 2023. This change will affect Windows 10 Pro, Workstation, and Home. After January, you may still be able to purchase product keys from other retailers. Microsoft is expected to stop selling license keys for Windows 10 at the end of January 2023. According to the official product pages (via PCWorld ), January 31, 2023, will be the last day to purchase and download Windows 10 Pro , Workstation, and Home....

Windows Recall works as a short-term photographic memory to find anything you’ve done on the computer. Windows Search is more like a limited long-term memory to find files, apps, settings, and web results with the help of Bing. Starting on Windows 11 24H2 , the Windows Recall feature debuts exclusively on Copilot+ PCs, adding new search functionality. But if the operating system already has the Windows Search feature, how are these two features different?...

If you updated to Windows 8.1 on a UEFI-based PC (e.g., laptop or tablet), you probably notice the “SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly” watermark message in the bottom-right corner of your screen. This message only indicates that Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 boot from a trusted firmware, which basically means that the operating system is more capable of stopping malicious software from running. If you’re seeing the “SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly message”, your Windows device is more than likely to be working fine, but there could be the case that SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly....

Although games continue to get better, the storage requirement to store them digitally keeps growing, and consoles still don’t provide enough space to store them all. However, you can always expand the available space using an external hard drive, such as the new Game Drive from Seagate. The data storage company has introduced its first Game Drive using the Xbox brand that can expand the room to store games up to 2TB....

Starting with Windows 10 version 2003 (20H1) , the “Reset this PC” recovery feature ships with a new “Cloud Download” option that allows you to download the installation files from the cloud to reinstall the OS on your PC, instead of using the local recovery image. The Cloud Download option will reinstall the same build, version, and edition currently installed on your device, and it’ll remove all your apps. In addition, if the “Remove everything” option is selected, the user data will also be deleted....

Microsoft has introduced a lot of tweaks and improvements on its Surface Pro 4 , but no matter the changes or how perfect is the operating system coded, at one point in time, you will need to recover you tablet to the factory defaults settings, because of system failure or just because you might be thinking on selling your tablet to someone else. However, depending on the circumstances, you’ll be able to use the built-in reset feature within Windows 10 to go back to the factory defaults without losing your data or deleting everything and starting fresh again....

On Microsoft Edge, “Performance mode” is a feature part of the “Optimize Performance” settings, and as the name implies, it has been designed to improve the system performance. When the mode is enabled, Microsoft Edge will optimize the performance by applying settings to save battery life and minimize memory and processor utilization. The improvements might vary depending on the computer type and hardware and how you use the browser. However, typically, the browse will put inactive tabs to sleep after five minutes , minimize animations, and reduce video playback quality....

If you own a laptop, tablet, or phone, there is a good chance that you connect these devices to the internet using a wireless connection when you’re on the road, airport, hotel, coffee shop, and even at home or at work. In Windows 10 , Microsoft is improving the tools to connect to Wi-Fi access points, but it’s still not good enough. The wireless networking features do not offer the tools to analyze and survey the nearby networks, and this is when WiFi Tool can come in handy....

The first preview of Windows 10 (Threshold) is expected to arrive on September 30th, during a special Microsoft event, where the company plans to introduce some of the new features and changes that have been working on for the past year. And while we haven’t seen many leaks and screenshots surfacing on the internet, we still manage to learn quite a few things the software giant is preparing for what we think it’ll be called Windows 10....