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.
The service from Microsoft has now entered into public preview. That means, you can now access this service and provide your early beta feedback to Microsoft.
Microsoft released a new update to Windows 10 insiders that will allow them to mirror their Android mobile screen on Windows 10 using the 'Your Phone' app, which was first released with Windows 10 October 2018 update. This new feature is still in the early preview release.
While most of the people are eagerly waiting for the April 2019 update, at that moment a new feature on the same branch gave a significate excitements.
On March 6, Microsoft announced that they are open sourcing the
Staying on the target to release the final version of Visual Studio 2019 on 2nd April, Microsoft released the Visual Studio 2019 Release Candidate (RC) along with the 4th preview bits. Initially both the builds contain the same changes and fixes, but moving forward the RC channel will have changes targeted for public launch.
Here's how you can download the latest RC build and/or the Preview 4 build of Visual Studio 2019. Don't forget to check the release notes about the new changes and fixes.
Microsoft is preparing to release its next version of Visual Studio, i.e. Visual Studio 2019, on 2nd April 2019 followed by an online Launch Event starting 9 AM PST. The tech giant company said that the launch will not only have focus to developers, but also to the Azure DevOps.
But, before the launch, you can now try out the preview (beta) version of the IDE side-by-side along with your previous Visual Studio installations.
While Windows 10 insiders are waiting for next preview build from the 19H1 development branch, the tech giant company Microsoft on Thursday gave a big surprise to the insiders and released first preview build from the 20H1 branch, skipping one complete feature branch.
Yes you heard it right! Microsoft released Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 18836 from the 20H1 branch to the insiders who have already opted for Skip Ahead.
Microsoft released a new preview build of Visual Studio 2019. So, beta testers can upgrade to the latest build and start testing Visual Studio 2019 Preview 3, which comes with new changes and improvements along with other numerous bug fixes.
Along with this release, Microsoft also announced that they are going to host a launch event of Visual Studio 2019 on 2nd April 2019.
After the Honor View 10, Honor 9 and Honor 8X, Huawei opens the door for beta users to test the Android Pie based EMUI 9. Honor started inviting beta testers to join the program to test and report issues ahead of public release.
If you have a Honor 8 Pro mobile device, you can now participate in this beta testing. Continue reading to know how to join this beta program and get the EMUI 9 preview bits.
Microsoft released a new update (version 15.9.7) of Visual Studio 2017 with the fixes of few issues reported by customers in the past. If you are using Visual Studio 2017, you should update your installation with the latest update.
To get the latest version of Visual Studio 2017, either run the installer or check for update notification within the IDE. Here's what's new in this update.
Google is working on a new feature called
Alex Russel, who is heading this feature development, has given an initial outline about this feature's working process.
In today's world, safe guarding your online accounts from hijackers is a crucial part of life. In the past we have seen many data breaches where millions of users personal data like username/password were compromised.
On the event of Safer Internet Day on 5th February, Google announces a new extension "
Microsoft released a new preview version of Windows 10 Software Development Kit (
As it is from development branch, you can compile and test your apps to make them ready. You are not allowed to publish apps to store that built with preview SDK.
As Microsoft is approaching to polish the next feature update of Windows 10 (19H1), which is going to be release in the month of April 2019, the tech giant company has already started preparing for 19H2 development.
Microsoft now opened the Skip Ahead option to the Windows Insiders who are eagerly waiting to start testing the next feature update.
Microsoft released the first preview version of the Visual Studio 2019 IDE on 4th December 2018, followed by a Servicing Update on 10th December 2018.
Now a new preview version of the IDE "Visual Studio 2019 Preview 2" (released on 23rd January 2019) is available for the developers to download and provide early feedback to the product team. If you are eagerly waiting, checkout what's new and improved in the latest preview build.
If you like to take pictures in RAW image format, Good News! The next feature update of Windows 10 will natively support those image formats by using a store-delivered RAW Codec Package, which is currently in beta stage.
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 insiders preview build 18323. If you are a Windows Insider in the Fast Ring, you can try it right way.
Microsoft, in its support FAQ page, asked its users to switch to supported Android or iOS devices as the tech giant company announces
Are you a fan of Windows Mobile and still using it? Let's learn what this "End of Support" means to you and how its going to effect you.
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 18317 to the insiders in the Fast Ring. The new build, released on 16th January 2019, includes some enhancements to Windows 10 which we are expected to see in April 2019 feature release.
Along with the new enhancements, the build also includes few known issues. Make sure to check the release notes before upgrading to this build.
Sometimes, you have a few pages in a PDF that you want to transfer into another PDF. Instead of rescanning the pictures, you can simply edit the PDF document by adding the pages you need. If you scan the documents again, you are going to have to turn on the scanner and pay more electricity bills. You actually don't need to use any software to add pages in a PDF document.
In Windows 10, you can merge the PDF for free by using the Print command. Let's learn the ways to add pages to PDF on Windows 10.
Microsoft released new Windows 10 preview build 18312 to the Windows Insiders, who are in the Fast Ring. This build includes
In addition to this, there are some additional improvements included in Build 18312. This includes improvements to
Microsoft released a new servicing update (version 15.9.5) for Visual Studio 2017 to patch the existing issues that was reported by the customers. Download the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 and stay updated with all fixes.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio for the C++ compiler. Make sure to read this security warning before upgrading.
Microsoft is now moving towards implementing a completely secure, password-less login experience to Windows 10, which is expected to release publicly to all Windows 10 users with next feature update in April 2019.
Before the public release, you might be curious to know how to use a password-less account to signin to Windows 10. Let's learn how to configure it.
Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18309 from the 19H1 branch to the Windows Insiders in the fast ring. Though this build does not include long features list, but includes a notable changes to the Windows experience.
If you are a Windows Insider in the Fast ring, check for updates. But before that, check the known issues that still present in this new preview build.
While Microsoft already released the Windows 10 October 2018 Update recently, they have already started working on the next major feature update (code named: 19H1) and have already released few preview builds to the insiders.
Among those new enhancements, the Windows Security app also got some noticeable feature updates in latest Windows 10 build 18305.
Those who mostly work with the Windows Task Manager, be it the "Processes", "Performance", "Users" or "Details" tabs, opening the Task Manager and then navigating to the specific tab is few clicks away. Microsoft now improved the Task Manager by adding an option to set the default tab.
The feature is yet to release to general public, but Microsoft has already previewed it to the Windows Insiders. Checkout to know how you can set the default tab.
With the Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 18305, Microsoft previewed this feature that demonstrates how easy it is to keep your system safe from applications that is untrusty.
Earlier this month, Microsoft said that the company will now move its Edge browser from EdgeHTML to Google's Chromium based open-source rendering engine to improve website compatibility and support Chrome plugins.
And now Microsoft has opened-up the signup page for beta testers to test Chromium based Microsoft Edge. Join the "
Microsoft releases a new
This new insiders preview build 18305 also includes a numerous improvements to Windows 10. Continue reading to know whats coming up in the next feature update.
Browser history manipulation is a technique by which websites blocks the uses of the browser back button and puts user in a position that clicking the back button actually does nothing.
If you experienced this worst case, there's a good news that Google Chrome will soon stop those annoying websites from displaying.
Microsoft on their support site announced that the
But in case Microsoft detects an application incompatibility on your device, the update will not install on it to safeguard you against any miserable issues.
Where security is key concern, you should enable the Windows Defender Application Guard on your Windows 10 system and safely browse the internet using Microsoft Edge browser.
After a recent turnout of Windows 10 Insiders Preview ISO images from the Microsoft download site, Microsoft now pushed a new ISO image of Windows 10 Build 18290 for the Windows Insiders. This build was rolled out to Fast Ring insiders on November 28th and not rolled to Slow Ring.
Insiders, who are looking for a fresh installation from a DVD/USB can now download Windows 10 19H1 build 18290 ISO and proceed next.
How many times this happened with you while working on a code block you wanted to navigate to the last edited block of a code file? Now the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 provides you the option to easily go back to the last edited location.
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn how easy it is to quickly navigate to the last edit location in Visual Studio.
During the Microsoft Connect(); 2018 Conference, Microsoft announces that the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF), Windows Forms and the Windows XAML Library (WinUI) are now open source and hosted on GitHub.
That means that, you can now contribute to these projects in their respective Git repositories. Are you ready to start contributing?
Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1, which is available for download beginning today. If you are a developer and would like to experience what's coming next to Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, you can now download the preview version through the early adopters program.
Here's how to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2019 preview and glimpse of the new features and enhancements released with this build.
In the previous blog post, we learnt how to parse WSDL using the 'wsimport' tool. That's not the only option to parse a WSDL file in Java. If you are using Maven as a build tool, you can perform the same using '
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how you can use the 'JAX-WS' Maven plugin to parse a WSDL file to generate java classes.
The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) is an XML based interface definition language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a SOAP web service. If you have a WSDL file and you want to generate java classes (.java and .class) from it, there are number of ways.
In this quick 'how-to' article, we will learn how to generate java classes using the 'wsimport' command that by default comes with JDK.
How many times it happened when you tried to select a code block and then moved to its parent block to select the desired code? When the lines of code in a block increases, it becomes difficult to find the first line and last line.
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn how to use the all new 'Expand/Contract Selection' feature to select a logical code block in Visual Studio 2017.
If you are using Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809), Microsoft Edge now supports password less authentication to sign-in to MSA accounts using WebAuthn and FIDO2 specifications. This makes Microsoft the first company to support password free authentication.
Let's discuss about password-less authentication and how to configure your Microsoft account to sign-in using Windows Hello and/or Security Keys.
During //BUILD/2018 event, Microsoft announced a set of new features and capabilities for the Windows developers. Microsoft now releases an updated version of the Windows 10 SDK, which brings the new capabilities to Windows apps.
The latest version of Windows 10 SDK comes as part of the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 (v15.9.1). Here's the key features included in this build.
Those who always work with lots of projects in Visual Studio, its easy for them to switch from one project to the other by navigating through the
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn how to increase or decrease the recent files and projects in Visual Studio MRU list.
Continue reading to know how to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2017 and the key features, enhancements added to this latest release.
If you have some existing code files and want to club them in a single project/solution, adding those one by one to a project is time consuming. Do you know that Visual Studio provides you a wizard for doing this activity?
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn how to create a project and/or a solution from existing code.
The latest version of Visual Studio 2017 (version 15.8) supports multiple carets. This means that, you can now create multiple insertion and selection points in your code file which will improve your productivity in certain conditions.
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will discuss how easy it is to add or delete code at multiple cursor positions.
Microsoft released
Here you can download the latest preview build of Windows 10 Software Development Kit (SDK). You must be an Windows Insider to access this.
It's more than a year, when .NET Standard 2.0 was announced by Microsoft. Now, time is to get an update to it with new features. Microsoft announces the next version of .NET Standard 2.1, which will include around 3K new APIs.
Apart from this announcement, Microsoft also announced that, anyone can now submit proposals for API additions and a review team will review those time to time.
While working with Visual Studio, you may some time notice that, there are few Visual Studio commands which are not mapped with any keyboard shortcuts. Thus, working with such commands become very difficult as you need to navigate through the menus every time.
Do you know that, you can easily map custom shortcut keys to Visual Studio commands to ease your life? In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn about the steps.
Have you ever wanted to copy some text or images from one device and use that on another device? Microsoft now added this cross-device functionality to latest version of Windows 10. With the power of clipboard cloud-sync, you can now easily perform copy-paste across your synced devices.
Here's how to enable clipboard history and clipboard cloud-sync feature on Windows 10, so that, you can copy text/image from one device and paste it on another device.
Visual Studio 2019 Preview build (version: 16.0.0 Preview 1) is now available online to download from Microsoft servers. The installer link was found by @WalkingCat, and before Microsoft removes it from the download server, you can now download it.
Lucky to grab the build on time. Sharing here few screenshots from Visual Studio 2019 (Early) Preview. Please note that, its not yet released by Microsoft.
Mady Marinescu, from the Windows Defender Engineering team, in an official blog post announced that the Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox to provide you extra security layer. With this development, its the first Antivirus solution which can run in a sandbox.
To know more about this capability and to learn how to enable this feature in Windows 10, continue reading this post.
Do you know that, you can quickly move between methods in Visual Studio using the
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, we will learn how easy it is to move back and forth through methods inside a code file.
When you search for a text in Visual Studio, by default it lists the matched code block along with the file name in the search result. But, some time just listing the file name is enough to focus on where the text is available.
Visual Studio provides an option to drill down the search result and to keep you focused on what you wanted to view. In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, let's learn how to do that.
Do you know that, Visual Studio allows you to cycle through your Clipboard data to paste the right content that you copied previously? This built-in feature is known as
In this part of my Visual Studio Productivity Tips series, let's learn how to cycle through your Visual Studio clipboard and make your life easy while copy/pasting code.
How many times has this happened to you that you need a bootable USB device to boot into your PC and/or to do a fresh installation? You can easily get an ISO/DVD image of the Windows 10 installer but to use this you are required to create a bootable USB/DVD device.
Earlier we have covered many articles building bootable drives with many tools. Today, we will learn how to create Windows 10 bootable device using Rufus.
If you are unable to boot into your Windows 7/8/10 operating system due to corrupted
In case your Boot Configuration Data file has been already corrupted, this article will help you to repair it by using the appropriate commands.
After releasing the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on 2nd October 2018, Microsoft stopped distributing the update over the Windows Update channel as well as via Media Creation tool, due to users reported personal data files missing issues.
If you are one of the affected user, STOP using your system immediately and contact Microsoft support as mentioned below to help you recover those lost files.
The rollout has been paused for some time while Microsoft investigates the isolated reports of users missing some files after updating to the latest version.
Microsoft released the next major feature update (version: 1809) of Windows 10, which is known as Windows 10 October 2018 Update The key feature list includes: Dark Theme for File Explorer, new snipping experience, cloud clipboard and more.
If you haven't receive the upgrade notification, head over to:
If you didn't hear about Windows in-built ReadyBoost feature, it's a disk caching software component which enables flash drives and SD cards to act like a memory cache. In most slow performing systems, ReadyBoost improves the overall system performance.
In this article we will learn about ReadyBoost, its minimum requirements and how it works to increase system performance.
Though this has been now released as a volume license, but will be available to all customers, consumers and commercials in the next few weeks.
Microsoft releases a new update (build version: 15.8.5) to Visual Studio 2017. If you are using Visual Studio 2017, upgrade to version 15.8.5 to get the latest changes/fixes part of this build. If you are a Xamarin developer, this build has something new for you.
Using this build, you can now build and debug applications targeted for iOS 12, tvOS 12, watchOS 5. Continue reading to know what are the key fixes part of this build.
Data privacy and anonymous browsing were once luxuries that people, despite having the possibility to afford them, opted to ignore. However, times have changed, and those "optional" traits quietly became necessities because hackers and cybercriminals have developed innovative ways to steal identities, data, and money.
Setting up a VPN (Virtual Private Network) using a Windows 10 PC is very straightforward. In this post, we will learn how to set up and run a VPN.
Microsoft had one of the most promising mobile operating systems ever... but it failed. Back before the days of the smartphones as we know them (let's call it the pre-iPhone era), Microsoft's Windows CE was the operating system that powered a vast variety of pocket-sized computers and PDAs.
But when it came to smartphones, Microsoft's mobile platform never gained the traction it needed to even have a chance to make its presence felt in the world's mobile operating system market.
As we are looking forward for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, which is scheduled to release in the month of October, Microsoft released its fourth Redstone 5 ISO/DVD image of Windows 10 insiders build. If you are an insider, you can now do a clean installation of build 17758.
Let's discuss how to download the latest Windows 10 insider preview build 17758 ISO and create a bootable USB device to use it to install the latest build.
If you are using Microsoft Office 2013 or Office 2016 client and when you try to perform certain actions in the applications, you may receive the following error message:
This issue arises when you do not allow your Office client to connect to the internet. Let's discuss how to resolve this error.
If you read my previous post, Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) got a new home. Microsoft rebranded it with a new name and location to give you effective ways to manage your project using Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Artifacts, Azure Repos and Azure Test Plans.
Existing VSTS users still gets the old URL. But as an organization, you can force redirect your users to the new location by following some simple steps.
Microsoft announced rebranding of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) as Azure DevOps, with a new name, new location and new services. Azure DevOps will allow you to plan smarter, collaborate better and ship faster with a set of modern dev services.
Let's learn what is Azure DevOps, what are the new Azure DevOps services and whether the Azure DevOps is available to all VSTS users.
Along with Windows 10 Insiders Preview build 17755 for PC, Microsoft updated the "
If you are a Windows Insider, you can now try it with the latest Windows 10 build and provide your early feedback to Microsoft.
Microsoft released a new PC build 18234 to the Windows Insiders who have opted for Skip Ahead. The latest Windows 10 insiders preview build contains new improvements to
The latest preview build also includes a huge list of bug fixes and general improvements for Windows 10 PC. Don't forget to checkout the known issues before upgrading.
If you are using OneDrive on your PC and if you capture a lot of screenshots, this question may I arise whether you can automatically save the screenshots as a file to your OneDrive account. The answer is 'Yes'. You can save the screenshots directly to OneDrive.
In this quick tips, let's learn how to save the captured screenshots on Windows 10 automatically to the connected OneDrive account.
Microsoft today announced that the official name of the next feature update of Windows 10 will be "Windows 10 October 2018 Update", which was code named as "Redstone 5 (RS5)". The version number of October 2018 will be 1809. The users who are currently using Windows 10, will get this update as a free download.
Do you know that, SysTools Hard Disk Recovery Wizard is a complete solution to recover permanently deleted files from FAT, exFAT and NTFS file system? The software also retrieve data from a formatted hard disk drive, as well as from GPT and MBR hard disk partition.
Here I am going to review the product for you to let you know the advantages, disadvantages of using this product and how to recover your lost data.
Microsoft released a new servicing update (version 15.8.2) for Visual Studio 2017, which includes fixes for the issues reported in previous versions of the IDE. To know about the top issues fixed in this build and to download the latest version of Visual Studio 2017, continue reading.
While running an MSI installation using the Windows Installer Service, you may sometime encounter a fatal error with Exit Code as 1603. This 1603 error code is an MSI error code which indicates a failure, that is generic and computer-specific. There are no errors when you visit and try polskie kasyno online.
If you face this issue while installing an application package using the Windows Installer, here's a list of known causes that generates 1603 errors.
Recently in an official blog post, Microsoft announced that they are soon going to stop accepting new apps and app updates for Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x or earlier. If you have built app packages for these platform, its time to port those to UWP.
Here's the important dates, announced by Microsoft, for the apps with Windows 8.x and Windows Phone 8.x packages submitted to Microsoft Store.
Do you know that Windows 10 has a cool trick to enable slide to shutdown feature? If you have a touch screen you would more likely to use a finger slide option to shutdown your system. In this short quick tip, we will learn how to do it.
This can be done by executing the command SlideToShutDown.exe, which resides in the %windir%\System32 directory of any windows system.
Prior to the release of Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8, the Visual Studio Installer was downloading and installing the setup files in parallel. As a result, you had to always stay connected to online during the installation time.
If you have slow or limited internet connection, it was becoming difficult for many people. Now, this has been solved.
Microsoft started rolling out its 'Folder Protection' feature to OneDrive, which is also known as "Known Folder Move". This feature keeps your system safe and protected by automatically taking backup of important documents from user data folders like Desktop, Documents and Pictures.
If you are a Windows Insider, you might have already received this update in early July. For non-insiders, here's how to enable this protection.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 preview build for insiders in the Fast Ring. Thus, marking it as the fifth build of this month from the Redstone 5 (RS5) branch. As its targeted to release globally as next feature update, this build 17741 contains fixes to make it more polished.
Here's what's new, improved, fixed and still broken in latest Fast Ring Windows 10 insiders preview build 17741 for PC.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 preview build 18219 (19H1) to the insiders who opted for Skip Ahead. This build focuses on new improvements to Windows Narrator, consists of several bug fixes. As the build is from pre-release branch, it contains few issues too.
If you would like to know what's new, improved and still broken in latest Windows 10 insider build, continue reading next.
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Microsoft today released another Windows 10 preview build to the Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring. This new build no: 17738 is from Redstone 5 branch and Microsoft moving towards the final RTM with more frequent builds after fixing the issues currently present.
The new build 17738 does not include any new features, obviously, but includes many improvements and fixes on top of previous build 17735.
Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. The latest version of Visual Studio 2017 focuses with many new features and enhancements. It also includes a list of fixes for the customer-reported issues. If you are using Visual Studio 2017, you should upgrade to this latest version.
Check for update notification or launch the Visual Studio Installer to get the updates. Continue reading to know about the new features and enhancements.
Another golden day for the Windows Insiders, when we got the second build for the day! The first build (17735) was for the Windows Insiders in the Fast Ring, whereas the second build (18214) is for the Windows Insiders who opted for Skip Ahead.
Here's what's new and improved in latest Windows 10 preview build for the Windows Insiders in the Skip Ahead. Don't forget to checkout the known issues.
Within two days after releasing Windows 10 preview build 17733 for PC to the Fast Ring, Microsoft released one more Windows 10 build (17735) from the Redstone 5 (RS5) branch to the Fast Ring Windows Insiders.
As Microsoft going forward to release the next major upgrade of Windows 10, this build does include only general improvements and fixes. Continue reading to know about the general improvements and fixes part of this build.
Microsoft releases the latest version of Windows Community Toolkit (version 4.0), which is an open-source collection of helper functions, custom controls and app services. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building UWP apps for Windows 10.
The latest version of the Windows Community Toolkit introduces new DataGrid with fluent design, two new Microsoft Graph controls and many bug fixes.
Microsoft is now preparing for the next major feature release of Windows 10, which will come as a free upgrade to the users already running Windows 10. Stepping forward, Microsoft released a new preview build 17733 to the insiders in the fast ring.
This build focuses a finished version of the dark theme for File Explorer and a bunch of improvements and fixes. Check out to see what's new, improved and still unfinished in this build.
Last month Microsoft announced that they are ending the support of Skype version 7, which will get discontinued from 1st September 2018. Those who are still using the classic Skype app will be transitioned to the new Skype app.
But the customers feedback was not so good with Skype 8 and thus the company decided to extend the support for some more time.
If you are a Windows Insider in the Fast Ring, Microsoft has already released the '
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Microsoft, in a blog post announced that they are rolling out
To know what's new and what has been fixed along with Windows 10 insiders preview build 17730, continue reading this post.
