Certain Intel Atom Processors Will Not Support Future Revisions of Windows 10 So, what does this mean for you? Well, it means you won’t be able to run the Windows 10 Creators Update or the upcoming Fall Creators Update (1709). The good news is that the still solid Windows 10 Anniversary Update, launched in August of 2016, has many years left in it. The unfortunate part is that the ongoing refinements users look forward to in each Feature Update will be unavailable to these systems....

All Web addresses visited (URLs)Timestamps and session identifier tokensYour IP and MAC addresses From the Kindle Fire home screen, tap the Web tab. Scroll about halfway down the settings list and uncheck the box labeled Accelerate Page Loading. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

What Is It? This puzzle game reminds me of dominos. Place the puzzle pieces one at a time in the right order to form the pattern. When you form the pattern, you move to the next level. The developer touted this game’s minimalism as a feature: no instructions, hints, or settings. You jump into the game and figure it out as you go. The app gives you some auditory feedback as you move pieces, but no soundtrack....

Or worse: we buy each other gift cards. Prepaid gift cards are a favorite among those who “get it.” If you wanted something, you would’ve bought it yourself, right? So, here’s a gift card. Go nuts. I wash my hands of whatever purchasing decision you make. To the gift giver, it’s a little bit better than handing someone a wad of cash. For the recipient, it’s a little bit worse....

In this example I’m using Apple’s word processing app Pages. This is another case of having to Think Different to get the same task accomplished. Instead of the traditional Save-As selection in the file menu, click the Duplicate option. Then you’ll see there are now two documents being shown. One is the original, the one on top is the copy that is labeled as such. Now click Save on the duplicate document you just created....

For example, Xbox Video and Music rely on the Windows Libraries in Windows to store and access purchased content. Even if you add your own files to the card, built-in apps won’t see it. There’s an easy fix for the problem though. Here’s how to install a MicroSD card in your Surface, and make it useable by Windows RT. Add MicroSD Card to Libraries on Surface RT After installing a new microSD card on your Surface, I recommend making a folder for Videos, Music, and Photos....

Note: You need to Jailbreak your iDevice to get Cydia and the BrowserChooser app. Here’s instructions on the easiest method I’ve found to jailbreak your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with Greenp0ison. First, launch Cydia and tap Manage. Then tap on Sources » Edit. Next tap the Add button and type: http://rpetri.ch/repo Wait while the packages are downloaded, then tap Return to Cydia. Then under Sources, tap the RPetri.ch Repository you just added....

Note: At the end of this tutorial you can download a full collection of 17 presets all in one zip file. Before we begin Don’t own Photoshop? You can grab a copy of Photoshop from Adobe.com for as little as $9.99 a month. If you haven’t done so already, check out my “introduction” tutorials for Photoshop. In the ones I have linked below you will learn the basics and go through all the essential knowledge about Photoshop: All of our Photoshop tutorials Basics Guide Layers – Basics Layers – Advanced Tricks...

YouTube Disco YouTube has an experimental page that will let you find and playback music quickly. The YouTube Music Discovery Project or YouTube Disco is one of them. Go to the site, type in a band or artist you want to hear and click Disco. It also lists a top 100 and trending bands and artists. At the bottom of the screen is a playlist where you can select different videos....

Let your child use their Microsoft account online? To comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Microsoft collects parental consent and verifies it by charging a one-time fee of $0.50 (50 cents) to the parent’s US-based credit card. The fee is donated to charity—it doesn’t let your child make purchases on that card. […] I went ahead and did that and, just like they said they would, they charged my credit card for $0....

Two weeks ago Microsoft released Windows 10 Redstone Preview Build 14291 to Windows Insiders which includes support for Edge extensions. At the time, there were only a few available, but that is about to change. When Windows 10 was first released last year, the lack of extension support is the most important feature missing from the newly revamped browser. We initially expected Microsoft Edge to have extension support by the end of last year, but it was delayed....

Only business and enterprise customers who qualify (and pay) will continue to receive updates through the Microsoft ESU program. If you’re still running it on your home computer, it’s time to get a new PC with Windows 10 or upgrade your existing system. Windows 7 Reaches End of Life As we explained in our previous article, your computer will not stop working if you choose to keep running Windows 7....

Microsoft Provides Same Day Upgrade Service for Windows 10 For users experiencing difficulty upgrading to Windows 10, Microsoft is providing its Answers Desk experts to help you through the process. All you need to do is head on over to the Windows 10 Upgrade Challenge page and register your device at a participating retail store before 12 noon. There is a lot of fine print with this offer, so be sure to review the details before ya get too excited…...

As promised, Microsoft made available Office 2010 Professional Plus for download for all MSDN subscribers yesterday. If you have a subscription, you can grab either the x64 (64-bit) or x86 (32-bit) which are both around the same size (700 megs.) As I installed my copy last night, I quickly discovered you would need to uninstall the Office 2010 beta if you happen to have it installed. Just something to keep in mind....

Read on for the details. How to Install Microsoft Office on a Chromebook First, make sure your Chromebook has the latest update. Look for the little update icon in the lower-right. You may need to restart your Chromebook to install it. If your Chromebook is already up to date, hit the Search button and look for the Play Store icon. Select it to launch the Play Store. Search for the Microsoft Office app you’re looking for....

Skype Translator It is still in beta and is currently only available for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 tech preview users. Microsoft says the translator works with almost any other Skype client, so only one of the parties in the conversation need the translator app enabled. The translator lets you video or voice call someone who speaks a different language, which breaks down the language barriers to make communication easier. Skype Translator is like the Universal Translator technology you see on Star Trek, you know, everyone can understand everyone, no matter what planet they’re from....

The company is not ending the development of perpetual versions of the suite, but users will need to move to the latest versions in order to access all of Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud services. For example, Office 2016 which was launched in September 2015 will have its mainstream support end in 2020. So, if you don’t cut over to a Microsoft Office subscription by then, it will no longer be supported to connect to Microsoft’s cloud services....

Today’s update addresses issues with Microsoft Edge, Action Center, Shared Folders, and a lot more. After installing this update, your build number will be bumped to 17763.348 Here is the list of fixes and improvements. Enables “Retpoline” for Windows on certain devices, which may improve performance of Spectre variant 2 mitigations (CVE-2017-5715). For more information, see our blog post, “Mitigating Spectre variant 2 with Retpoline on Windows“.Addresses an issue that may cause the Action Center to suddenly appear on the wrong side of the screen before appearing on the correct side....

In addition to the Emoji improvements, here is the list of changes and improvements included with today’s build. We’ve made some adjustments to improve WIN+(period) reliability.We fixed an issue that could result in the Start menu not launching if the GPO to turn off the all apps list in Start was enabled.We fixed an issue where the default Microsoft Word web tile pinned to Start (in the case where Office wasn’t installed) was unexpectedly launching Microsoft Edge in inPrivate mode....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19559 Here is the list of general changes, fixes and system improvements contained in this recent Insider build: We fixed an issue with the IME candidate window for East Asian IMEs (Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and the Japanese IME) not opening sometimes on recent builds.We fixed an issue that could result in explorer.exe crashing when backing out of folders containing .heic or RAW files.We fixed an issue that could result in explorer....