Enable Display Delete Confirmation Dialog in Windows 8 Now in Windows 8, there’s no longer a confirmation dialog by default. While this makes us power users happy, not everyone is. Some users would like a confirmation message displayed before adding an item to the Recycle Bin. To enable the message, right-click the Recycle Bin and select Properties. The Recycle Bin Properties screen opens. Check “Display Delete Confirmation Dialog” and click OK....

Cumulative Update KB4501835 for Windows 10 1809 Here is the list of fixes and improvements included in today’s update: Addresses an issue that prevents the CALDATETIME structure from handling more than four Japanese Eras. For more information, see KB4469068.Updates the NLS registry to support the new Japanese Era. For more information, see KB4469068.Addresses an issue that causes the DateTimePicker to display the date incorrectly in the Japanese date format. For more information, see KB4469068....

This morning Microsoft released three new free tools on the Microsoft Download Center for Web/SQL Administrators. Two of the new tools aim at making the life of a systems admin easier by automating tasks like application/site deployment, as well as SEO optimization of IIS 7 web applications. The interesting thing is the release candidates for these tools were only released to the Download just a few days ago. Here’s a quick breakdown....

Big news over at Microsoft this afternoon. As announced by Steve Ballmer himself, Microsoft unveiled its flagship productivity suite — The New Office, formerly code-named “Office 15”. The New Office Suite can be downloaded from Office.com/Preview and includes new versions of the entire sure – Word 2013, Powerpoint 2013, Excel 2013, Outlook 2013, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Lync etc.. I’m still digesting all the information from the new release however be sure to check out our First Look Screenshot Tour and read below for a few of the key highlights from the release ceremony of the Preview....

Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18965 This build is starting to offer more control over restarting apps at sign-in. Microsoft writes: “Windows now puts you in control with a new app restart setting. When turned on, Windows automatically saves your restartable apps when signing out, restarting, or shutting down Windows, and restarts them next time you sign in.” The feature is turned off by default, but you can turn it on in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options....

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16291 Resume from phones to PC with Cortana. You can now resume articles from iPhone or Android smartphones to PC from within the Cortana app. Here’s a look at the other general changes, improvements, and fixes that you can expect in this most recent build according to Dona Sarkar’s announcement: We fixed an issue where sometimes after an upgrade Windows Update’s update history would be missing a listing for the feature update you’d just done....

The current Build RTM is 14384 which is being internally testing for both PC and mobile. The current version is Build 14379, so it’s almost finished. At this time there is only some fit and finish to do, and some behind the scenes work. Provided everything goes well; we should see Microsoft make the reported release date of August 2nd. Of course, after that, Windows Insiders will have “Redstone 2” (the next version after this) to look forward to testing....

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....

Moving Apps between Windows Phone 8.1 SD Card the Phone’s Storage In this example I have Nextgen Reader installed on the SD card and I get an error telling me it needs to be moved on the phone’s storage. Start by going to Settings > Storage Sense. Then tap your SD card – not the phone. After that, tap Apps + Games and after a few moments you can start browsing through the aps on the SD card....

The Evleaks Twitter account, the same that posted the first pictures of the device last week, has a picture of the Lumia 920, together with the Lumia 820 and a wireless charging pad. The red device is the 820 and the yellow phone is the 920. Both will be running Windows Phone 8. Both smartphones will include the ability to be charged wirelessly, and not only with Nokia’s charging pad....

Hello once again to all groovyReaders and Photoshoppers! Time to pick up from where we left off in terms of 3D in Photoshop. This time we’ll guide you through how you can make yourself your own 3D text. It takes just a few easy steps so let’s have a look. Basic Photoshop 3D Text You can start with a gradient layer to serve as a nice background for your image....

In celebration of the App Store’s 5th anniversary, Apple is giving away a handful of apps for free! Some of the apps available right now too. It’s very cool, because many of these usually cost a good amount of money. For instance, Traktor DJ, which we are in the process of reviewing, is 20 bucks. Also free right now are Barefoot World Atlas, Day One (a journal/diary app), How to Cook Everything, Over, Traktor DJ (normally $19....

If your native language is something other than English, you might have experienced some difficulty searching Google with a conventional keyboard. As it turns out a lot of people have this issue and Google has done something about it! For 35 Languages, Google has added keyboard functionality to search. This feature comes directly from their virtual keyboard api they released last year on code.google.com. You can use one of the links below to try it out, or just visit a supporting language....

Microsoft Outlook Vacation Mode You deserve it; you’ve dreamed of it, but now that your vacation is almost here, how do you make sure that you don’t have to tell every coworker that you’re on vacation when they call you to ask you about something and you’re on the beach? Well, here’s a unique way of doing it. Instead of using the Calendar Meeting feature to schedule another long boring meeting, use it to let them know you’re going to the beach....

Step 1. Down the free Windows Store App – Daily Picture Windows 10 doesn’t have this feature native yet, so we’re going to use a free app from the Microsoft Store called Daily Picture. Go to Start and launch the Windows Store. Search for and download the app – Daily Picture. Step 2. Configure Daily Picture Once installed, the app will download the last weeks of images from Bing. To configure it, hit the gear icon....

Stream Your Locally Stored Music and Video The device isn’t intended to be used as a WiFi receiver for sending content to your TV like a Roku or Xbox 360. But it does work, just follow my guide on how to stream your own media files to Chromecast. Send Websites to Chromecast In fact you can stream a webpage to your TV with the Google Cast extension. Just navigate to the page you want to show on your big screen and click Cast this Tab....

The application, developed by investintech.com inc, is entirely free. Although you’ll notice below that it does include a very minimal amount of self-promotion. I like the fact that it’s tiny and it does what you need it to do – read PDF files. Installation You can pick up a copy of SlimPDF Reader here: http://www.investintech.com/resources/freetools/slimpdfreader/ The Installation process is straightforward. Trial Registration during Installation? No Thanks! During installation, you are prompted to register your trial....

Stay In & Sling In response to everyone being stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, Sling is providing free live streaming content. According to the announcement the Stay In & Sling service is available for a limited time (presumably until things calm down). The service provides live streaming news from Fox and ABC as well as “thousands of shows and movies for the whole family, with no paid SLING TV account required....

Exclusive Xbox Incentives You’ll get everyone’s favorite droid R2-D2 as an Xbox Live avatar. Also, you’ll receive a Star Wars Pinball Pack for the popular Pinball FX 2 on Xbox One and Xbox 360. In addition to that, you’ll also get an exclusive Star Wars featurette video that’s a 60 second sneak peek at bonus material included in the collection. Microsoft says in Xbox Wire: The three original Star Wars movies are the digitally enhanced versions, and not in their original form, so you should have a great HD media experience overall....

Twonky Beam App First download the free Twonky app on your tablet or smartphone: Twonky Beam for AndroidTwonky Beam for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch Use Twonky Beam to Stream Video to Xbox 360 Unlike using Twonky to beam video to the Roku, you don’t need to install a specific app on the Xbox 360. Just power on your Xbox console and launch the app on your device. For this example I’m using a Nexus 7 running the latest version of Android, but the process is similar on an iPhone or iPad....