From any screen, press and hold the home button until Voice Control comes up – about five seconds. Speak in the band or song you want to play.Notice you can use it from the Lock Screen too. You can use Voice Control to pause, skip, or shuffle your music. Check out my quick video demo showing the process Btw – love the Video! Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

First, download the Office 2010 Getting Started Screen Saver from the Microsoft Download Center. After the installation file downloads, go ahead and start installation. During the install process, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full will be installed for you first – if not already installed. After the installation of .NET Framework is completed, continue with the screensaver install wizard. Depending on your system setup, a reboot may be required. The first machine I installed it on was completely up to date and no reboot was required....

Reduce the Amount of Space Used by Recycle Bin Right-click the Recycle Bin on the Windows Desktop, and then click Properties. Select the Customize radio box, then enter the amount of disk space you would like to use. In the screenshot below, my Recycle Bin uses 6103 MBs of disk space; that’s over 6 GB of space. I could cut that in half, maintaining a substantial amount of space for files I do need....

On your iPhone go to Settings » Notifications. Scroll down the list and tap Messages. Then scroll down and select My Contacts Only. This will restrict any messages that comes from unknown senders. This also works for Photo and Game Center notifications. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post.

You remember MapQuest, right? It was that website that we all used to use for directions before Google Maps became popular. While I love Google Maps on the web, I’m not a huge fan of the Google Maps app; especially with it’s incessant pressuring for me to join Latitude for “check-ins.” With that said, the MapQuest app gets the job done and doesn’t have annoying services tacked on. It also doesn’t ask for a ridiculous amount of permissions – just what it needs....

Matt Cutts says that he uses the Nexus S as his main phone, so it’s got to be good… I took a look at the site and the mobiles for sale at Best Buy run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and have 3G/4G mobile hotspot capability. Might be worth a buy if you’re ready for a new phone/contract. Not a bad deal unless your waiting for the iPhone 5…? Comment Name * Email *...

OneDrive Everywhere If you’re currently using SkyDrive, nothing is changing other than the name of the service. You won’t lose any data, and everything should be working like it did before with the same features. In fact, it’s getting some new features depending on the device you’re running it on. The Windows Phone 8 edition is getting the following new extras: New in version 3.5: New thumbnail viewImproved view of shared filesShare multiple items at oncePin folders to your Start screenOpen your OneDrive files in other appsBug fixes and performance improvements...

KB4572941 for Windows 10 1903 May 2019 Update After installing the update your build number will jump to 18362.329. Here is the list of what’s included: Addresses an issue that displays a black screen when you use Remote Desktop to connect to a machine running Windows 10, version 1903.Addresses an issue that may prevent the Windows Sandbox from starting with the error, “ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (0x80070002).” This occurs on devices in which the operating system language is changed during the update process when installing Windows 10, version 1903....

KB4489899 for Windows 10 1809 This latest round of updates will bump your Windows 10 October 2018 update build to 17763.379 and includes the following list of fixes and improvements. Addresses an issue in Microsoft HoloLens with tracking and device calibration that has affected some users. You may notice improvement 10-15 minutes after installing this update, but we recommend resetting the holograms for best results. Addresses an issue that may cause users to receive “Error 1309” while installing or uninstalling certain types of MSI and MSP files....

What wasn’t expected is that Microsoft, who stopped support for the 13 year old XP, released a fix for the outdated OS as well. Of course one could assume part of the reason Microsoft issued the patch to XP too is due to the media hype surrounding it this week. According to Microsoft Execs: While that is certainly a reasonable exception to the rule, since, according to NetMarketShare, 30% of the world’s computers still are running XP:...

Windows 10 September Patch Tuesday This update will cover all three current versions of Windows 10 and will bump your build to 19043.1237, 19042.1237, and 19041.1237 repectively. Here are the highlighted fixes with this update: Addresses an issue that causes PowerShell to create an infinite number of child directories. This issue occurs when you use the PowerShell Move-Item command to move a directory to one of its children. As a result, the volume fills up and the system stops responding....

Windows 10 Redstone 4 Preview Build 17093 PC gamers will enjoy some new improvements to the Game Bar. It’s getting a complete makeover that should make it easier to use and find the features and settings you want. Microsoft introduced a new Diagnostic Data Viewer in the last build, and some new abilities have been added to give users more control. You can delete diagnostic data sent to Microsoft by going to Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback....

Windows 10 Build 21296 This is the list of changes and improvements that are included in this week’s build: We’re starting to roll out an update to our converged clipboard history design (WIN + V) to support pinning, unpinning, deleting, and syncing individual entries. Appreciate your patience and feedback while we’ve been working on this. If you have any other feedback in this space, we welcome it in the Feedback Hub under Input and Language > Clipboard....

Windows 10 Build 21359 The most notable change in this build is a Start Menu option that lets you restart apps after signing in when you reboot your device. You can find it under Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options > Restart apps. When it’s enabled you will see the following option in the Start menu. Here is the list of other changes and improvements: If you have your activity history synced across your devices through your Microsoft account (MSA), you’ll no longer have the option to upload new activity in Timeline....

Windows 10 Preview Build 17112 If you are using the Mixed Reality feature in this preview build, there are two issues impacting the usability and performance that you need to be aware of. In fact, you might want to hit the pause button and skip this build. In her article, Dona Sarkar writes, “Windows Mixed Reality runs at a very low frame rate (8-10fps) that could result in some physical discomfort....

However, there is one major change to Windows Security Center. In today’s blog post, Microsoft’s Dona Sarkar and Brandon LeBlanc note: “Products that have not yet implemented this will not appear in the Windows Security UI, and Windows Defender Antivirus will remain enabled side-by-side with these products.” For testing you can disable it by creating the following Registry key and rebooting: Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17672 Here is the list of some of the other changes and improvement to expect in this build:...

Here’s a few I noted: Windows Server 2008 RC0 EnterpriseWindows Server 2008 RC0 DataCenterWindows Media Services for Windows Server 2008 RC0Windows Server 2008 Technical OverviewsSystem Requirements and Installation Documentation for Windows Server 2008 RC0Release Notes for this Release of Windows Server Virtualization It looks like it’s going to be a busy weekend :) Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....

Windows 10 1803 April 2018 Update For those of you running Windows 10 1803 and delaying the 1809 update for now, here is what you can expect with today’s cumulative update KB4467702: Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698....

I’m usually good at finding an autoplay video and muting it via the player on the page or closing out of it. However, some are delayed, and you don’t hear anything. Also, many of the videos have a 30-second timeout while the next one is loading. So, you go to your next tab, and then another. You have a dozen tabs open, and then the audio starts playing, but you’re not sure which one it’s coming from....

Windows 10 users have reported having issues with their graphics cards, namely the NVIDIA GeForce variety. It looks like NVIDIA is doing its best to stay on top of the situation though. Last week the company released new GeForce drivers for Windows 10 users on the same day Microsoft rolled another set of Windows 10 updates. According to NVIDIA, the GeForce 355.80 updated drivers addressed “Excessive virtual memory consumption for SLI configurations running Windows 10....