Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16232.1004 According to an updated blog post by the leader of the Windows Insider team, Dona Sarkar: If you are currently running Windows 10 Insider Build 16232.1004, you should have access to this most recent cumulative update now. If you don’t want to wait for it to automatically update, head to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and manually check for it....

Windows 10 Mobile Build 10149 Microsoft announced the rollout of this latest build today and it’s worth noting with the previous version, build 10136, you had to reset your phone to Windows 8.1. If you chose not to do that and stuck with build 10080, you don’t need to reset your phone, and you’ll get this update directly. Another important note is the post-upgrade migration status screen is still missing after upgrading, which is a known bug....

However, if you’re a Windows Mobile Insider with a phone other than a retail Windows 10 device, i.e. Lumia 950, 950 XL, or 550 and in the Fast ring, you won’t see it. You’ll need to take a couple of steps to get it. Get Windows 10 Mobile Build 10586.164 on a Non-Retail Phone In this example, I have a Lumia 640 and participating in the Windows Insider Program’s Fast ring....

Microsoft added the Your Phone app to Redstone 5 build 17728. At the time it was limited but it has been gaining new features and abilities with each subsequent new version. And now it gives Android users (no iPhone support yet) the ability to sync text between their phone and PC. Microsoft explains: “Text your friends, group message, and type with a keyboard—Your Phone app allows you to view, send, and receive the SMS from your Android, on your computer....

Here’s a look at how to get and install the new build as well as some new features to check out. Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9879 The Blogging Windows page Microsoft exec Gabe Aul points out that this is a full new build and will be installed as in in-place upgrade. That means you won’t need to go through all the trouble of initial setup and downloading all of your apps again....

Formerly File Manager In the case of Windows, it’s File Explorer. Over the years, this essential part of the Windows experience has evolved from its roots as File Manager in early releases, then Windows Explorer, and now called File Explorer, first introduced in Windows 8. Since many of you are coming from Windows 7 and skipped Windows 8.x altogether, we thought you’d like to take a look at using File Explorer in Windows 10....

In this instance I want to open two sessions of Word. From the taskbar, right click the program icon of the program that’s already running. Then select the program from the menu. Here I opened three instances of Word 2010. Or, if you want to save an extra click, simply hold down the Shift Key and click the program icon on the taskbar with your mouse. If you need to close all open instances of a program at once, right click the program icon on the taskbar and select Close All Windows....

You don’t have to eat through 7 patties of beef to understand that Windows 7 is a big deal. Microsoft’s flagship product went on sale October 22nd and blew away its predecessor Vista. The actual difference is a staggering 234% increase over Vista, according to NPD Group’s market research. Even with the economy still on the rocks, aggressive sales promotions and pre-release discounts aided the Redmond giant in pushing out Windows 7 with major success....

Enable Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 Update: Windows 8.1 is nearing its end of support from Microsoft: First, make sure your computer can run Hyper-V. It would help if you had an AMD or Intel 64-bit processor that supports Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). Go into Desktop mode, and use the Windows 8 keyboard shortcut Win Key + R to bring up the Run Line. Then Type: optionalfeatures.exe and click OK....

One caveat is it’s not compatible with Windows Phone 8, but according to some Microsoft Community Forums, it might be included in a future update for Windows Phone. Reading List in Windows 8.1 Using Reading List is easy and straight-forward. It works with a lot of other built-in Microsoft apps, but not all. Here’s a look at how to use it in the News app and IE 11. Open the modern version of IE 11 then bring up the Charms bar and select Share....

Find Apps by First Letter in Windows 8.1 Pull up the Apps list by clicking the arrow at the bottom of the screen. Or if you have a touch screen swipe from the bottom up. There you’ll see that you can sort apps by name which will put them all in alphabetical order. If you have a lot of apps installed, you can have some long lists and that means a lot more scrolling....

Make sure Remote Desktop is turned on before using it to connect between machines. First, click the Remote Desktop Tile on the Metro Start screen. Then Remote Desktop starts up. You can type in the IP address of the machine you want to connect to in the field at the bottom of the screen and click Connect. There are also a couple of other options. You can work with apps and desktops that have RDP enabled....

First open the document, website or whatever you want to copy text from. I went with an article here on groovyPost. Click where the text starts and then “pull” the markers until you’ve highlighted everything you need. Click the Copy symbol that appears. Now, go to the document where you want the text pasted. I opened a new Word document. Tap the Paste symbol located on the left above the keyboard....

The interface has been redesigned, with less buttons with the idea to give users more speed. Yahoo says that getting to messages is now a faster process and that the inbox is easier to use and more intuitive. The new version will be rolling out to users in the next few days, so it won’t be long before you get to use it. Now, here comes the interesting part. Yahoo wants to make the email experience consistent across the devices you’re using....

It’s easy to change the default email. Then when you click on email links you’ll get sent straight to Gmail, Yahoo or your email client of choice. From the Firefox Menu go to Options. Now go to the Applications tab, and scroll until you get to mailto (or, alternately, you can use the search box on top). From the dropdown select Use Gmail, Use Yahoo! Mail or select Use Other....

Important: For best results, make sure you are connected to the Internet whenever adding a new device. Update: Windows 7 has reached the end of support. If you want the latest, greatest, and most secure version, make sure you’re running the latest version of Windows 10 on your PC. How to Automatically Download The Latest Device Installation Drivers In Windows 7 Click the Start Menu and then click Devices and Printers....

Mount Physical USB Drive VirtualBox For mounted USB devices to function, the virtual machine must have Guest Additions installed. It’s straightforward to install these, just run the virtual machine, and then from the host window, select Device > Install Guest Additions… VirtualBox should load a virtual disk with the guest additions setup; if it doesn’t run automatically, go into the virtual disk and launch the installer. Now go back to the VirtualBox Manager and right-click the VM that you want to use the USB device to open the Settings window....

Move Games and Other Items Between Drives The first thing you want to do is get a sense of where you want to move data. To help manage content on each drive, head to Settings > System > Storage and there you’ll see the extra disk you added. Select either one and you will get a list of management actions such as viewing the disk’s content, renaming it, or setting it as the default drive to install new items....

To start your day off right, we’ll show you how to personalize your Firefox Home page, which you can also use for new tabs you open. Make the most of this browser space with what’s the handiest for you! Personalize the Firefox Home Page on Desktop You have the same options for customizing your Firefox Home page on both Windows and Mac. So, open your settings to get started. Open the Firefox settings on Windows: Click the Menu button on the top right of the Firefox toolbar and select Options or click Tools > Options from the menu....

Reset Kindle Fire HD The reset process is basically the same as resetting a first gen Kindle Fire, but with a different interface. Swipe from the top of the screen down to display the notifications and tap More. On the next screen tap Device. Scroll down to the end of the Device list and tap Reset to Factory Defaults. Comment Name * Email * Δ Save my name and email and send me emails as new comments are made to this post....