Although notification has long been a thing in Windows, not until Windows 10 that all notifications (system & apps) are organized into a single place – Action Center. Now, every fly-out notification is showed in Action Center ...
Since Windows 8, Microsoft Account (MSA) has become an important part of Windows. You must use MSA to download apps from Windows Store. And you can sign in to your computer with a MSA too. One big advantage of using MSA is that it...
Windows Store is a critical component in Windows now as Microsoft has promoted it really hard and they have tried to move most built-in apps to the Store. Since Windows 10 launch back in last summer, Microsoft reports three billio...
When Windows 10 initially launched last summer, it was buggy and lacked some demanded features. Even customization was somewhat limited. Everything looked bright and really flat thanks to the all-white window frame. You just could...
Coming with Windows 10 is a lot of brand new and redesigned built-in apps. Most of them are necessaries like Calculator, Photos, etc. Microsoft’s vision is to replace all Windows necessaries with Store apps, even Notepad! A big be...
As a successor of Windows 8, Windows 10 carries a mission to push Universal App Platform (UAP) and Windows Store. Microsoft wants to not only get a lot of apps on the Store but also to get users familiar with the new app model on ...
Besides big changes and noticeable features like Start Menu or Microsoft Edge, Windows 10 also has many little new things here and there. One of those is Microsoft Print to PDF. After years of supporting XPS file type, finally Mic...
One of the more prominent features in Windows 10 is the return of the Start Menu. The functionality that was completely missing from Windows 8 (unless you added it yourself through a third party start menu app). The free apps were...
In today’s world, it is very usual for kids, even in young age, to have technology as a big part of their life, especially tablets and smartphones. I’ve seen many kids who have mastered the use of their tablet before they learn to...
Libraries is a feature first introduced in Windows 7. It helps you organize your mess of files from anywhere into virtual folders called libraries. For example, you get document files in My Documents folder, in OneDrive folder, an...
Starting in Windows 8, Windows Store apps has become a very important component not only for the OS but also for Microsoft’s strategy. It’s a way to get Windows into the world of touch-based apps. In Windows 10, Microsoft pushes i...
With the combination of classic Start Menu and tiles-based Start Screen, Windows 10 brings tiles-based icons closer to users. Now you can pin mostly anything to the new Start Menu to quickly access it while retain the feel of Wind...
The location of media folders and documents defaults to the C drive on a fresh installation of Windows, and with the prevalence of installing Windows on limited Solid State Drives (SSDs) to increase performance, that presents a pr...
Windows Photo Viewer (WPV) has been around for a long time until Windows 10 when Microsoft decides to completely make it unusable for general users. Instead, the new Photos app is now the default photo viewer. It’s not a surprise ...
If you’ve heard that Windows 10 can record video from a game or app without the use of third party software, it’s true! Through the Game DVR feature included with Windows 10, you can capture video from games and apps. The impact o...
