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• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  File History Requires Windows Search

  I'm working on my traveling laptop this week, so I'm on a different PC from usual. It's my trusty bigger-screen Lenovo T420 (Sandy Bridge 2.8 GHz i7, 16 GB RAM, Plextor 256 GB mSATA SSD, and so ...

• July 06, 2015 06 Jul'15

  First Win10 RTM Candidate Hits

  As reported on lots of Windows watching sites -- WinBeta and betanews, for example -- a first Windows 10 build numbered 10176, labeled as a release candidate, has made its debut.  Most of these ...

• July 03, 2015 03 Jul'15

  Whoa! The Win10 Build "Hat Trick"

  Confounding all expectations, MS followed up the wham, bam sequence of two Windows 10 builds on June 30 (10158) and July 1 (10159) with a third build yesterday (July 2: Build 10162). I'm hopeful ...

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  BAM! Here comes Win10 Build 10159

  No sooner did I get Build 10158 installed than did Windows Update inform me that a new fast ring build (10159) was available. That's the smallest build ID increment I've seen so far, and the ...

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  Win10 Build 10158 Lookin' Good

  Upon my return to the office after a week off this morning, I discovered the latest (and probably last) build before the upcoming 7/29 RTM for Windows 10 was available. The first install went ...

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• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  Handy Utility: Text Finding

  As a full-time writer and researcher, I am forever compiling materials that need to be combed for nuggets of information. Sometimes, particularly in connection with my occasional work as an expert ...

• June 18, 2015 18 Jun'15

  Windows Driver Upgrade Tricks

  Over the years, I've always struggled with some Windows drivers that prove more tricky or difficult to install than others. This goes double for those devices whose vendors provide installable ...

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Is the Ask Toolbar Malware? Maybe Yes, Maybe No...

  Over the weekend, I saw an interesting news item on the Windows 10 Forums. Entitled "Ask Toolbar gets the banhammer on Windows," it observes that "the Ask Toolbar is a bad thing that nobody wants ...

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  Working Around Win10/8 Gotchas

  What with running two Win10 test machines -- a desktop and tablet/convertible -- I've been banging up against the limits of this new software from time to time, and have had to refurbish some ...

• June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15

  Welcome to Windows (10) World!

  When the Win10 flag showed up on my Windows 8.1 machines, perforce I signed up for the upgrade, knowing that I must track the latest and greatest of Windows OSes no matter what. I've read various ...

• June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15

  Win8 Versions Overtake XP: Where's Win10?

  Every now and then I like to drop into NetMarketShare.com and see what's up on the Internet with desktop operating systems. Even as they grow increasingly passe and irrelevant, I'm still fascinated ...

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  Microsoft Surface 3 tablet redefines portability and power

  The Surface 3 is the most flexible and portable Microsoft tablet to date, with plenty of ports, cover options and strong battery life.

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Stealth Update Brings Win10 Upgrade Offer to Win7&8 Users

  Two days ago a strange little Windows flag icon appeared in the notification bar on my Windows 8.1 PCs. A quick mouse-over on the icon produced the text "Get Windows 10." An equally quick click ...

• June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15

  Refresh/Recimg.exe Gone Missing in Win10

  If you've been reading this blog lately, you've seen my recent discovery that duplicate or outmoded drivers in the Windows 10 DriverStore can unnecessarily bulk up the size of the RecoveryImage ...

• May 26, 2015 26 May'15

  Another DISM tip for compacting Windows installations

  While perusing the postings over at the Windows 10 Forums earlier, I caught an item there entitled "Trimming down Win10TP" that taught me a new way to use the Deployment Image Servicing and ...