This is because Microsoft has temporarily stop pushing the updates for those running the preview, which means that those customers must first downgrade the operating system, before trying to install the latest Lumia Cyan update. Apparently there is a problem were phones lockup when having Windows Phone 8.1 Preview and BitLocker (encryption feature) enabled. According to Microsoft, the company has temporarily stop rolling out the update until a solution is in place....

The wallpapers are free to download for Windows, something not to miss to enjoy the view of inhospitable places and its golden sand kissed by the sun from your office. If the images rotate too quickly on your desktop, after applying the theme, go to Settings > Personalization > Background, and use the Change picture every drop-down menu to adjust the image rotation frequency. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section....

Classic retro games include from the 1983’s Ms Pac-Man, 1990’s The Oregon Tail, Prince of Persia, to 1987’s adventure game Maniac Mansion. You can play all the games free using DosBox emulation in your web browser, without having to spend countless hours trying to make the game work on a modern PC. Just to be clear, you don’t have to install anything, simply go to the Internet Archive, find the game and click Run....

But the Microsoft Band is just one of the key piece of Microsoft’s ambitions creating a new platform, at the same time the company also announced the Microsoft Health platform, and this is where all comes down to. The Microsoft Health is a new platform that works in the cloud offering customers and whoever wants to build a fitness wearable or offers health related services a single secure place to store and access health data from any device using the new cross-platform app....

Other benefits include access to support for Windows 11 and Microsoft 365. In addition, Microsoft says that it will also make better security features, such as ransomware recovery and password-protected sharing links in OneDrive, but these features will come later in the year. Furthermore, with this new Microsoft 365 Basic option, the company plans to replace the existing 100GB of OneDrive plan, and current customers will transition to the new Basic plan on January 30 (via Thurrott)....

To help in the hunt for the best productive tech-gear, here are some great Microsoft software offers and promotions for students currently available: Windows 7 Professional upgrade at $29.99 — This is a great discount when considering that the suggested price is $199.99. If you are not sure this is the right version of Windows you need, you can compare all Windows 7 versions in this Microsoft page. Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010 at $99....

According to a new article from the Building Windows 8 blog, the company is ditching the “Windows Live” brand together with “Windows Live Essentials” name from the suite of desktop applications (Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Messenger, Writer, Family Safety and Live Mesh) and now they are getting simple and non-confusing names. From now on they will be simply known as: Calendar, People, Photos, Messaging and SkyDrive. While Hotmail.com (a.k.a live....

This week, during Microsoft Convergence, Chris Capossela, chief of marketing at Microsoft, said that the company is working in a new name and brand. He said that Internet Explorer will continue to ship in Windows 10, but it’s only for compatibility reasons and now there is Project Spartan, but it’s just the codename. Chris continued saying, “we’re now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10”....

Yes, there has been a wireless adapter for a long time, but this time around, Microsoft is making it a lot smaller. In fact, the adapter is now 66 percent smaller than its predecessor, and it looks just like an ordinary USB thumb drive. Similar to the older model, you can use the USB adapter on any desktop computer, laptop, and tablet running Windows 10, and it supports up to eight controllers....

Although, this is a minor update for Windows 8.1, Microsoft is adding a few significant changes focusing on making the operating system better suited for traditional PCs using the keyboard and mouse. For example, the company is adding a way to pin Windows 8-style (Metro) apps to the taskbar, separate to pinning users now have a new option to show running Metro apps on the taskbar too. Also you can expect to minimize and close modern apps more easily with the mouse, there is a new context menu for live tiles to get access to different options, and now there it’s super easy to shutdown Windows 8....

The exploit, discovered during the weekend, could allow a malware to bypass security protocols via Flash and affect XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines. In a new article the company stated that there is a fix now for it and it is easy to apply: “This is an easy, one-click solution that will help protect your computer right away. It will not affect your ability to browse the web, and it does not require a reboot of your computer....

The May 10, 2016 firmware update for the Surface line doesn’t bring many significant improvements as we have seen last month, but users will see some improvements on Windows Hello through the new updated drivers for both front and back cameras on Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. Below you can see all the updates coming with the new firmware update. Surface firmware update for May 2016 Intel driver update for AVStream Camera 2500 Intel driver update for Control Logic Intel driver update for CSI2 Host Controller Intel driver update for Imaging Signal Processor 2500 Intel driver update for Microsoft Camera Front Intel driver update for Microsoft Camera Rear Intel driver update for Microsoft IR Camera Front...

Among other things, on PowerPoint, you can play and pause embedded audio and videos, switch to slide thumbnail view, see your speaker notes, and keep track of the presentation timer. In Word, you can jump to headings and comments, screen and line up or down, and more. In Excel, you can scroll, zoom, and switch between worksheets, use filters and sliders, and more. The Office Remote app is on the advanced side of configuration, making it all work requires you to pair your smartphone and computer using Bluetooth first, and then you’ll need to be running the latest version of Office 2013 or Office 2016 beta....

However, the new discount is only available for the Core i5 models, this means that the Surface Pro Core i5 with 4GB of memory and 128GB of storage now starts at $799, and the one with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage starts at $1099. These are just temporary discounts that will be available through the President’s Day weekend from February 17 to the 19 at the Microsoft Store, and only in the United States....

The third major update for Windows 10 was officially launched on April 11, and even before its release, we knew that no everyone was going to get it the same day automatically using Windows Update. However, the update was also made available through various methods, including Media Creation Tool and Update Assistant, for those users who didn’t want to wait to jump to the latest version immediately. But Microsoft is now warning and advising users to stop trying to install the Windows 10 Creators Update manually, and says be patient and wait for the new version to be offered to your device when is ready....

According to a new report from The Verge, a Microsoft spokesperson said that “the update to ‘Xbox online service’ in the Microsoft Services Agreement refers to the underlying Xbox service that includes features like cross-saves and friend requests,” and the language update was only made to distinguish the service and the paid Gold subscription. In addition, Microsoft is now clearly saying that it has no plans to discontinue the Xbox Live Gold subscription, even though, the 12-month option is no longer available, and assures that there are no changes being made to the service or Xbox Live Gold....

According to the company the beta release is to test the update, gain user feedback to close bugs, and deliver a stable version of the software. The select group of Xbox Live members will start receiving an invitation code in their accounts, which then has to be utilized to complete the Xbox One system update preview registration. The selected participants will start getting the beta March update next week along with the new features, which include improve multiplayer and party on Xbox One....

If you have a commercial account and the installation of Office is in the Beta Channel, you will now find a “Try the new Outlook” toggle switch in the top-right corner to switch to the new version. The new application is available for the desktop version of Windows 11 and 10, and it looks identical to the web version of Outlook but with some new features. For example, this email client includes a single view for email, calendar, and tasks....

To use Personal Blocklist extension is pretty easy. Once you have it installed, in the next Google search result a new link called “Block” will appear, you just simple need to click it for the Web page link not to show up again in a search result. You can view once again the blocked Website link by scrolling down the page and click the show link. The option shown above will only allow you to view the blocked link every time you click show....