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Having a single drive with mount points to other drives can make it easier to host your content. The steps below will show you the process to mount a drive to an empty folder in Windows 7 using the Command Prompt and Computer Management. How to mount a drive as a folder using Command Prompt How to mount a drive as a folder using Computer Management How to mount a drive as a folder using Command Prompt You should now be able to see all the content of the new drive inside of the mounted folder....

Almost all the Settings sections have a unique link called “URI”, which stands for “Uniform Resource Identifier”. Basically, it allows users to open any Settings page directly using a particular command that is much easier to remember. Below you’ll find a list compiled by WinAero that anyone can use in Windows 10 using the Run command (Windows Key + R). Although, this is a great geeky way to access specific Settings pages, you can always do a quick search in Cortana to access specific settings....

However, Windows 10 includes an option to disable the open on hover feature, or you can even disable the news widget entirely. In this guide, you will learn the steps to prevent the news and interests widget from opening on mouse hover. In addition, we will look into the steps to enable the option again. Disable taskbar news and interests open on hover Enable taskbar news and interests open on hover Disable news and interests open on hover using Registry Enable taskbar news and interests open on hover using Registry...

Add to Microsoft To Do isn’t an extension created by Microsoft, but it’s an useful tool that allows you to create tasks with due date, reminder, note, and some other attributes making it easier to save anything from the web to your lists. In this guide, you’ll learn steps to start using the Add to Microsoft To Do extension to create tasks out of web pages in Google Chrome....

This guide will teach you the steps to set the Print Screen key on your keyboard to open the screen snipping tool on Windows 10. Take screenshots using the ‘Print Screen’ key on Windows 10 To open the Snipping Tool to take screenshots with the “PrtScrn” key, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, if you have another application currently mapped to use the Print Screen button, you may need to restart the computer to apply the settings....

Has anyone of you ever had your email account’s password compromised or spammed? Or did you ever signed in to your Gmail account or other websites from a shared computer? There are a lot of scenarios that can demonstrate why it is important to follow the necessary steps to protect your online life. When you reuse the same password in multiple websites the weaker it gets, because if one of those sites gets hacked your password can get stolen, and it can be used to access other accounts and retrieve a lot of important information that you may possess, this can be from the hacked website itself, email account, your photos and your private documents....

Instructions From the new notification center tap ALL SETTINGS. Then tap start + theme. Locate the choose photo button. Pick a picture from your albums on Facebook, camera or backgrounds folder, or OneDrive — you name it. Crop image as necessary and tap the check icon to confirm your new settings. Voila! That’s all there is to it. As you head back to the Start screen the Live Tiles transform to show part of the photo you selected on each Tile....

However, if you have an Outlook.com account, you can quickly create and share an entire calendar that other people can see online, Outlook, or in the Calendar app for Windows 10 to keep everyone informed on every upcoming event. The only caveat is that you can’t create and share a calendar using Outlook or the Calendar app on Windows 10. Instead, you must use Outlook.com to do this task, which then will sync across devices and to everyone you shared the calendar with....

In the past, you were only able to use Task Manager to terminate the app, but on a continue effort to consolidate all the Windows 10 settings in one place, the Settings app now include an option to terminate apps within the app settings page. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to quickly close an app when it’s not responding on Windows 10 using the Settings app and Task Manager....

When your computer is acting up, try this first. In a desktop computer if something is not working the way it should (software or hardware), firstshutdown the computer, wait a few minutes and turn it back on. If that did not fixed the problem, shutdown your computer once again but this time unplug all the cables from the computer tower, wait a few minutes and reconnect only the necessary cables, like power cord, monitor, mouse and keyboard....

Although, many users may be fine waiting a little longer, other users may just want to start upgrading today. While this is not possible for everyone on day one, Microsoft has also released the ISO files to perform a clean install of Windows 10. However, the download tool will allow you not only create a bootable media to perform a clean install, but also it allows users to perform an upgrade of Windows 10....

If you’re having problems upgrading through Windows Update or you don’t want to wait, you can use the Microsoft Media Creation Tool to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 10 version 2004, which is similar to using Windows Update or Update Assistant, and during the process your files, apps, and settings will not be affected. How to upgrade to Windows 10 May 2020 Update If you can’t wait to get the May 2020 Update automatically, you can use the Media Creation Tool....

Before beginning: Before starting the process, make sure that installed programs and devices will work Windows 7 or at the bare minimum, check the programs you use often. How do you do this? You can do this in two ways: 1st — You check the software against the Windows 7 Compatibility list, or 2nd — visit the software maker’s website and look for the version of the software you have installed and see if it is compatible with the new OS....

Whatever the reason might be, there are many ways to use PowerShell to generate a list of apps installed on Windows 10. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to view all the apps installed on Windows 10 using PowerShell. View all installed apps using PowerShell Search installed app using PowerShell View all installed apps using PowerShell To view a list of all installed apps with PowerShell, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you’ll see a list of all the Microsoft Store apps installed on Windows 10....

While the company didn’t offer a live stream for the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 event, this year Microsoft decided that anyone can tune in to watch this new “small gathering” Surface event, which will stream live starting Tuesday, May 20th, at 11 a.m. Eastern time (8 a.m. Pacific) from New York City. The live stream will be hosted from the Microsoft News Center. This should be an interested event to watch, Surface team leader, Panos Panay, will be the speaker and there is also a rumor circulating that Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s new CEO, will be making an appearance....

You can download it from the Apple App Store and you’ll get access to Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Mobile to view and edit your documents. The one problem, though, is that it’s only available for your iPhone and iPod, there is no a iPad or even an Android version. Users with this kind of mobile devices has to continue accessing documents via the web with the Office Web Apps....

Forward 6 months, on February, Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (IE9 RC) shipped, now with a more completed and stable build –up to here, between the first Beta and Release Candidate, there were over 17,000 pieces of feedback addressed–. On March 11th the Internet Explorer 9 team signed-off the RTM (Release To Manufacture) build, at this point we can say that the final version is complete (designed, features, bug fixes, integration, etc....

The device is straightforward, peeking inside you’ll find a tiny board, that uses a Marvell DE3005-A1 processor and an AzureWave combo Wi-Fi chip, 512MB of RAM (low power), 4GB of internal storage, and it also features an aluminum heatsink that covers the components to avoid overheating . For more images about this teardown visit iFixit. All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied. Use any information at your own risk....

The new security feature is available only using the Microsoft Edge browser, and it’s the first company supporting this form of authentication without the need of a password using FIDO2 and CTAP2 standards. Although authentication to access your Microsoft account is only available through Microsoft Edge, you also need to be running the Windows 10 October 2018 Update on your computer. If you’re already running the latest version of Windows 10, and you have a webcam or fingerprint reader that supports Windows Hello, then you can configure this password-less form of authentication from the Microsoft account settings online using the “Windows Hello and security keys” settings....

According to sources familiar to the plan, Microsoft is paying somewhere between $100 to $200 million to acquire the company, and the acquisition is a new effort to add more apps to its line of mobile apps. Recently, the company began offering Office mobile for free across platforms and purchased two companies that are known to build mobile apps. Acompli is a company that makes mobile-email applications which Microsoft rebranded as Outlook for mobile....