Official VLC Player site is dangerous says Bing

By ShiwangiPeswani@TWC | November 29, 2018

Bing, the Microsoft search engine warns us that the official VLC Player site is suspicious. Bing suggests choosing another result and also offers a link to the ‘Bing Site Safety Report’ wherein you can check the details. VLC web page […]

Best antivirus software for Windows Home User: 2018

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | November 29, 2018

Protecting your computer from viruses and malware is very important if you want to keep your files and personal data safe from hackers. The question is, then, which antivirus software is best for Windows 10? AVTest has released the findings of […]

KB4467708 may botch Notepad or Windows Media Player functioning

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 27, 2018

On November 13 this month, Microsoft came up with KB4467708 update (OS Build 17763.134) that applies to Windows 10 version 1809 (October 2018 Update). KB4467708 fixes some security issues and rolls out security updates to a few Windows programs, including […]

Microsoft blocks Windows 10 v1809 Upgrade on some Intel PCs

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 22, 2018

Microsoft has blocked the October 2018 Update being delivered to systems running Windows 10 on some Intel PCs. Specifically those computers running Intel driver versions 24.20.100.6344, 24.20.100.6345 have been blocked. Incompatible Intel Graphics drivers force Microsoft to block Windows 10 […]

Windows 10 v1809 places ‘Upgrade block in place’. Are you affected?

By AyushVij@TWCN | November 18, 2018

Microsoft released Windows 10 v1809 earlier this month. But it had to pull it down due to some reasons. It again recent re-released this October 2018 Update – but it has bugs too. One of them about Mapped drives, not […]

Microsoft makes support for Windows 10 on ARM development official

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 16, 2018

Most electronic gadgets (computers and smartphones) around the world have become a part of our daily life and to a great extent, we remain dependent on them. These gadgets often come equipped with processors that not only occupy less space […]

Windows Update quality gets better with every release, says Microsoft

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | November 15, 2018

Microsoft had some time back paused its October 2018 Update to fix some issues. This raised eyebrows as this was the first time update was pulled back and paused temporarily. Microsoft has now re-released the October 2018 and has also […]

Firefox new experiment Email Tabs makes it easier to share links via email

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 15, 2018

Mozilla’s Firefox Test Pilot team has introduced a new feature in its browser called as Email Tabs. Currently, in test pilot phase, Email Tabs makes it easier for users to share links via email when browsing. Usually, if you want […]

Microsoft rolls out a new AI-powered To-Do feature for Word

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 15, 2018

The explosion of digital data coupled by advancement in technology has enabled tech giants like Microsoft to create a whole new world of possibilities. They have started building solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence. Some have already been enrolled in Office […]

Microsoft resumes the rollout for Windows 10 v1809

By AyushVij@TWCN | November 14, 2018

Microsoft had earlier released Windows 10 v1809. But with this release, many users reported a number of critical issues with the new feature update – as a result of which they had to pulled down the Windows 10 October 2018 […]

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.5 released for Windows 10 v1809

By AnandKhanse@TWC | November 13, 2018

Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.5 supports Windows 10 October 2018 Update (v1809) and adds several new tweaks. While you may be able to access all these via the Windows 10 Settings app, the Registry Editor or the Group Policy Editor, Ultimate […]

Surface Pro 6 & Surface Laptop 2 Drivers and Firmware available

By MahitHuilgol@TWC | November 10, 2018

Microsoft recently launched the Surface Pro 6,, and the Surface Laptop 2 is currently being shipped to those who had preordered. And as expected Microsoft Surface Pro 6 & Surface Laptop 2 Drivers and Firmware are now available on the […]

Solid State Drives that support hardware encryption may not be that safe

By VamienMcKalin@TWCN | November 10, 2018

Solid State Drives (SSD) are the future, and they’ll one day replace Hard Disk Drives (HDD) as the default hardware for storing files on computers. Now, some of these SSDs support hardware encryption, but there’s a problem. Vulnerabilities in hardware […]

Microsoft working on a fix that prevents setting Win32 program defaults for certain file types

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 9, 2018

The latest Windows update, KB4462919 (OS Build 17134.345) got released on October 9, 2018. This release also contains updates for Microsoft HoloLens. As mentioned on the Windows Support website, this update includes quality improvements. There are no new operating system […]

Did your Windows 10 just deactivate? Microsoft confirms Windows 10 Activation issue

By AnandKhanse@TWC | November 8, 2018

Some users over the web are reporting that their Windows 10 has suddenly been deactivated. Others reported that their Pro edition got downgraded to Home. They are reporting that the Activation status of their Windows 10 changed from Activated to […]

Microsoft ports ProcDump to Linux; Other SysInternal tools to follow

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 6, 2018

Microsoft is also planning to port the highly popular Sysinternals tools to Linux. It has started with ProcDump – and its version for Linux is now available. This tool offers a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps […]

Microsoft retires Hotfix service

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 6, 2018

Microsoft seems to have retired its popular update service, Hotfix as indicated by a message on the company’s official website. If you are looking to download hotfixes through Microsoft support website, you will be instead shown the following message, The […]

Flickr will limit Free account to 1,000 photos and videos

By HemantSaxena@TWCN | November 5, 2018

The premiere online photo sharing site – Flickr has decided to shrink the free storage tier space. Because of the new move, free users will be limited to 1,000 photos in total, although the photos & videos will not be […]

Microsoft’s game streaming service Mixer adds more features and ways to make money

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | November 3, 2018

Microsoft has updated its game streaming service, Mixer, with a host of new features to increase the engagement quotient for its users and at the same allow streamers to make more money.  The updates which went live yesterday are being […]

Sticky Notes come to the Web

By AyushVij@TWCN | November 3, 2018

The Sticky Notes team at Microsoft have been pushing great updates to the app. First, they released an all-new major update with Sticky Notes 3.0. Then they announced the integration of Sticky Notes with the OneNote app and announced their […]

Windows Community Toolkit v5.0 announced

By AyushVij@TWCN | November 2, 2018

Microsoft has announced the next version of their Windows Community Toolkit. This major update bumps up to version number to version 5.0. It brings in a notable amount of new features with this update. It brings in all new WindowsXamlHost […]

Skype for Web supports HD Video calling, Call recording, and more

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 31, 2018

Skype for Web experience brings in the latest version of Skype with all the latest features to the web too. This is possible because the new app is made with ReactXP which brings in a common and shared codebase for […]

IBM to acquire Red Hat and become the world’s number 1 Hybrid Cloud Provider

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | October 30, 2018

In what could be a defining moment for the whole cloud industry, IBM announced that it has agreed to acquire American multinational software company, Red Hat, and in the process become the World’s number 1 Hybrid Cloud Provider. IBM to […]

Google makes accessing Privacy Controls easier

By Karan Khanna | October 29, 2018

After the outrage over information leak by social media giant Facebook, all IT companies which collected data started working towards making privacy controls more accessible for end users. Google, Microsoft, Twitter, etc. made privacy controls accessible to users. However, they […]

AMD to end support for 32-bit video drivers

By AnkitGupta@TWCN | October 29, 2018

It’s time to put those old 32-bit Windows versions to bed as AMD joins the growing list of vendors to end support for the 32-bit versions of Windows. AMD said that it is dropping support for 32-bit versions of Windows […]

Use Snapchat filters on Windows 10 with Snap Camera

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 29, 2018

Snapchat has always been criticized for not releasing Snapchat for Windows platform. Even when Microsoft announced UWP to make a developer’s experience easier to build a Windows 10 app, or when they announced app bridges to port iOS applications directly […]

OneDrive will start removing files unused for a certain amount of time

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 27, 2018

Microsoft has introduced a new feature in OneDrive on Windows 10 v1809. OneDrive will now delete those local OneDrive files which are not used for a certain time period. The options available are – 1 Day, 14 Days, 30 Days, […]

Winamp set to return; will expand to multiple form factors

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 20, 2018

If you have been using a Windows computer since a while, you might remember a classic MP3 player called Winamp. It was used by almost everyone to play audio files. Their developers have now announced a beta release which makes […]

Microsoft announces SpectatorView Preview and SpectatorView Pro

By AyushVij@TWCN | October 20, 2018

HoloLens is a super device for Mixed Reality from Microsoft that helps the user to experience the  3D virtual world mixed with our real world. But when we use a HoloLens, we often tend to forget that the other person […]