However, if you would like to make the search box smaller or remove it completely from the Windows 10 taskbar, there’s an option to do this. In this guide, you’ll learn the easy steps to remove the search box from the taskbar on Windows 10. How to remove Search from taskbar If you’re looking to remove taskbar search box element to make more room to pin more apps, use these steps: After completing the steps, the search box will no longer appear in the taskbar giving you more space to pin more apps....

In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know before upgrading to Windows 10 and the steps to perform a clean installation of the new operating system. How to upgrade to Windows 10 without losing files and apps Windows 10 system requirements How to create a full backup on Windows XP or Vista How to upgrade Windows XP or Vista to Windows 10 How to upgrade to Windows 10 without losing files and apps Alternatively, users who want to migrate their files, apps, and settings can purchase a copy of Windows 7, upgrade their current installation, and only then upgrade to Windows 10....

Starting with Windows 10 version 1903, File Explorer includes a new option to use friendly dates to show dates in a friendly conversational format. For example, “5 hours ago,” instead of “1/2/2019 1:15 PM.” In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to list files and folders using the friendly dates format options in File Explorer available starting with version 1903 (19H1). How to show friendly dates using Folders options How to show friendly dates using File Explorer options...

Apple has already hand-picked who will be attending the media event later today at 1pm ET / 10am PT, but for everyone else that didn’t get an invite, the company will offer a live stream, but there is a catch… The catch is that the live stream requires Safari 5.1.10 or later on OS X v10.6.8 or later. Safari on iOS 6.0 or later. To watch the event on Apple TV, users are required to have the second- or third-gen of the device with software 6....

The company recently announced a new Xbox One controller with a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a new wireless adapter to connect the controller to Windows 10 devices. In addition, Microsoft introduced a new Xbox One console featuring a 1TB hard drive with a new matte finish, and perhaps the most interesting news was its new partnership with Oculus to ship the Xbox One controller, bundled with the adapter, with the Rift virtual reality headset....

15 images, free to download for Windows 10 bring a closer look to the many islands that form this country with its exquisite variety of incredible views. If the images rotate too quickly on your desktop, after applying the theme on Settings > Personalization > Background, and use the Change picture every drop-down menu to adjust the image rotation frequency. Also, Windows 10 has a new light theme, and here’s how to enable it....

Let’s begin with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon, this is the third generation of the super thin and light laptop. It features a WQHD 14-inch display and PCIe SSD with up to an 80% faster storage speed. According to the company, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon has a battery that last all day, and all under three pounds. The X1 Carbon runs on Intel’s fifth-generation Broadwell processors. Customers can choose from 4GB or 8GB of RAM configuration, LTE connectivity, and regular SATA or PCIe SSD....

If you don’t have the opportunity to enjoy it in person, all you should do is download this free theme for Windows and don’t miss the gifts of the spring. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section and from the Windows Themes at Microsoft. Lovely Tulips theme | Download All content on this site is provided with no warranties, express or implied. Use any information at your own risk....

The company says that it has seen one too many users using the unlimited cloud storage to store many PC backups, home videos, DVD Recordings, and even entire movie collections. “This exceeded 75 TB per user or 14,000 times the average.” As such, the unlimited plan will no longer be available and it’s replacing it with a 1TB option. If you think that was the worst part, the company is also reducing the free tier of OneDrive cloud storage from 15GB to 5GB....

The only big difference with the $9.99 per-month Office 365 Home Premium is that this package allows customers to install the applications on up to 5 PCs or Macs, while Office 365 Personal is only available for one PC and one tablet. When you think about, it’s a good deal, currently Microsoft’s offers a single license for the standalone version of Office 2013 for one PC for $139.99, which only let you install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote....

However, because Microsoft owns various patents of the file system design, up until now, Linux users needed to go through workarounds to access devices formatted using exFAT. But now things are changing, as the software giant has published the technical specifications of the file system publicly for the first time and announced that it’s supporting the integration of exFAT into the Linux kernel. Furthermore, the company says that also supports exFAT on the Linux kernel become part of the Open Invention Network (OIN) Linux definition, which once accepted, it’ll benefit the entire Linux community....

This is not a sudden change. Microsoft has been working on the new brand for years since the company introduced the Office 365 subscription and then rebranded it to Microsoft 365. However, the rebrand will now expand to everything as the company says that in the coming months, the Office.com website, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows will also be renamed to “Microsoft 365.” Furthermore, the app will also get a new icon, a new design, and more features....

The new update KB3046002 deals with “vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Journal file. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less affected than users who have administrative user rights.” Update KB3049563 resolves “several reported vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. The most severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage in Internet Explorer....

Currently the software giant is working on the next version of Windows, codenamed “Threshold”, which apparently will include the ability to use Windows 8.1 apps in the desktop, the company is also planning to bring back the Start menu to provide an easier way for users with keyboard and mouse to navigate the operating system, among other changes which are yet to be revealed. According to new report from The Verge, Microsoft will offer Windows Phone and Windows RT free of charge with the Threshold wave of updates....

The software giant also announced that Windows 8.1 will include a few more built-in apps (Food & Drink and Health & Fitness, among other apps). But the interesting feature worth to highlight is the hands-free mode that Microsoft is adding to Food & Drink app that let users control the app with Kinect-like gestures. This means that you can launch the app, look for recipes, flip pages, create shopping list and more without even touching the screen, or using a keyboard and mouse....

Xbox Fitness was first introduced as an Xbox One tittle when the console launched a year ago, designed not only to help people to stay healthy, but to show what Xbox One can do, especially with the more powerful Kinect that can even track movements much better than before. However, Microsoft was planning to make Xbox Fitness a part of an additional subscription; the company has told Windows Central that the service will continue to be free in 2015....

The new Preview will give users an early look of what’s to come to the next release of Office for Windows desktop. According to Microsoft, the new suite of applications are being updated to the “modern workplace”. Office 2016 includes: New modern attachment in Outlook to attach files from OneDrive and automatically configure permission for the recipient. Real-time co-authoring now is coming to the desktop applications of Office 2016, “starting with Word”....

A year has already passed since the launch, and so far Microsoft has sold over 240 million Windows 7 licences. Microsoft also is reporting that Windows 7 is running in more than 1.2 billion Windows PCs, and as September, 93% are from new customer PCs. In less than a year Windows 7 gained more than 17% of the global operating system share worldwide (according to Net Applications), making this version of Microsoft Windows the fastest selling OS in history....

This new feature was possible thanks to the Facebook partnership with Skype, when back in July the social network giant released its video chat in a web browser capability. This new feature is built-in on version 5.7 beta version for Windows and in version 5.4 for Mac OSX. There is also a short video where Skype showcases this new feature, which also details the easy steps to configure Skype + Facebook video chat....

And today, the software maker is also releasing the November firmware update for Surface 3 and Surface 3 LTE devices. The new firmware applies to those devices running Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, and it addresses a number of problems regarding power management, wireless networking, and system stability on both versions of the Surface 3. According to the logs published at the TechNet, Surface for IT Pros blog, this is what’s new in the November firmware update for Surface 3 and Surface 3 LTE: Fixes for the Surface 3 on Window 10 include:...