Earlier this month, Microsoft sent out press invites for its November 2016 Office event. It's not clear what exactly the company is going to announce during that event, but you can expect to see not just upcoming changes for Office 365 but also some new products. This is probably where the long-rumored Slack competitor, Microsoft Teams, is going to be announced.
October 2016 edition Windows developer evaluation virtual machines are now available for download
Microsoft today released the October 2016 update for Windows 10 virtual machines for Universal Windows Platform app developers. The company has been releasing pre-configured VMs for developers for a while and now all of them come with all the latest updates for the OS itself and pre-installed developer tools. These virtual machines can be used with Hyper-V, Parallels, VirtualBox and VMWare.
Centennial apps bug causing Windows 10 to crash is now fixed by recent update
With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft finally allowed developers to "convert" their classic Win32 apps to be distributed via Windows Store. A special tool called 'Project Centennial' or 'Desktop Bridge' allows packing classic Desktop apps into the *.appx format used by UWP. It also gives them the ability to use new APIs which were exclusively available to UWP apps only. However, there was a critical bug causing lots of computers to crash when using converted apps which now appears to be fixed with the latest update for Windows 10 version 1607.
Windows Defender is getting a revamped UI in Windows 10 Creators Update
Another interesting change was seen in the leaked screenshots of Windows 10 Creators Update: a new user interface for the built-in antivirus and protection software, Windows Defender. Let's see how it looks.
Fix system repair pending in Windows 10
If you face this problematic issue in Windows 10 where the operating system does not start in normal mode but starts in Safe mode instead and complains about pending repair operations, this article might help you. When you try to run SFC /scannow, it reports that a system repair is pending and does not proceed. Here is how to revert the pending system repair and continue normal startup mode.
Microsoft is going to sell you themes for Windows 10
Another interesting detail about Windows 10 was revealed during the October 2016 Microsoft Event. It looks like the Redmond giant is going to start selling themes for Windows 10. They seem to have adopted the freemium model where the base OS is free and additional value-added features are paid. In-app purchases with micropayments are very common on mobile platforms. Now they might come to the Windows 10 platform.
Mozilla’s Quantum Project is a new engine for Firefox
A few days ago, Mozilla introduced its new project, "Quantum", which is aimed at providing a new, notably improved engine for the Firefox browser. It will be Gecko-based and should bring many enhancements to Gecko's performance, thanks to increased concurrency and parallelism, reduced latency, and better reliability provided by the Rust code language and its features.
How to change Region and home location in Windows 10
In our previous article, How to download and install the new Paint 3D app for Windows 10, we mentioned a trick which allows you to bypass the country limitation and access an app in Windows Store which is region-restricted. By changing your region and home location, it can be done. Let's see how.
How to download and install new Paint 3D for Windows 10
Paint 3D is the brand new Windows 10 app that everyone is raving out because of how easy Microsoft made it for non-professionals to create 3D objects by drawing or scanning. It is expected to be bundled with Windows 10 Creators Update, the next major release of Windows 10 which should become available in March 2017. Here is how you can get the official preview of the app.
Get CPU Information via Command Prompt in Windows 10
In Windows 10, it is possible to get information about the CPU installed in your PC using the command line. If you need to print it out or just view your CPU details without restarting your PC or using a third party tool, here is how it can be done.
