The free Windows 10 upgrade offer for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, which is infamously forced by Microsoft with almost every batch of updates, ends this year on July 29. After that, users who decide to switch to Windows 10, will have to pay money for its license. If you are not ready for Windows 10 right now, but want to have a free license for the future in case you change your mind, here is a very simple trick you can do to obtain a Windows 10 license but still continue using Windows 7 or 8.1.
Beware: KB3150513 will install Windows 10 for you again
Microsoft is continuing their aggressive push to install Windows 10 on Windows 8 and Windows 7 PCs. Another round of updates has started - a new update, KB3150513, has been released to "help" the user switch to Windows 10 immediately.
Customize Win+X menu in Windows 10
In Windows 8, Microsoft introduced a feature for mouse users which can be accessed with a right click in the bottom left corner of the screen - the Win+X menu. In Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, you can simply right click on the Start button to show it. This menu has shortcuts to useful administrative tools and system functions. However, it is not a customizable part of the operating system. The user cannot add the desired apps and commands he wants to the Win+X menu. In this article, we will see how to bypass this limitation and customize this menu in Windows 10.
Opera 37 is out with native ad blocker
Some time ago, the beta version of Opera 37 introduced a built-in ad blocker. Today, version 37 has reached the stable branch of the browser. Interestingly, the ad blocking feature was added to the Opera Mini browser as well.
Get Bing wallpapers without Bing watermark
Bing's extensive image gallery is a well known source for nice wallpapers. It contains very beautiful landscapes, nature and animal photos and other amazing pictures which look nice on the desktop. When you download these images, they are shown with a watermark, which can ruin the impression and beauty of the image when it is used as the desktop background. Here is how to download images without a watermark.
Gnome Nature theme for Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8
Get these amazing nature images from the Gnome wallpapers set on your Windows Desktop. The Gnome Nature theme for Windows 10, Windows 7 and Windows 8 features several beautiful wallpapers which come with the Gnome Desktop Environment of the box in Arch Linux.
How to clear Live Tile notifications during log on in Windows 10
The Live Tiles feature made its first appearance in a desktop OS in Windows 8. Apps pinned to the Start screen could show updates from your friends, photos, new emails, app notifications and so on. To see updates from an app, you did not have to open it. Windows 10 supports Live Tiles in the Start menu. Similar to Windows 8, there is a way to clear update notifications displayed on Live Tiles in Windows 10 every time you sign in so they are reset tiles to their default look. Let's see how.
New editions of Windows 10 are spotted in recently released builds
The recently released builds 14328 and 14332 of Windows 10 Insider Preview come with a significant number of changes. Behind the scenes, these builds have got a number of new editions (or SKUs - stock keeping units) which will be available starting with Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
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Clear Live Tile notifications during log on in Windows 10.
Using this Registry tweak, you will be able to to clear update notifications displayed on Live Tiles in Windows 10 every time you sign in so they are reset tiles to their default look.
Bypass Windows 10 limitations and set desired search engine in Cortana
Today, Microsoft introduced a new limitation in Windows 10 that Cortana can only be integrated with Bing and Microsoft Edge. They did this by making server-side changes which locked down the ability to change the search engine in Cortana to Google or to use alternative web browsers. Here is a way to unlock this ability.
