This revelation was coupled with a new Privacy Policy released by Microsoft on 1 August 2015. It seems that everybody is up in arms about the diabolical new Windows 10 features that – by default – share quite a bit of private data with Microsoft. (more…) Protect your Privacy in Windows 10 Defender won’t run, and neither will Security Essentials. Worse yet, Windows 10 is very confused, since Windows Defender is basically the same program. There’s only one problem: Every time you reboot, you get an error message about Microsoft Security Essentials. (more…) Windows 10: Can’t uninstall Microsoft Security Essentials? No problem! And even after January 10th, you can download the full version below! That’s in a few short weeks!įear not though, because it’s still available for download now from MS’s site. The trick was to use Windows Photo Gallery since it’s a pretty powerful and handy bit of photo-organizing and editing software.Īpparently, Microsoft will end support for Photo Gallery (and all of Windows Essentials 2012) on January 10, 2017.
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Last month, I wrote a lovely article entitled How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10. (more…) Download Windows Essentials 2012 because it’s going bye-byeġ8 December 2016 | Computers | 27 comments So how the heck do you reactivate Windows 10 after a major hardware upgrade? Most likely, Windows would reactivate after your upgrade, and if it didn’t, an automated phone call to Microsoft was all it took to get back up and running.īut then came Windows 10: You now have a digital entitlement, which then changed to a digital license, which means… ? Furthermore, until recently your ONLY option was to reinstall everything. With Windows 7, you didn’t have anything to worry about. All is well.īut then one day, you decide to upgrade your motherboard, processor, and RAM… Upgrade your motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10Ģ6 February 2017 | Computers | 85 comments