Starting Friday, May 31st, 2013 (and until June 30th), the promotional offer is available at the Microsoft Store, Best Buy, and Staples, and it is only for customers in the USA and Canada. Although you are not getting a money discount here, you still getting a great deal knowing that the Touch Cover cost $100, the Type Cover is $119 and the Limited Edition cost $129 on their own. So you are basically paying $370, and that’s a pretty good deal....

An early preview of the feature was originally spotted on Windows 11 build 22572, and now, a new update is out that adds support to re-arrange tabs above the address bar, similar to the web browser experience. This action was not possible in the first preview of the support, which could suggest that Microsoft is more serious about bringing this support to users this time around. However, the experience still needs work....

You’ll enjoy after you click to download for free all these cool wallpapers for Windows 10. 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. You can find more great themes in my Desktop Fun section. Gears Of War – Mad World theme | Download...

Although it’s recommended to install new updates to keep your computer secured and to access the new features and improvements, big updates, such as the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, aren’t your typical quality updates that Microsoft makes available every other month. The April 2018 Update is a brand-new version of Windows 10 that requires a full installation, which sometimes can go wrong for a number of reasons. In addition, during the early days, you’re expected to come across errors and unknown bugs depending on your system configuration....

You can choose from more than 20 color themes that range from clean and minimal designs to dark and dramatic to bright and cheerful. In addition, there is a choice to create a custom theme for Slack if none of the colors available are of your liking. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to use a different set of colors to change the appearance of the Slack app on Windows 10....

Whatever the reason it might be, Windows 11 includes an option to change the font size independently from the display scaling, so you don’t end up changing the size of the elements on the screen. This guide will teach you the steps to make the text on the screen larger or smaller on Windows 11. Change system font size on Windows 11 To change the text size on Windows 11, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the system text size will increase or decrease based on your setting on Windows 11....

Usually, you would see the benefit of SMB compression on networks with less bandwidth. For example, on devices with 1Gbps Ethernet or Wi-Fi adapters. On the other hand, if you have, for example, two servers with 100Gbps network adapters with Solid-State Drives (SSDs), you may not see the benefit of SMB compression. In practice, it may even take more time. Compression with SMB on Windows 11 supports algorithms XPRESS (LZ77), XPRESS Huffman (LZ77+Huffman), LZNT1, or PATTERN_V1*....

On the other hand, a discrete GPU refers to an add-in card with its own processor, memory, and power supply. Usually, discrete graphics come from the leading manufacturers, including AMD and Nvidia, but Intel is getting into the graphics card business with the Intel Arc Graphics. Understanding the kind of graphics your computer has can come in handy to determine how an app or game will perform. If the device has performance issues running an app or game, it may indicate that you need to upgrade to more capable graphics....

Although it is convenient to get your games quickly, it’s not something that everyone needs. If you do not want the Xbox app launching automatically, you can change its settings to stop this behavior. In this guide, you will learn the steps to stop the Xbox app from starting on Windows 11. Disable Xbox app from starting automatically on Windows 11 To prevent the Xbox app from launching during startup, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the Xbox app will no longer launch automatically as you sign in to your Windows 11 after a reboot or cold start....

Alongside the release of a new version of Windows 10, Microsoft always updates its Media Creation Tool and Update Assistant to upgrade device to the most current release. As a result, it’s not possible to use the tools to downgrade the operating system if a problem occurs, or you decide you are not ready for the new version. Usually, You can use the recovery option to uninstall an upgrade, but the option is only available for ten days, and sometimes it doesn’t even work....

MediaCreationTool.bat is a wrapper script that allows you to download the most recent (version 22H2) to the oldest version of Windows 11 (version 21H2) or Windows 10 to create a USB flash drive, ISO file, or you can use it to auto-start the setup process. The tool even includes a script you can execute to apply specific Registry changes to your current installation to bypass the TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, CPU, and any other requirements that may prevent you from upgrading your computer....

In the Home edition of Windows 11, device encryption is a light version of BitLocker. When you enable the feature, the data gets scrambled on the primary and secondary drives using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption algorithm to protect your information, and only you with the correct password can access it. The main difference between BitLocker and BitLocker device encryption is that BitLocker is only available in the Pro and higher editions of Windows 11 and offers additional management options....

The ability to sync extensions should be enabled by default, but if it’s not, you can enable or disable the feature from the profiles settings. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable (and disable) sync for extensions on Microsoft Edge. How to disable sync extensions on Microsoft Edge How to enable sync extensions on Microsoft Edge How to enable sync extensions on Microsoft Edge To sync Edge extensions across your devices, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, every time you install and configure a new extension, it’ll sync across your other devices where you also use Microsoft Edge....

Tab Groups is a new feature that allows you to easily create groups of open tabs to better organize pages that you’re viewing. However, the features is disabled by default, and you must dive into the experimental settings to enable it. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable and start using Tab Groups to better manage and organize your open tabs in Chrome on Windows 10. How to enable Tab Groups in Chrome How to use Tab Groups in Chrome...

Once you install the application and enable the tool, you can use a keyboard shortcut to launch the experience. Then you can use the mouse pointer to identify the color of a particular element in various formats (including HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and more) and copy it to the clipboard. The tool even includes an editor to modify and create a new color from the original pick. Although most users usually do not need to worry about knowing the color information of an element on the screen, this is an essential feature for many web and app developers, photo and video editors, and anyone who works with colors....

Out of the box, the app ships with support for Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, and support can be extended to many other languages, including PHP, Python, Go, Java, C#, and C++. In addition, you can also install extensions for runtimes, such as Unity and .NET. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to download and install Visual Studio (VS) Code on Windows 10. How to install Visual Studio Code on Windows 10 To download and install Visual Studio Code, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you can start using VSCode on your Windows 10 machine to review or create code....

The ability to run an optimization spreads existing data across the available drives, including the new one, to better use the space. When adding a new drive to an existing storage pool, the process gives you the option to optimize it. However, if you cleared the option, or for any other reason, Windows 10 Storages Spaces includes an option to optimize a pool manually using the Settings app (build 21286 and higher) or Control Panel....

Since Linux distros are available through the Microsoft Store, they are considered applications, which means you can use the Settings app and the Windows Package Manager (winget) command to uninstall any distribution. You can also use the –unregister option with the wsl.exe tool, but it only resets the Linux instance without deleting the files. However, this command would remove a distribution you restored from the backup. This guide will teach you how to uninstall any Linux distribution on Windows 11 or 10....

Although this information can be useful, it is not for everyone since it can also add unnecessary distraction to the workflow. If this feature is not for you, Windows 10 includes an option to remove (or hide) the time and date from the taskbar using the Settings app. In this guide, you will learn the steps to remove the Clock icon that displays the time and date information in the taskbar on Windows 10....

If you want to prevent anyone from making changes, you need to fill out the PDF form, and instead of saving it, you have to print it out as a PDF document. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to protect a PDF form from accidental editing by printing it as a PDF document as if it was printed on a piece of paper. How to print completed form as PDF document on Windows 10 To prevent other people from modifying a completed PDF form, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the PDF document will no longer be editable, which means that no one will be able to make changes by mistake....