Erik Moreau

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25314

Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25314 to the Canary Channel, the 1st Canary Channel release. For devices that were in de Dev Channel before, the Canary Channel is the easiest way to continue, they would have been on build 25309 where this one is the next build release now in the …

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Use Winget to update your 3rd party applications the easy way.

Patching 3rd party apps is often forgotten eighter due to an unused app or an app that has no auto update functionally built-in. This poses a vulnerability threat to your device. Winget is a command-line tool that allows users to discover, install, update, remove and configure applications on Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers. It …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25309

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25309 to the Dev Channel. The new ACM options turn a display black in some situations: Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAjvpx7 I’m excited to see the new volume mixer include in quick settings, a very nice addition to Windows 11 features! Happy upgrades! What’s new New volume mixer …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25300

Hi all, Last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25300 to the Dev Channel. Changes made in previous build – #Feedbackworks https://aka.ms/AAjpioq was fixed The snipping tool issue isn’t fixed yet, where opening the app & pressing new does not start a snip, workaround still works by pressing Windows Key + Shift + S to …

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Retreive & install oem bios Windows License key

Having trouble with your Windows activation on an OEM device? You might be able to fix it by retrieving the key from the bios. Run this in Powershell (Elevation should not be needed) If your device came with a license this command will show the key (looks like this: XXXXX-XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX) Next you’ll want to check …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25295

Hi all, Last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25295 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades went smooth here, spotted some new stuff: Task Manager shows a different results in performance & details tab (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAjlw92) As shown in the screenshot above CPU load seems 100% while the processor is only throttled at 1.93 Ghz, …

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New Windows Build not showing up?

Running the previous build of Windows 11 or Windows 10 and the new build is not showing up for you? Checked updates in setting with no new build available? This might be due to policies set on your device trough Group policies or Intune set by you company admin. If those are not interfering with …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290

Hi all, Last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25290 to the Dev Channel. The new Widgets are great, Messenger, Spotify,… quick access like never before, they do tend to get unpinnend from the widgets pane after a reboot, but that’s being worked on: https://aka.ms/AAjhst7 What’s new New Widgets: Spotify and Phone Link Last week, …

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Splitting Audio from a Video File – ClipChamp

Need to split audio from a video file or just remove the sound track? This has become quite easy with the new inbox Windows 11 app ‘Clipchamp – Video editor’ If the app has not landed on your device yet or was removed, you can grab it in the Microsoft Store > here < lots …

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Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25284

Hi all, last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25284 to the Dev Channel. Be sure to test out the messenger widget, it’s a great one! (it does seem to decide to remove itself from my widgets pane at random) Snipping Tool still gets tricked by different DPI scaled monitors. ( Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAj9qlk) Happy …

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