Aug 06
Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25174 to the Dev Channel. Smooth & fast upgrades here on all devices The taskbar overflow aligns to the left of the screen which is a bit strange (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAhm90w) Happy upgrading! What’s new Introducing the new Game Pass Widget PC Game Pass and Windows are …
Jul 23
Hi all, Last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25163 to the Dev Channel. Upgrades went smooth a fast here, the taskbar overflow needed an extra reboot before it appeared so if you want to test it, after upgrade do an extra reboot to trigger it. Taskbar overflow is very nice, this was a missing …
Jul 16
Hi all, Last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25158 to the Dev Channel. I installed it on my main device while on free wireless hotspot during a week off with the kids, it went surprisingly fast & smooth The new search experience in the taskbar looks nice! What’s new Notification badging for Widgets We’re …
Jun 21
Did a clean install on a device & Windows did not pick up the bios activation key? no 3rd party tools required, these commands will retrieve the key for you Run this in PowerShell (Elevated) to retrieve the key Retrieve & install: (run in elevated prompt)
Jun 18
Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25140 to the Dev Channel. A quick & smooth update on all devices here, WinRAR context menu’s that were re-enabled for Windows 11 with the build 6.10 are not working on this build, as a workaround enabling the legacy context menu option under settings / …
Jun 13
Hi all, Today Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.160 (KB5014770) to the Beta Channel. Also possibly enabling the explorer tabs for you… if you’re one of the lucky early deploy testers What’s new File Explorer Tabs & Navigation Updates To help you work across multiple locations at the same time, the title bar of File …
Jun 13
Hi all, Last Thursday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 to the Dev Channel. Sorry for the delay on the blog, was visiting the Microsoft campus, invited by the WCCP team, now that the jetlag is over… The tabbed explorer looks great, however it’s rolling out gradually to insider so you might not have it …
May 29
Yes it’s the all time classic answer calling Helpdesk, but things have changed since Windows has Fast Startup enabled by default. This happened with the release of Windows 8.x, before then a simple restart was equal to turning it of and on again. Users will tell you they already restarted the device & the issue …
May 28
Hi all, last Wednesday Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25126 to the Dev Channel. After the upgrade Edge Canary kept crashing opening any page, this was persistent after a normal reboot, but fixed after a Shift + Shutdown (Feedback Hub: https://aka.ms/AAh1eob) Happy Upgrades! What’s new in Build 25126 Account settings page improvements In October, …
May 14
Users having network connection issues are no fun, wired troubleshooting is mostly straight forward. Wireless connections however can be an bigger challenge… 1st thing to do usually is checking for driver updates for the adapter so far easy. Users having issue sometimes & usually not when you’re at the device to help them can be …
