Is it a Feature or is it an Experience?

Windows Feature Experience Packs are the new type of Windows Update. But what’s the difference? And when you get an update, is it a Feature or is it an Experience? Does anyone know?

Edge and ‘Rewards’ Nagware from Microsoft

Spring is here and with it, more Edge and ‘Rewards’ nagware from Microsoft.

How-to: Start in Safe Mode in Windows 10

Troubleshooting Windows used to go straight to the function keys. F8 would interrupt startup and boot into Safe Mode. Not any more. Here’s how-to start in Safe Mode in Windows 10.

Why Windows Generic Product Keys Always Expire

“My generic product key is invalid.” It’s one of the common complaints about Windows Activation in every version since XP. Here’s why: Windows Generic Product Keys always expire. Want to know more?

The many instances of Thumbs.db and Desktop.ini

Hit the ‘show hidden files’ option in Windows Explorer and you are likely to find many instances of thumbs.db and desktop.ini files. What are they and why so many? Windows itself creates these to speed file operations and save settings for the future. Which is fine until things get out of hand.

The Desktop Share that isn’t Windows 10

With over 1 billion installations (according to Microsoft), Windows 10 is reckoned to be just under 75 percent of the Windows market (StatCounter). Which means there’s still 250 million or so Windows machines not running Windows 10. So what is the desktop share that isn’t Windows 10? And why?