What’s is Windows 10 and who gets it?

Windows 10 is the free upgrade from Microsoft for anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. If you have 7 or 8.1 and have reserved your upgrade you may have already received the files to install the it through Windows Update. There are some great new feature with this upgrade and you should consider doing…

Clean Install Windows 10

To upgrade your PC to Windows 10 is very easy especially if you’ve gotten the upgrade symbol in your system tray. The first step is to backup your data and create some restore disks. Next click on that symbol in the system tray and follow the prompts to the upgrade. Do not try the advanced install option! This will…

Upgrade to Windows 10

You may have heard that the upgrade to Windows 10 will be free for most users. The idea is to have everyone using the same operating system including tablet a Windows Phone users. Usually you get a new version of Windows when you get a new computer. With Windows 10 everyone with Windows 7 and…

Microsoft Everywhere Announced At Build

This week at Microsoft’s “Build” conference we found out at least part of their new strategy is making their products available on every platform. Not just on Windows and Windows Phones but also Mac OS10, iOS, Google Chrome and the Chrome OS, Android as well as any web-browser. Not only will Microsoft apps be available on any…

Try out the new Microsoft Office

During the beta period for Windows 10 the previews for MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint are free of charge. You can get them from the Windows Store. Search for word preview, excel preview and powerpoint preview. I really like these apps that are running in the Modern UI. I think in the future this is…

New Features in Windows 10

There are some new features that they have included in the latest build of the Windows 10 Preview 2, build 9926. A new search bar and Cortana a voice search app similar to Google Voice Search. Continuum that enables Windows 10 to work seamlessly across many device types and a lot more.

Windows 10 Preview

Microsoft has just released the preview of the next version of Windows. Called Windows 10 it looks like a hybrid of Windows 7 and 8 but with some major differences like: The Modern UI apps (Windows 8 style) open in their own window now and you can manipulate them to be place anywhere on the desktop…