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Troubleshooter To Get “Get Windows 10” App In System Tray

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Ever since Microsoft started sending desktop notifications to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs to allow users register for the free Windows 10 upgrade, a number of users have been complaining about that the desktop notification or the Get Windows 10 icon is not appearing in the system tray of the taskbar despite having a […]

How To Add Safe Mode To Boot Menu In Windows 10/8.1

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Safe Mode is one of the important features of Windows operating system. The feature, which is present in all recent versions of Windows operating system, is often used to troubleshoot booting issues. In Windows 7 and prior versions of Windows, accessing Safe Mode option was very straight-forward. We just had to press the F8 key […]

3 Free Tools To Open DMG Files On Windows PC

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None of the versions of Windows operating system supports DMG format out of the box. As you likely know, DMG file is an OS X disk image file and are supported in Mac OS X operating system. One needs to take the help of third-party tools in order to open a DMG file on a […]

How To Disable The Snap View Feature In Windows 8.1

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Aero Snap, Aero Peek and Aero Shake are the three nice features introduced first with Windows 7 operating system. The Snap feature, which is present in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 as well, allows you work on two programs side-by-side by showing two windows side-by-side on the same screen. The beauty of Snap feature is […]

Windows 10 Start Menu For Windows 8.1/7

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It’s been a couple of months since Windows 10 Preview build is available to public. As expected, Microsoft has brought back the much wanted Start menu to Windows 10. As you know, Windows 10 includes a Start menu but it’s not the same Start menu that we have seen in Windows 7. The Start menu […]

How To Manually Update Windows Defender Offline In Windows 10/8.1

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The Windows Defender program in Windows 8 and Windows 10 versions of Windows helps you protect your data from viruses, malware and various other threats. As you likely know, the Defender in Windows 10/8 is nothing but a cut-down version of Microsoft Security Essentials. With default settings, Windows Defender in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 […]

How To Add Files To Bootable ISO In Windows

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Earlier last week, we discussed about a fantastic online tool to generate and download unattend.xml file that we use while performing unattended or silent Windows 10/8.1/7 installation. The tool also lets you generate Config.xml file required to perform unattended Microsoft Office installation. NOTE: This guide works great on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. […]

How To Upgrade Windows XP To Windows 8.1 By Keeping Personal Files

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While Windows 8.1 is a free update for existing Windows 8 users and one can upgrade Windows 8 installation to Windows 8.1 without losing installed apps, PC users who’re running an older version of Windows can’t directly upgrade to Windows 8.1 update. Even though Windows 7 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 […]

Remove Native Apps From Windows 8 Installation Using Windows 8 Apps Remover

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About six months ago, we discussed how to remove all native Modern UI apps from a Windows 8 installation without the help of third-party tools. The method involves executing a command from the Command Prompt and is fairly simple. The only downside of the method is that you need to execute separate commands one-by-one in […]