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Microsoft releases Quick Guide for Windows 10

July 28, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu 1 Comment

Windows 10 is just one day away and Microsoft has released Windows 10 Quick Guide in Docx format, this document contains 36 pages. If … [Read more…]

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Microsoft Started to Push Windows 10 download to reserved systems

July 28, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Date 29th is just hours away, which is the launch date for Windows 10 and upgrade reserved systems getting Windows 10 in bits now. … [Read more…]

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Microsoft Promises a Fix for Explorer Crashes happening due to KB3074681 in Windows 10

July 27, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Recently Microsoft has released KB3074681 update to insiders to resolve three vulnerabilities in Windows 10. After installing this update, insiders experienced Explorer crashes when … [Read more…]

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Firefox 42 to come with Tracking Protection for Private Browsing Mode

July 27, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Mozilla Plans to ship Tracking Protection in Private Browsing Mode for Firefox version 42. Tracking Protection has been there in the Firefox browser for … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, News
Microsoft Edge

IDM 6.23 Build 17 adds Support for Microsoft Edge browser

July 25, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Till now Internet Download Manager officially supports popular browsers such as Apple Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Opera. As Windows 10 release … [Read more…]

Posted in: Microsoft Edge, News
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Dropbox 3.8.4 Stable build is available with optional Gmail Integration

July 24, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

3.8 Series Dropbox stable build 3.8.4 has been released and available to download for Windows, Mac and Linux. Apart from small tweaks to the … [Read more…]

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Firefox 40 in Windows 10 features Slight Theme Changes, Increases URL and Search bar height

July 23, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Firefox 40 with Windows 10 support is available for testing on beta channel, scheduled to release on August 11th. Mozilla has polished Firefox’s Australis … [Read more…]

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Download Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 final [Offline Installer]

July 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released .NET Framework 4.6 final version, here is what’s new and offline installer link for it. Microsoft has released RTM or stable … [Read more…]

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Download Google Drive Plug-in for Microsoft Office

July 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Google Drive now offering a plugin for Microsoft Office. If you already use Microsoft Office (version 2007 or 2010 or 2013) or Office 365 … [Read more…]

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KB3074674 Update fixes Windows Installer Service Vulnerability in Windows 10 build 10240

July 22, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

After KB3074665 update, second hotfix update KB3074674 aka Cumulative Security update for Windows 10: July 21, 2015′ has been released to insiders on Windows … [Read more…]

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Firefox

Both Chrome and Firefox in Windows 10 open Settings App When user tries to set either as default

July 20, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft Edge is the default browser in Windows 10, when you try to set any other browser as default this is what happens: A … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox, Google Chrome, News
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Microsoft Releases KB3074665 Update to Fix Issues in Windows 10 build 10240

July 18, 2015 by Venkat Eswarlu Leave a Comment

Microsoft has released a first (security) update KB3074665 for Windows 10 build 10240 to fix issues reported so far, this update or MS calls … [Read more…]

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