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Latest Windows 11 build breaks Windows Defender [Fix]
Recently released Windows 11 build 22000.120 to dev and the beta channels is causing issues related to opening Windows Defender to some users. When you click on “open Windows Security”, you may receive a pop-up asking to... More of this article »
How to remove Recommended Section in Windows 11 Start Menu
Microsoft gave Windows 11 a completely modern look right from Start Menu, Taskbar, File Explorer, context menus, and Microsoft Store. The centered Start Menu by default displays recently added and open apps, files, and folders in the... More of this article »
Fix Windows 11 Insider Settings Missing the Beta Channel option
Microsoft has recently released Windows 11 to the beta channel. The company suggested users switch to beta from Dev to get stable builds. Unfortunately, some users can’t see the insider Settings in Windows 11 to make a move,... More of this article »
Here’s how to change to Windows 11 Beta from Dev Channel in Insider Program
Windows 11 Preview builds come to the beta channel after been available to insiders in the dev Channel. Microsoft is offering the same build 22000.100 that was released last week. However, Microsoft Teams Chat isn’t included.... More of this article »
Windows 11 build 22000.100 brings Microsoft Teams Chat, Taskbar Improvements and more
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 build 22000.100 (KB5004300) to insiders in the Dev channel. This is a fourth Preview build in a row since Windows 11 announcement was made. If you’re lucky you might see a Chat icon from... More of this article »
VLC Win32 App makes an Entry into Windows 11’s Microsoft Store
Developers have started bringing their apps to the new Microsoft Store. Recently, we reported about the Microsoft Edge browser, now in addition to the existing VLC UWP app, Videolan has published VLC Win32 App to Store on Windows 11... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge appears in Store on Windows 11
Recently Microsoft introduced Windows 11. It is gaining new features and design changes with the new Preview builds. The OS comes with a new Microsoft Store as a one-stop destination to browse and install apps, games, and movies. The... More of this article »
Microsoft details Context Menu changes in Windows 11
Windows 11 Update is recently available to insiders with new UI and improvements. Apart from the Start Menu, centered taskbar, Snap layouts, and other design changes, even though the new Context menu looks beautiful with Acrylic... More of this article »
Notepad++ gets Dark Mode on Windows 11
Recently released Notepad++ has received Dark Mode support on Windows 10. The developer of Notepad++ has made the App dark modable on Windows 11 also with version 8.1.2. You must note you need to manually enable dark mode in Windows... More of this article »
Windows 11 Latest Update brings new Widget & Acrylic Context Menus
Microsoft has released the third Windows 11 Preview build 22000.71 to insiders in dev channels via KB5004252 Cumulative Update. This update fixes a slew of bugs and offers a new Entertainment Widget and Acrylic effect to modern and... More of this article »
Add desktop widgets and Sidebar to Windows 11
Windows 11 is available for testers with Start Menu and Centered Taskbar and Widgets. If you’re disappointed that OS doesn’t allow you to enable and run Windows 10 start menu that has live tiles and didn’t like the... More of this article »
Enable Snap Layouts for Firefox on Windows 11
Microsoft has recently released Preview builds for Windows 11 and is available to insiders for testing. Snap Layouts is a new feature of the OS that makes managing multiple windows easier than in Windows 10. You may be surprised to... More of this article »
Enable Update install Estimate time in Windows 11 Start Menu
Windows 11 is currently available to Windows insiders running Dev channel. So far, the new OS with centered Start Menu looks great and liked by many users. One of the new features, Microsoft announced and rolled out is Power Options... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 gets its first UI changes
Following the second release of Windows 11 preview build to Dev channel, Microsoft has started pushing some Visual changes to Microsoft Edge browser on new Windows Operating System. Turn on Windows 11 Visual updates on Microsoft Edge Ensure... More of this article »
How to Create a Shortcut to Device Manager on Windows 11 or Windows 10
Creating a shortcut for the device manager is dead simple. When you open device Manager on Windows, the Operating System doesn’t allow you to add a shortcut to the desktop or pin it to the taskbar. If you’re wondering,... More of this article »
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Offline Installer
Microsoft has released .NET Framework 4.7.2 and is available for download. If you’ve upgraded or installed Windows 10 version 1803 (April 2018 Update), you don’t need to install it as it comes included with the new version... More of this article »
TidyTabs gives every Program a tabbed interface
While modern browsers available these days are tab-based, the routine apps we see and use on Windows such as Notepad, Wordpad etc. lack tabbed interface. Meet TidyTabs, a tab-based window manager for Windows that is compatible with... More of this article »
Windows 10 Build 9879: You can now hide Search or Task View Buttons on the Taskbar
Microsoft is hearing the user feedback and making necessary changes to Windows 10 preview release builds according to it, to the latest, newly released Preview build 9879 available for fast ring users, lets you hide search or task... More of this article »
Microsoft offers Best of 2013 Bing Homepages Pack for Download
Bing homepage team goes through thousands of photos daily for their homepage photo, to end 2013 year they’ve picked up top ten most popular homepages based on user interaction. Microsoft now offering these ten homepage images... More of this article »
How to disable Picasa that makes Windows Photo Viewer Default again
Windows Photo Viewer is the default program in Windows 7 to view Photos, whenever you double click on a photo in your hard drive it will be opened by Windows Photo Viewer. When you install Picasa in Windows, Picasa Photo Viewer will... More of this article »4 Ways to Make Microsoft Security Essentials to Auto Update Its Virus Definitions Again
Microsoft Security Essentials installed on your computer not updating virus and spyware definitions released by Microsoft automatically by showing errors?, try these methods and we hope at least one might work. Installing latest virus... More of this article »
Want Windows 8‘s Win+X Menu on Windows 7? Snap Plus Brings It Easily
Do you love Quick Link Menu introduced in Windows 8 and want it on Windows 7 a freeware program adds it easily. To open this hidden menu in Win8 you need to hover mouse pointer to bottom of left corner of screen or you can launch... More of this article »
SpReader Shows Pictures in a Zip File When you Drag & Drop It
Though you can extract pictures in a Zip file quickly by selecting extract command from context menu, but if you’re in a hurry you can see pictures one by one in the Zip file without need of extraction with SpReader freeware program... More of this article »
Avast Free Antivirus Offline Installer
Avast free antivirus is a popular antivirus available for Windows and Mac platforms, this AV unlike to AVG (which now owned by Avast software) uses fewer system resources. Avast doesn’t lack behind in features either, Avast free... More of this article »
Skype 6.5 Beta brings Video Messaging Preview for Windows
6.5 Beta version of Skype has been released for Windows 7 with Skype Video Messaging Preview feature. This feature will soon be available for preview to Windows 8 Skype application as well for other Skype Apps on iPhone, iPad, and... More of this article »
Download Beautiful Sardinian Shores and London Architecture Themes for Windows 7
Two new themes, Sardinian Shores theme and London Architecture theme are available for free download from Windows Personalization gallery, you can install both on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Sardinian Shores theme features images of granites... More of this article »
Backup and Restore Wireless Network Profiles in Windows 7/8 with Network Profiles Utility
If you plan to reinstall Windows or want to move current Wireless network connection settings and static IP/DNS settings to another PC or deploy these settings on multiple PCs you need to backup wireless network profile which is tedious... More of this article »
Easily Install Windows 8 Panoramic Themes on Windows 7 with Deskthemepack Installer
You can’t install Windows 8 themes on Windows 7 because they’ve .deskthemepack extension, but the Deskthemepack Installer free app lets you install them easily and even lets you associate *.deskthemepack files in Windows 7, so... More of this article »
Windows 8 For Dummies Free e-book Available with a Catch
Dell offering free e-book,Windows 8 for Dummies available for download in PDF format which you can download and read on your Computer whenever free to improve your knowledge on Windows 8. Dell’s ebook on Windows 8 comes with a catch... More of this article »
VLC 2.0.4 is a Major Update with Opus Support and Numerous bug Fixes
VLC Media Player 2.0.4 for Windows/Mac/Linux has been released by Videolan by fixing over hundred bugs and with the addition of 300 commits on top of VLC 2.0.3. This release introduces support for Opus codec and offers number... More of this article »
Defraggler 2.11 Adds Windows 8 Support
Piriform today has released Defraggler 2.11 version with support for Windows 8. Hard drive defragment tool from makers of CCleaner not only defrags entire hard drive but also the individual files and folders as well. Defraggler latest... More of this article »
How to Make Advanced SystemCare Portable Version
It’s a well known fact that IObit doesn’t offer a portable version for its popular program Advanced SystemCare on its website, however, you can still able to create a portable for it without using other third-party programs... More of this article »
WinZip 17: Redesigned UI, Cloud Integration, PDF Conversion, Watermark, and more
WinZip 17 has been released today which enters into cloud by integrating Google Drive, SkyDrive and Drop box online storage services into it, with this popular file compression and encryption program now makes easy to share files on... More of this article »Adobe Reader XI Available with Windows 8 Support [Offline Installer]
Adobe has released Adobe Reader XI with support for Windows 8, this version brings new security features and improvements to the table. Adobe Acrobat XI family has been announced on the first of this month, which includes Free Adobe... More of this article »
Advanced SystemCare Free 6 Released with Windows 8 Support
IObit has released Advanced SystemCared 6 final fully compatible with Windows 8. ASC 6 sports new interface offers simplified mode and expert mode to run the program. Simplified more for novice users where Expert Mode intended at computer... More of this article »
Download This Spectacular Skies theme for Windows 7
We here at Techdows used to cover themes released by Microsoft for Windows 7, but that had been changed for sometime, we’re now covering only exceptional ones that we like. Month back we’ve covered beautiful Iceland theme for Windows... More of this article »
Download Iceland Theme for Windows 7
Microsoft has released Iceland Theme for Windows 7 users which is now available for download from Windows Personalization gallery. This theme pack contains beautiful images of “Gigantic arctic waterfalls, glacial blue waters, majestic... More of this article »Windows 8 Release Preview Product Key
Yesterday Microsoft has released Windows 8 Release Preview if you’ve not downloaded ISO image(s) till now you can download now from here. If you try to install it on your Computer with “Web Installer” provided by Microsoft then... More of this article »
Microsoft Security Essentials is not Compatible with Windows 8
All users by now may know that in Windows 8 Microsoft offers re-branded Microsoft Security Essentials as Windows Defender, which offers same malware protection as of MSE. If you try to install MSE on Windows 8 CP now, it won’t install,Windows... More of this article »
Set Google as Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer 10
In Windows 8, by default, Bing was set as the default search engine for IE 10 in metro and desktop environments and its the only search provider Internet explorer offers in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, if you want to set Google as default... More of this article »
Windows Reader, Built-in PDF Viewer in Windows 8
Microsoft released Consumer Preview with start button removed by default and now allows to download some free apps from Windows Store when you sign-in with your Microsoft account. Unlike in WDP, built-in Windows 8 PDF Reader which... More of this article »
Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Key
Have you installed Windows 8 on your PC?, we’ve covered about its beta release yesterday, you need to enter Product key for Windows 8 Beta when using online installer setup or setup that asks when you boot from DVD that burnt from... More of this article »Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO [Direct Download Links]
Finally Microsoft made available Developer Preview of Windows 8 via its Windows Dev Center for developers, though this build is intended for end users you can still download Windows 8 developer preview ISO image and install over Windows... More of this article »Download Windows 7 Integrated With SP1 ISO – Official Direct Download Links
Microsoft released Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 7 in February 2011 , this service pack contains all accumulated updates released since Windows 7 RTM release. You need to download and run Service Pack 1 (or through Windows Updates)... More of this article »
Easy Login Screen Changer lets you Change Windows 7 Login Screen Background Image Easily
Are you bored with default login screen shown by Windows 7 at startup, Microsoft doesn’t offers any built-in option to change this thanks to Easy Login Screen Changer freeware tool which lets you set custom image as Windows 7 logon... More of this article »
Download Official Angry Birds Theme for Windows 7
With the availability Angry Birds game for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft released “Angry Birds Theme” for Windows 7 users which is available for download from Windows Personalization gallery. Official Angry Birds Theme from Microsoft... More of this article »
Bring App Store Experience to Windows 7 with Pokki
Lot of people familiar about App Store for Android and Apple, even there is app store for Windows too from Allmyapps, “Pokki” brings web apps to your Windows 7 desktop and allows to install Web Apps called “Pokkies” with a... More of this article »
Download Birds of Prey Windows 7 Theme
“Wild Life” looks amazing sometimes on TV channels but the birds like Owls, Hawks and Eagles are always look out for prey to live their life and hunt is their habit, Microsoft released “Birds of Prey” Theme for Windows 7 users... More of this article »