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Mozilla disables On-Screen Keyboard Support for Windows 8 & 8.1 in Firefox 44
Mozilla has decided to pull On-screen Keyboard support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 from upcoming Firefox 44 (currently in beta) because of a bug that was causing OSK to pop up when a Bluetooth keyboard is connected to Windows... More of this article »
Permanently Remove ‘Get Windows 10’ Icon from Windows 7 or 8 with GWX Stopper
A free tool is now available to disable Get Windows 10 icon. Before Windows 10 launch, Windows 7 or 8.1 users are desperate to get Windows 10 app icon on their taskbar, not anymore! As Windows 10 has been launched month ago and can... More of this article »
How to downgrade to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 from Windows 10
How to revert or rollback to Windows 8.1 or 7 from Windows 10.Congratulations if you’ve successfully upgraded to Windows 10, if you’re not, try to reserve your spot or use the Media Creation Tool. You must know you should... More of this article »
How to Reserve Your Free Upgrade to Windows 10 Right Now
Users using Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8/8.1 who installed (Optional) KB3035583 update have started to see notification from Microsoft on their taskbar to reserve a free copy of Windows 10. Windows 10 RTM rumored to release in... More of this article »
Microsoft’s tool readies your Windows 7/8.1 PC to get Windows 10 Preview via Windows Update
Microsoft has officially announced about an event on January 21, where they are going to share details about an awesome build of Windows 10 – could be Consumer Preview-, in the meantime, the software giant has made available... More of this article »
November 2014 Update for Windows 8.1 Causes Issues to Avast User PCs
Avast antivirus continues to trouble its users, to the latest, Windows 8.1’s, after installing the November update. It’s not a good time to be an Avast user: HTTPS Scanning module caused a few issues to Firefox, followed... More of this article »Microsoft Extends Windows 8.1 Update Install Deadline by another 30 days (June 10th)
Haven’t you installed Windows 8.1 Update yet?, you’ve got another month to do so. If you’re using Windows 8.1 (not Windows 8) by this time, Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355 might have already installed if automatic Updates... More of this article »
How to Fix Foxit Reader’s Script Error in Windows 8.1
When you launch Foxit Reader, by default, it shows start page and advertisements on startup unless you’ve disabled them in the Preferences, if you try to open Foxit PDF Reader in recently released Windows 8.1 you can get a script... More of this article »
Snagit 11.3 Released with Google Drive Integration and Adds Chrome and Windows 8.1 Support
TechSmith has released Fuse app for mobile, available for iOS and Android which lets you import photos and videos into Snagit. Snagit 11.3 for Windows has added Google Drive integration and also support for Google Chrome browser by... More of this article »KeyScrambler Personal 3.3 gets Windows 8.1 Support
KeyScrambler -available for free as personal edition- which protects against keyloggers in all browsers including Google Chrome and Firefox has been updated to 3.3 to work in Windows 8.1. This anti-keylogger software’s... More of this article »Update for Internet Explorer 11 disables Its Enhanced Protected Mode by default in Windows 8.1
An Update has been released for Internet Explorer 11 to change enhanced protected mode setting to off. Yesterday, Microsoft has released cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, of which one update 2907803 released for Windows... More of this article »
Avast Update Fixes Metro Apps Issues in Windows 8.1
Avast has released another program update for 2014 products with build no 9.0.2008 that has fixed metro apps issues after upgrade to Windows 8.1 and resolves warning shown by Outpost Firewall "unsigned kernel mode driver or service". You... More of this article »After Upgrading to Windows 8.1, Older Versions of Avast Prior to 2014 will be Disabled
If you’ve a Windows 8 computer that has Avast installed, before upgrading to Windows 8.1 you’ve to make sure you’re using latest version of Avast i.e 2014. Because Avast 2014 has got Windows 8.1 certification and... More of this article »Download "KB2902864" Hotfix to Remove "Windows 8.1 SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly" Watermark
Microsoft has released KB2902864 update to remove “Windows 8.1 SecureBoot isn’t configured correctly” watermark from the desktop wallpaper in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Affected users can download and... More of this article »
How to Clean Windows.old Folder in Windows 8.1 using CCleaner
Instead of a clean install, if you’ve upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, then files and folders in Windows 8 would have been moved and kept in Windows.old folder. The files in this folder may come handy if upgraded OS not... More of this article »
Defraggler 2.16 adds Support for SSD Optimization
Piriform has released Defraggler 2.16 version with support for newly released Windows 8.1. This version also brings SSD optimization to Windows 8 along with below improvements. Defraggler now Works in Windows 8.1 Too What’s new... More of this article »![Image for Download Official Windows 8.1 Product Guide [PDF]](https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Windows-8.1-Product-Guide-PDF_thumb.png)
Download Official Windows 8.1 Product Guide [PDF]
After releasing Windows 8.1, Microsoft has made product guide for it available on its download center which gives in depth tour of new and improved features in Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1. Windows 8.1 Product Guide available for... More of this article »
Remove the Start button In Windows 10
Its now possible to get rid of start button from Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 with a free app. Have you found no use with Start button in Windows 10? And want to remove it, Microsoft doesn’t allows us to do that, don’t worry! You... More of this article »![Image for Download Norton Internet Security 21 and Norton Antivirus 21 Free 30-day Trial Versions [Offline Installer]](https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Norton-Internet-Security-21-Final-UI_thumb.png)
Download Norton Internet Security 21 and Norton Antivirus 21 Free 30-day Trial Versions [Offline Installer]
Norton 2014 products, Norton Internet Security 21 and Norton Antivirus 21 have been released. As Beta testing is over, Symantec has released their 2014 line of products- Norton Internet Security 21, Norton Antivirus 21– with... More of this article »
Finally Avast 8 Is Fully Compatible with Windows 8.1
Avast now works without any issues in Windows 8.1. If Avast 8 has not worked for you in Windows 8.1 Preview, don’t worry! it works now without any issues or incompatibility warnings as Avast’s latest program update 8.0.1497 makes... More of this article »IE11 for Windows 7 is Coming, Developer Preview now Available
First developer Preview of IE11 for Windows 7 has been released and is available for download, you must be using Windows 7 SP1 to install this preview. If you felt, Internet Explorer 11 might not be available for Windows 7 considering... More of this article »
CCleaner 4.04 Adds Windows 8.1 Preview and Internet Explorer 11 Cleaning Support
Piriform has released version 4.04 for its Crap Cleaning tool aka CCleaner for Windows and is available for download. CCleaner 4.04.4197 has added support for Windows 8.1 Preview and cleaning capabilities for Internet Explorer 11,... More of this article »