Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today
Upgrading to Windows 10 is easy if you have a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 PC or tablet. Starting today, a new notification on your task bar will alert you when your upgrade is ready to be installed. For business customers, Windows 10 is available to start deploying within your work environments and starting August 1, organizations who have volume licensing can upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education.
- Windows 10 is designed to be compatible with the hardware, software and peripherals you already own.
- Free updates help keep you current on features and security updates.
- With OneDrive online storage, you can easily share and keep your files up to date across all your devices, simply.
- Windows 10 is designed to run Office and Skype perfectly to increase your productivity
- You can easily switch between apps and stay organized with Snap and Task View.
- Continuum optimizes your apps and experience beautifully across touch and desktop modes.
Top Apps Available on Windows 10
The new Windows Store opens today and is now accepting new apps for Windows 10. The Windows Store offers one-stop shopping for popular free and paid apps, games, movies, TV shows and the latest music, which work across all Windows 10 devices. The new Windows Store is the only Store where you can use Cortana to control apps with your voice and get real-time notifications on your app tiles. All Windows Store content is certified by Microsoft to help keep your devices safer. In addition to existing Windows 8.1 apps such as Netflix, Flipboard, Mint.com, Asphalt 8: Airborne and The Weather Channel, the Windows Store provides a constant stream of new and updated Universal Windows Apps and games, including Twitter, “Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta”, Hulu, iHeartRadio, USA Today, Candy Crush Saga, and others including WeChat and QQ, which will launch soon. Check out our new Windows Store today
Picking an Android phone is tough you probably already have some criteria. However, for those who
just want to pick a phone and go, Google’s made a handy tool that helps you
decide which phone to get quickly.
The tool asks you a few questions to determine what kind of
activities you need your phone for, and more importantly how much you
use each one. Gaming, music, watching videos, fitness tracking and more all
factor in. Once you’ve selected a few activities, Google will give you a
selection of three Android phones. You can then remove phones you don’t like to
get a new suggestion, or filter the results by size, price, or how recently it
was released.
Clone Application
Whether you’re migrating to a new computer or doing a clean
install, life is easier when you take all your settings and tweaks with you. If
you don’t want to do a full backup and restore,
Clone Application backup's settings for
the most popular Windows programs so you can restore them later.
Clone Application essentially automates the process we detailed in our
Windows migration guide, it knows where each program stores its settings and
registry keys, and backs them all up in one fell swoop so you don’t have to do
the legwork yourself. It supports different Windows programs, can detect which
programs you have installed, and even has a section for manual backups so you
can include the programs it doesn’t support.
Clone Application is completely portable also, so you don’t have to
install anything. Just extract the program to its own folder on the desktop and
right-click it to launch it as an administrator. From there, check the programs
you want to back up, and click Start Clone App. It’ll back up all the necessary
files and registry keys to its folder, which you can then copy to your new
computer ->launch the program and click restore to put all your settings
back where they belong.
How do I stop pop-up or pop-under Internet ads?
There are hundreds of different software programs
that are designed to help stop, block, or prevent pop-up, pop-under, and other
Internet intrusive and annoying advertising on the Internet.
All recent browsers have some type of pop-up and pop-under
protection available and enabled.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click Tools (press the Alt key if you don't see the Tools menu option)
- Click Options (or Internet options)
- Click the Privacy tab
At the bottom of the Privacy tab, you should have a Pop-up
Blocker section. If you want pop-ups to be blocked, check the "Block
pop-ups" option (may also be titled "Turn on Pop-Up Blocker").
You can also set additional settings, such as disabling the sound when a pop-up
is blocked or disable the information bar displayed when a pop-up is blocked,
by clicking the Settings button.
Mozilla Firefox Browser:
- Open Mozilla Firefox
- Click the Tools menu option.
- Click Options
- Click on the Content option in the Options window
By default, the "Block pop-up windows" option
should be checked. Check this option if it is currently unchecked. If there are
sites you want to allow pop-ups for, click the Exceptions button, enter the
allowed site address, and click the Allow button.
Users may also want to disable any pop-ups from any browser plug-ins, a tactic
for bypassing many pop-up blockers. To enable this feature in Firefox, follow
the steps below.
Open Mozilla Firefox
- In the URL field, type about:config and press enter.
- This should open the Firefox config window.
- Right-click on a black portion of the window and click New and then Integer.
- For the preference name, type privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins and click OK.
- For the value, type 2.
We also suggest you locate the privacy option
in the about:config screen and change the value of this setting to false.
Another option for Firefox users is to download and install
the Ad Block Plus add-on for Firefox. This extension will block most
pop-up ads from opening in Firefox.
Google Chrome Browser:
Google Chrome includes its own pop-up blocker utility and
does a good job at blocking most pop-ups by default.
- Open Google Chrome
- At the far right, inline with the address bar, click the Menu icon (titled "Customize and control Google Chrome").
- Select Settings
- At the bottom of the Settings page, click Show advanced settings
- In the Privacy section, click the Content settings button.
- In the Content settings window, scroll down to the Pop-ups section. If not already selected by default, select the "Do no allow any site to show pop-ups" option. You can also add sites to the exceptions list to allow pop-ups from those sites by clicking the Manage exceptions button.
- Another option for Google Chrome users is to download and install the Ad Block Plus extension for Chrome. This extension will block most pop-up ads from opening in Chrome
Opera Browser:
The latest version of Opera also includes its own pop-up
blocker and has it enabled by default. You can adjust how pop-ups are blocked
or allowed by following the steps below
- Open Opera
- Click the Opera button in the top left corner
- Click Settings
- Click Quick Preferences
- Within the Quick Preferences menu, you can choose "Block unwanted pop-ups" or "Block all pop-ups."
Windows 10 preview
Follow these steps to download Insider Preview:
- Sign up for the Windows Insider Program, if you haven't already.
- Read the system requirements.
- Click one of the Download links on this page to download a special file—it's called an ISO file—that you can use to install the preview.
- When the download is complete, transfer the ISO file to installation media such as a USB flash drive or DVD.
- Double-tap or double-click setup.exe from the installation media, and then follow the steps.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso