If you are running the Android beta on your Nexus 6P, the latest update brings the OS up to Android Nougat 7.1.2. One of the new features for the Nexus 6P includes fingerprint gestures, a feature previously available on the Pixel. With the feature, you can swipe from top-to-bottom of the fingerprint reader to bring the notification tray down or swipe up to close the … [Read more...]
Windows 10 Cloud may have a new, cleaner wallpaper
Microsoft is working on a basic or starter edition of Windows 10. It's calling the edition Windows 10 Cloud. The simpler OS may be designed to lower costs and compete with Google's Chrome OS. With Insider builds of Windows 10 Cloud (specifically Build 15046), a new default wallpaper can be found. It resides as img0 at C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper\Windows with the standard … [Read more...]
How to crash Explorer on Windows 10 Anniversary Update from the new UAC prompt
I had an end-user demonstrate this problem in Windows 10 v1607 to me. It was pretty odd that they stumbled upon it but testing software really requires "infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters" to debug and test of all possibilities (or write Shakespeare). We know that the Windows 10 Anniversary Update brought a redesign to the User Account Control window, adopting the UWP … [Read more...]
Microsoft October Windows 10 Event announces Creators Update, new Surface Book, new Surface Studio all-in-one
Microsoft held a Windows 10 event this morning to announce several upcoming features to the operating system as well as some upcoming hardware products. Here's a quick recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jurc3SxztGw Windows 10 Creators Update "Creators Update" will be the name of the next Windows 10 update and it will arrive in early … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2016 and System Center Configuration Manager 2016 now available in VLSC, MSDN, and Azure
Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 is now available for download from the Volume Licensing Service Center. This includes Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Standard Core, Datacenter Core, and Multipoint Server Premium. It is also available on MSDN and Azure so you should be able to get your hands on the RTM bits with today's release date (10/12/2016) no matter how you get your … [Read more...]