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Windows Phone 10 Build 10547

The latest build of Windows phone 10 is build is 10547, which was released yesterday. There are around 2000 bug fixes in the Build 10512 and so on. Many of the bugs fixed in this latest Build, but still some of them are present. Windows OS has been become very smooth, although it some times hang for a while. Also Wi-fi turns On automatically, whether you turn it off or not. if you are having password/pin On, it takes for a while to unlock phone. Some times it hung up for a while, when you try to end call. Also Store app has been renewed, but it's more slower than previous one same as Windows OS 10 on PC. Some of the application like Office apps like Excel ,Powerpoint , calculator, has to be downloaded from the store and it takes very long time. Some of the previously installed apps may not work, after the update. The screen orientations of the apps has been changed,for some it is working nice, and for some it's quite OK.

List of "must have" Softwares for PC

here are some of the softwares, which every PC should have, these are daily use softwares which are useful in exploring your Pc. VLC media player is the best player which can all the audio-video files of all the format, that are not playable in Windows media player, one of the alternative for this is Media Player Classic, which is really a good substitute for VLC media player. C-Cleaner is a good software for cleaning up the temporary files and unused/bad registry files which are making your Pc run like tortoise. Antivirus is not really required for Pc after Windows 8, as Windows defender works at it's very best level and able remove every unwanted files/viruses/malwares present in PC.if you want to have a antivirus then you can go for Avast antivirus.  Recuva for recovering your parmanently deleted files, this is the best software fr recovering the deleted files.you can check my post to how you can use it.  Last but not the least Chrome browser for better browsing e...

What is Caret browsing ??

Caret means the cursor you see blinking, when you have selected any text box to enter text. This is used for basically selecting text in the webpage whatever you want. you will select any text in the webpage using the arrow keys buttons. To activate caret browsing in Microsoft Edge follow the steps given below: Open Settings in Edge  Go to advanced settings option then select for Caret browsing. In the advanced settings, see for 'always use caret browsing' and turn it on if it's not. To activate caret browsing on webpage, press F7 key , this will activate Caret browsing. If you are not able to see any cursor, then just click anywhere on the webpage( not any link), then you will be able to see it, and to traverse the webpage using caret,  you will have to use the arrow keys. 

Start Menu Windows 7

Although Windows 10 has mixed start menu of Windows OS version 7 & 8, but still some of the users who want Start menu of Windows 7 OS. they can download a software named IObit Start Menu 8. it will do your start menu same as Windows 7. This will work for Windows 10 also.  As Windows 7 start menu is as simple. Some of users like to have a simple things instead of complex things with customizable options, for them this is a good software. To download start menu 8, just follow the simple and quick steps: Go to www.iobit.com   and under the utilities tab you will see the IObit Start Menu 8  Download it and install it. you might observe some errors like files are corrupted who have Windows 10, when the error is resolved, I will update the information. For Windows 8 and 8.1, it works fine.

Upcoming Smartphones

Upcoming Smartphones  Technical world is growing at enormous speed, basically the gadgets like phones, Tablets and PCs. Some of the phone are knocking the door of the customers are as follows: Lenovo K80 Xiaomi Redmi Note 2  Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime Lenovo Vibe Shot  Moto X Play Asus Zenfone Selfie Xiaomi Mi Note Pro Meizu MX5 These are the some of the phones which are smart enough to delight their customers. These all phones are Android based and most of them would be budget phone according to their specs. The listed phones pricing would be around Rs. 8999 to Rs. 35000. And only one phone of Microsoft will be launched this year, that will be the LTE version of Lumia 640 XL and it's pricing will be around Rs.15499. As Nokia is coming back with it's Lumia edition phones, may be some of the phones will be manufactured later this year and will be launched in upcoming year.

How to Hide a drive in Windows

How to hide a drive in Windows 7, 8 & 8.1 When you add a drive to your PC, by default it gets a drive letter, whether it is a removable drive or even a fixed hard drive inside of your PC. Lets take a look at how we can hide these drives. To hide a drive you need to open a disk management snap-in, to do this right click on computer and select manage. When the computer management MMC opens, double click on the storage option. Now choose to open the disk management snap-in. When the disk management console opens, look for the drive that you want to hide in the bottom section of the  snap-in. Right click on it and choose the Change Drive Letter and Paths.. option from the context menu. When the dialog box pops up hit the remove button so that it does not have a drive letter. You will be prompted warning you that programs that use drive letters will no longer function, choose yes to continue. That’s all there is t...

Intel Compute Stick

Intel Compute Stick                                 Intel Compute Stick turns your Monitor or TV to a computer. It comes into two variant one is Windows 8.1 and the other one is  Ubuntu. It comes with an exciting price of Rs.9999 only. Firstly, it was launched in US and then in India. It is officially sold in India via Flipkart. To buy,  Click here Intel Compute Stick is a device that connects to your monitor or any TV with HDMI port. It is complete package of windows 8.1 with 32GB storage and 2 GB of RAM. It consists of Intel HD graphics.   Key Features of Intel Compute Stick  Windows 8.1 Bing Quad Core Intel Atom 2 GB DDR3 32 GB eMMC 2 Intel HD Graphics 1 x HDMI 1.4a

Microsoft Lumia 640

Microsoft Lumia 640 Price reduced Microsoft Lumia 640 price got reduced to Rs. 8999 . After the success launch of the phone and a good market collection, the price phone is reduced. A phone having quite descent features is sold at a very  low price via Flipkart.com. Also you can buy it on exchanging your old phone and you will get a discount of Rs. 2000.                           Key features of the phone ·          Windows Phone v8.1 with Lumia Denim Upgradeable to Windows v10 OS ·          2500 mAh Battery ·          5 inch HD IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen ·          Expandable Storage Capacity of 128 GB ·          Wi-Fi Enabled ·          8 GB R...

Windows 10 is coming on July 29

Finally Windows 10... We all have been waiting for Windows 10. After a few Technical previews, finally we will have Windows 10. This is a free update  for all user's having Windows 7, 8 &8.1. Microsoft releasing this update on 29 July 2015. To get this update first of all you have to reserve for Windows 10, so that you will get a notification on July 29, then you can download it. Steps to follow to reserve Windows 10 1. Firstly your system should be fully updated . 2. After you are fully update, you will see a windows icon on the system tray. 3.  Click here  and follow the on-screen instructions provided by Microsoft.