What is a Graphics Card? A graphics card is also known as a graphics adapter, graphics controller is responsible for rendering an image to your monitor. And it does this by converting data into a signal that your monitor can understand. That means better graphics card results the better, and smoother an image that is especially important for gamers and video editors. 1 What is a Graphics Card?1.1 Is GPU more powerful than CPU?...

1 How to Turn off or Change Windows Sounds2 How to Download and Install Windows 10 Sound Schemes You can change your Windows 10 notification sound to any you like or use one of the sound schemes Microsoft provides. This should make your general experience a little less harsh, and it’s also quite easy to move your custom Windows 10 sounds across PCs and reinstalls. Microsoft lets you save sound schemes for later and import them to other PCs....

According to a Thurrott report, some core Windows 10 apps like OneNote already have the support. The Universal Windows Platform will now be able to manage multiple instances of third-party applications simultaneously. This basically means multi-instances of an app operate as separate processes. Users can use the apps at the same time. This is important because it means if one instance crashes, the others will still be operable. Microsoft has made implementing multi-instance apps in UWP relatively simple for developers....

The problem is exasperated by the fact it is not just Chrome that stops working. In fact, the issue causes the whole machine to freeze, with all keystrokes and mouse movements going unanswered. Also, the whole Windows 10 system locks. Most of us are used to frantically going to ctrl+alt+del to save the day, but even this does not work. There are some things to know about this problem. Firstly, the problem is not a constant and is happening to users a few times per day....

Interestingly, Germany still does not see Windows 10 fit enough for government use. Microsoft has made concessions to regulators in the country, but they are still not happy. Good news for Microsoft is the Federal Ministry of the Interior is ready to work with the company. The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) says the platform is not ready. The organization argues it is impossible to completely control the data stream between Windows 10 and Microsoft’s servers....

What is Windows 10 Fast Startup? Fast startup (a.k.a hiberboot, hybrid boot, hybrid shutdown) is a power setting that adjusts the OS’ behavior when it starts up and shuts down. During a regular startup, the bootloader creates a kernel memory image, configures your core system functions, and loads drivers for the devices on your PC. There’s a reason it can take so long on a slow hard drive – there’s a lot to do....

If you are unfamiliar with Windows 10 on ARM, it offers the best of PC computing with mobile. On Always Connected PCs, that means huge battery life and portability. On a mobile device, Windows 10 for ARM would allow a smartphone to run a full PC platform. Now Windows 10 ARM for Lumia 950 handsets is getting serious. Developers have made a major breakthrough that changes the project from experimental to fully usable....

With that in mind, Microsoft’s Windows 10 on ARM (WoA) initiative is the perfect answer for Raspberry Pi. We already know the company wants to put Windows onto as many devices as possible. Windows 10 on ARM is the platform to help push that goal. Windows 10 on ARM allowed full Windows 10 capabilities on PCs with Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. Thanks to some third-party developers, Windows 10 on ARM is now running on Raspberry PI....

New features for Windows Defender Security Center (Build 17650) WINDOWS DEFENDER SECURITY CENTER GETS A FLUENT DESIGN REFRESH Windows Defender Security Center (WDSC) now gets a Fluent Design refresh in the latest preview build. The company has also adjusted the spacing and padding around the application. The size of the categories on the main page has also received improvements with more room provided for extra info. The title bar of the application has also been modified so that the app uses the accent color....

Windows 10 now lets users manually check for updates. Elsewhere, Microsoft says Windows Update will now provide notifications when Windows 10 is nearing end of support. For example, Windows 10 1803 will stop being supported later this year in terms of feature update. Windows users still running that older version will now be notified by the platform when end of use is nearing. “You’re currently running a version of windows that’s nearing the end of support....

This means unwitting users may not notice the change and believe they are visiting a legit website. Of course, this is a classic typosquatting ploy. If you are unfamiliar with this attack method, it involves tweaking URLs to fool users simply by registering a domain that is similar to a legit URL. Think of it as phishing with domains/URLs. In fact, phishing goes hand-in-hand with typosquatting because attackers will send the fraudulent URL to users via email, SMS, and other methods....

Members of the Windows Insider Program can get the new features now. Among the additions to Windows Autopilot is a “Self-Deploying mode” which provides more zero-touch tools when deploying a device. Users will no longer need to do anything to set their Windows 10 device up in an enterprise environment. Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Mobility and Security for Microsoft says IT pros can also “configure the device to self-deploy into a locked down kiosk, a digital signage, or a shared productivity device....

Windows Community Toolkit is an entirely open-source project that lets the developer community collaborate to introduce new capabilities on top the SDK. By removing code, the service makes it easy for even development newbies to create UWP content. The company is continuing to expand the influence of Fluent Design. Microsoft’s Windows 10 UI design language is an evolving aesthetic first introduced last year. Fluent Designis now found on the New DataGrid....

The feature is supposed to stop hacks from exploiting memory corruption errors. It has been in Windows since version 8.1 and is in Windows 10. It is similar to another Microsoft security tool called Address Space Randomization Layer (ASLR) which is also designed to prevent memory corruption exploits. At the upcoming Black Hat Asia, held in Singapore this month, a team out of the University of Padua in Italy will show how they exploited CFG....

So if not through a menu, how do you turn on Defender’s hidden adware blocker? The answer is through registry edits, which many aren’t confident with. Though you can get similar results with third-party software like Malwarebytes, the Windows Defender adware blocker is advanced, completely free, and can have less of a performance impact. We’re going to show you how to turn the anti-malware feature on without messing up your system....

This update is essentially the HoloLens 2 version of Windows 10 version 20H2, which has been available since last week. Of course, the Holographic version comes with some specific additions for AR devices. Among the changes are a new certificate manager, a better Kiosk Mode, and perhaps most importantly, auto eye positioning. Looking at that latter feature more closely, it will allow HoloLens 2 to track and compute eye positions....

The inability to leave has led to deaths, and the World Health Organization believes it deserves its own classification. Gaming disorder describes a pattern of behavior that can result in serious impairments in social, personal, or educational life. Another entry, ‘Hazardous gaming’, describes “a pattern of gaming, either online or offline that appreciably increases the risk of harmful physical or mental health consequences to the individual or to others around this individual....

Found by Xbox Dynasty, the new features will be rolled out in the coming days or weeks. As mentioned, users will be able to copy games more freely. Microsoft has also introduced a much-anticipated ability to customize the Xbox One home screen: “Copy all games & apps: With the latest update, it will be easier to copy games back and forth. Once you have copied your entire game collection to the external hard disk, you can enjoy the “Copy / move all” selection....

The company has been largely quite regarding that information. We know that Xbox One X will launch on November 7. With that in mind, we expect pre-orders to start around 6-8 weeks away from that launch. However, that would mean pre-orders open the start of September. But, Microsoft is teasing that they may open before that. It started with a tweet from GameStop. The outlet said it had an announcement regarding Xbox One X for Sunday....

Following its limited spec reveal of Xbox Scarlett at E3 2019 and the announcement of the Xbox Elite 2 Controller, Microsoft has confirmed that its next-generation won’t all be business as usual. As well as support for current Xbox One games, Scarlett will work with existing Xbox One controllers and accessories. “We thought out our design for Project Scarlett, we definitely wanted to make sure that we were compatible across all the generations,” said Xbox head Phil Spencer at the Inside Xbox show at E3....