I have built and customized numerous desktops over the years. Each more powerful and smaller than the last. Starting out with mini towers, shuttles, and finally a highly customized Mac Mini, I have always been driven by the challenge of building a small yet powerful Windows PC. As my current PC is starting to show its age, it is time to begin a new journey and build the ultimate Windows 10 micro PC.
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Early November Microsoft made the controversial decision to cut the amount of free OneDrive storage from 15 GB to just 5 GB. In addition, Microsoft also decided to eliminate the camera roll bonus. This has caused a number of users to abandon ship, but that may be unnecessary as Microsoft is offering current users of OneDrive to opt out of the upcoming...
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Wi-Fi Sense is a new feature in Windows 10 designed to make it more convenient and secure to share your wireless network. Instead of sharing your wireless password with visitors, if they have a Windows 10 PC, Windows will automatically setup and connect them to your network automatically. This new feature created a mini uproar when it was first announced because it was not well explained. Let’s...
Read MoreWindows 10 includes a new memory compression feature designed to improve the performance of applications. Typically when the physical memory on a PC is consumed, the operating system kicks applications out of memory into a file on your hard drive called the paging file. The location the paging file is stored has much lower performance than physical memory so there is a significant penalty to this...
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Hidden away in the registry is a secret setting that will activate a special dark mode theme. This new look applies to many of the new Windows Run-time apps including the Settings app. A simple registry tweak and sign off and back on is all that is required and you will transform many of the Windows 10 screens to something more friendly in the dark.
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Windows 10 includes a new feature called Windows Update Delivery Optimization that can download updates from other PCs instead of directly from Microsoft servers. This can be beneficial if you have multiple Windows 10 computers on your local network because it reduces the amount of data transfer on your Internet connection. After a Windows 10 PC downloads an update, it can share the update with other...
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With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has taken an aggressive approach to driver, functionality and security updates to simplify maintaining an up-to-date PC. One of Microsoft's biggest headaches are the millions of Windows PCs that are missing patching resulting in a bad user experience and major security issues. With Windows 10, Microsoft is automatically installing all patches and users can't...
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Windows 10 IoT Core is a new edition of Windows that is designed specifically for small embedded devices such as the Rasberry Pi 2 and Intel MinnowBoard Max. Based on Windows 10, IoT core can run Universal Windows apps written in Vistual Studio 2015 with languages like C++, C#, JS, VB, Node.js and Python. If your embedded device has the ability to connect to a display, you can create rich experiences...
Read MoreMicrosoft's new Edge browser in Windows 10 includes a lot of new features including keyboard shortcuts for power users. A lot of the old Internet Explorer shortcuts still work in Edge, but there are quite a few brand new shortcuts for the new features.
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The Insider Hub app in Windows 10 is "your one-stop-shop for all the latest news and announcements regarding the Windows Insider program. " Designed specifically for those that participate in the Windows Insider program, the hub app provides news and "quests" that highlight a feature or scenario Microsoft wants your help to test and provide feedback. The Windows Insider hub app is not installed by...
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