Microsoft’s Antivirus software has come a long way since the days of Microsoft Security Essentials. Microsoft Defender goes toe to toe with the best third-party antivirus available. Here’s how you can use it to scan your PC. Microsoft Defender Antivirus, and all of the scan options, …
With Windows 11 version 22H2, we’re getting a new Task Manager built on top of the existing Task Manager. In a recent webcast, Microsoft explained the new design and features coming to the Task Manager, and why they ditched tabbed based interface for a hamburger menu. …
When Microsoft released the KB5012643 update for Windows 11, there were complaints from a number of users about screen flicker when booting into Safe Mode. Microsoft acknowledged the problem, and confirmed suspicions that it was related to Safe Mode with Networking. The company has now addressed …
Unlike Windows 10, Windows 11 doesn’t come with a dedicated tablet mode, so Microsoft has decided to apply improvements to the desktop UX to better support tablets, an approach the company previously employed for Windows 8. It goes without saying that Windows on a 2-in-1 is …
It looks like Windows 10’s native screenshot tool called ‘Snip & Sketch’ is being hit by a pretty annoying problem, where the app simply fails to load for some users when they try to take screenshots. This bug doesn’t appear to entirely affect the operating system’s …
Whether you use Microsoft Excel for managing monthly bills or tracking time for work, you likely use dates or times. With these functions, you can enter or obtain the dates and times you need. You might already be familiar with some date and time functions in …
Microsoft just fixed the Safe mode issues in Windows 11, but the operating system has apparently hit further problems with the latest cumulative updates. KB5012643, which is an optional update with tons of fixes, is crashing apps that use certain components of the .NET 3.5 framework. …
Microsoft PowerPoint offers many types of animations. You can add effects to text, images, and shapes. But if you want to create your own, you can select a motion path animation to move your object wherever you like. With motion path animations in PowerPoint, you can …
Microsoft has long offered a “Microsoft Defender Offline” tool you can use to perform malware scans from outside of Windows. With Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, this tool is included with Windows, and even easier to launch. Here’s how to use it, no matter which version of …
Microsoft has open-sourced the code for 3D Movie Maker, an animation program it had originally released in 1995. If you don’t remember 3D Movie Maker, that’s understandable, seeing as it was a relatively short-lived piece of software. 3D Movie Maker was an animation studio geared towards …