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Microsoft starts force installing Windows 10 20H2 on more devices Microsoft is ramping up the forced rollout of Windows 10, version 20H2 to more devices approaching end of service (EOS), as part of a new rollout phase. This new automated feature update rollout phase follows the addition of Windows ...

Windows 10 NTFS corruption bug gets unofficial temporary fix Earlier this month, BleepingComputer reported that a Windows 10 bug was discovered by security researcher Jonas Lykkegaard that allows non-privileged users to mark an NTFS volume as dirty. Once the volume is marked as dirty, Windows would...

Windows 10 Sun Valley '21H2' update: What we know so far With the upcoming Windows 10 21H1 feature update being a minor release with few improvements, Microsoft will likely include all of the new features they have introduced in Insider builds in Windows 10 21H2. Microsoft plans to release Windows ...

You could rewrite the file shifting the text to another ASCII symbol if it is not something critical. I did that for a game I made by adding 30 to the ASC value into CHR$ and printing it into the file so a user would not cheat with famous quotes in a Crypto game. Another way to do it is to actually ...

Here is a recent 4 pin LED driver chip QXS521 or YX8018:



Hacking an LED solar garden light

Update on Power Failure lights: Still working after years w/o new button cell rechargeable batteries!

Microsoft has upped OneDrive file size upload limit to 250GB Previously 100GB, the increase is in response to what the company described as "helpful and insightful feedback" from its customers and partners, particularly those involved in media and manufacturing. Certainly, those 4K and 8K...

How to use Meet Now to make free video calls on Windows 10 On Windows 10, Meet Now is a feature, part of the Skype communication platform , which allows you to quickly connect with family and friends using voice and video without sign ups or additional downloads. The feature appears as a camera but...

Microsoft is putting a news feed in the Windows 10 taskbar It's going to show up automatically, although you can easily remove it by right-clicking on it. Then, you can personalize it. You can say that you want to see "More stories like this" or "Fewer stories like this". You'll...

Microsoft has already confirmed next update for Windows 10 will automatically remove Flash Player. Since Flash Player is nearing its final curtain, Adobe has now issued a new pop-up alert reminding users to remove the software for good. In September 2020, Microsoft confirmed that it’s working on a ...

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 chkdsk bug causing boot failures While Microsoft doesn't say which Windows 10 versions are affected by this new known issue, the bug was acknowledged on the dedicated pages for the KB4592438 and KB4586853 updates issued for Windows 10 versions 2004 and 20H2 in December an...

Three million users installed 28 malicious Chrome or Edge extensions The 28 extensions contained code that could perform several malicious operations. Avast said it found code to: redirect user traffic to ads redirect user traffic to phishing sites collect personal data, such as birth dates, email ...

Google quietly buys company that turns your old Windows 7 PC into Chrome OS machine CloudReady could be the perfect answer for those continuing to stick with, say, Windows 7 PCs – despite Microsoft having stopped delivering free patches since January 15. Importantly, CloudReady still gets patches a...

Windows 7 and Server 2008 zero-day bug gets a free patch An unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting all Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 devices received a free and temporary fix today through the 0patch platform. The zero-day bug affects all impacted devices, enrolled in Mic...

WINDOWS TURNS 35: A VISUAL HISTORY The PC revolution started off life 35 years ago this week. Microsoft launched its first version of Windows on November 20th, 1985, to succeed MS-DOS. It was a huge milestone that paved the way for the modern versions of Windows we use today. While Windows 10 doesn...

Microsoft: Windows 10 1809 reaches end of service next week Microsoft today reminded customers that some editions of Windows 10, version 1809 (also known as the October 2018 Update) will reach its end of service next week. For products that reach their end of service, Microsoft stops providing tech...

SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front Expect to see data speeds vary from 50Mbps to 150Mbps and latency from 20ms to 40ms over the next several months as we enhance the Starlink system. There will also be brief periods of no connectivity at all. As we launch more s...

Microsoft will forcibly open some websites in Edge instead of Internet Explorer Starting next month , users trying to access certain websites will see IE refuse to load the URL and automatically open the site in Edge instead. This forced IE-to-Edge behavior is part of Microsoft's Internet Explorer ...

After outcry, Microsoft presses pause on unsolicited Windows 10 web app installs Originally, Microsoft tells The Verge, the idea was that any website you pinned to the Start Menu would launch in Microsoft Edge , and it simply intended to turn those shortcuts into more visible tiles now. But — in wh...

Windows 10 upgrades blocked after installing KB4577062 Microsoft says that customers who install the optional KB4577062 update for Windows 10 versions 1903 and 1909 will encounter issues upgrading to newer Windows 10 versions on some devices. KB4577062 was released on September 16, 2020, with the m...