If you try to add a POP account, you just get the following message telling you to ask your email provider to switch to IMAP or EAS. Good luck getting your ISP to make the switch! Use Outlook.com for POP Email Accounts Log in to your Outlook.com account and click Options (gear icon) and select More Mail Settings. From the Options screen click “Your Email Accounts” under Managing Your Account....

A Simple Task-er There have been many rumors about Google meaning to add some sort of automation to Android. The Rules feature was showing in some previews but had never actually made it into final versions of Android. Well, Android 10 has started including it for some Pixel devices. Pixel 4 devices have started receiving it recently and some users have reported seeing it on older models, as well. What you should not expect is a version of Tasker....

WiiMote as a Windows 7 Device Using your WiiMote as a Windows input device is made possible due to the work of Carl Kenner, a tree-hugging geek (those terms are meant endearingly) who developed GlovePIE, as well as the work of Office Labs, who put together a GlovePIE script that turns the WiiMote into a pointer/mouse with gestures that work in PowerPoint’s pptPlex add-on. To start, you’ll need a computer with a Bluetooth receiver—either built-in or as a USB dongle....

Back in May of 2005 Google launched its homepage personalization system, iGoogle. 8 years and some odd months later the search engine giant has decided to shutdown the service and allocate its resources elsewhere. Were you a fan of iGoogle? If so, you may be interested in the alternatives listed below. Most of these homepage sites are relatively identical with only a few varying features. Each one is worth taking for a short spin to discover which suits you best....

Dragging Tabs Out of Windows You can easily convert tabs into windows by dragging them out of their current window. If you do this while maximized, the new window will also fill the screen. Do it restored, and the new window will be the exact same size as the first one. Snapping Left and Right to Compare If you’re on the web hunting for a new phone or gadget, you’ll need to compare specs very often....

Windows Phone Much to the dismay of many Microsoft enthusiasts, the company couldn’t compete in the mobile space that’s dominated by iOS and Android. The writing had been on the wall for a while. Microsoft exec Terry Myerson told The Verge that Windows Phone was essentially on hold back in March of 2016. A few months later, Microsoft cut 1,850 jobs and wrote off nearly a Billion dollars. Also, to put the final nail in the coffin, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore told users to not expect any new features or hardware....

We have shown you how to enable and use Files On-Demand in OneDrive in Windows 10 before. And starting with 1809 Windows 10 Build 17692 and above, you can make downloaded files from OneDrive On-Demand online-only after a set time of inactivity. This will allow you to keep files you haven’t used in a certain number of days in the cloud and free up drive space. OneDrive Files On-Demand Online-Only To get started, head to Settings > System > Storage and click the “Change how we free up space automatically” link beneath the Storage Sense section....

Note: This feature works with most modern apps like Office, Microsoft Edge, and other apps you’ve downloaded from the Microsoft Store. These are UWP apps where the developer has added the feature to resume. It might not work with legacy Win32 desktop apps like Photoshop, for example. If you want legacy apps to launch, add them to the startup list if you removed them. Make Windows 10 Resume Apps After Logging In To get started, click the Start button or hit the Windows key to launch the Start menu and click Settings....

MultCloud MultCloud is a free service and that has taken every possible precaution to make sure your data is safe. It connects to websites and transfers data using 256-bit AES encryption for SSL, it doesn’t save or cache your data on its servers and it accesses your cloud drives using OAuth authorization. That way the service doesn’t get access to your passwords and you can revoke access whenever you feel like it....

Examples of Individual Cumulative Update For example, you might have multiple PCs, which, even for a large organization such as a school, having each machine connected to the internet can bring your network to a halt. Sure, there is a new way of using one PC on your network to share updates with other machines, but this feature can reduce the performance of your PC, as I’ve observed. Cumulative Updates can also help bring a fresh installation of Windows 10 up to date too....

New The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Trailer Marvel’s WandaVision just wrapped up and now it’s time to begin a new journey with the characters Bucky Barnes aka “The Winter Soldier,” Sam Wilson aka “The Falcon,” and former S.H.I.E.L.D. special agent Sharon Carter. The events of this six-episode series take place after Avengers: End Game. The heroes will test their abilities against the main protagonist Baron Helmut Zemo, a Sokovian colonel-turned-terrorist who is all about defeating the Avengers....

In 2010 Skype grossed $860 million, which is an impressive figure, that is until you note that the EBITDA was only $264 million. Overall, the company has yet to turn a profit and although they’ve increased revenue Skype still sustained a net loss of $7 million in 2010. On top of the unprofitability, the company has a withstanding debt of approximately $680 million. This reminds me a little of the infamous deal that went through in 2006 where Google purchased YouTube for $1....

Windows 10 1803 Update KB4345421 Here is a look at what’s been improved and fixed for Windows 10 1803 in this update: Addresses an issue that may cause some devices running network monitoring workloads to receive the 0xD1 Stop error because of a race condition after installing the July update.Addresses an issue with the DHCP Failover server that may cause enterprise clients to receive an invalid configuration when requesting a new IP address....

But this week’s build is much lighter on new features other than improvements to the Korean Input Method Editor (IME). It does, however, contain a small number of changes and overall improvements to the system. Here is a look at what you can expect. Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 18941 In addition to Korean IME updates, here is the list of the changes and other improvements you can expect in today’s new build:...

Windows 10 Preview Build 20262 Here is the list of fixes contained in this latest release to the Dev Channel: We fixed an issue resulting in certain apps launching unexpectedly transparent in recent builds, with no content visible.We fixed an issue where old SleepStudy etls were unexpectedly not being cleaned up.We fixed an issue resulting in no response the first time a pen was clicked after being paired due to an underlying crash....

Windows 10 Preview Build 19555 Here is the list of general changes, fixes and system improvements contained in today’s latest Insider build: We’ve resolved an issue where certain external USB 3.0 drives ended up in an unresponsive state with Start Code 10 after they were attached.The cloud recovery option for Reset this PC is now back up and running on this build.We fixed an issue resulting in ARM64 devices not being able to upgrade to the previous build....

Unfortunately, we don’t know much about what the updates contain other than improving upgrade experiences and enhancements for functionality. The company released the following updates: KB3081448: This update includes improvements to enhance the functionality of Windows 10.KB3081449: This update improves the Windows 10 out-of-box experience (OOBE). This update applies only to the Windows 10 OOBE process and will be available only at the time that OOBE updates are installed.KB3081452: This update makes improvements to ease the upgrade experience to Windows 10....

Old Original Article… Way way back in November 2008, I talked about the Microsoft Announcement that they would be giving away a free anti-virus client code-named Morrow. Well, it’s almost a year later, and Microsoft has been busy. On ~June 23rd, 2009 Microsoft announced the product name would be – Microsoft Security Essentials and released the product in Beta with free sign-up for anyone interested in trying out the Beta....

This is true for the original Surface RT to the most recent Surface Pro 3 and each model in between. However, if that part of the drive were to be corrupted or deleted to get more drive space, you need an image somewhere. For more on this, check out our article on how to free up 4GB disk space on Surface RT. Notice that you create a Recovery Drive before deleting the recovery partition — This is actually a best practice you should do with your new Surface or Windows 8....

Pokki Start Menu and App Store Replacement It includes a Start Button, Start Menu with access to what you’d expect, and also a complete app store. The store gives you access to hundreds of free apps and games that will run on your desktop. Installation is a piece of cake following the wizard. No restart is required, and after it’s installed you’ll see the Pokki style icon where the Start menu would normally be....