One of the minor annoyances that I have found with Windows 10 comes down to the simple calculator app. The classic calc.exe has been replaced with a Windows 10 Modern app. It offers some new functionality like conversions, which is cool, but not worth the change when it fails at the basic tasks. The only custom key that I use on my keyboard is the Calc button. I will hit the … [Read more...]
Installing Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 4 Core and Desktop Experience
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 was released in November. While the general availability release date of Windows Server 2016 is still unknown, this brings us one step closer to that final version. TP4 brought some changes to the operating system which will introduce changes for the Windows system administrator. Server 2016 Core, the version of the operating system … [Read more...]
Creating your first VM with Hyper-V on Windows 10
VirtualBox is a popular free virtualization option for the one-off test machine. If you would instead like to gain a little formalization to your virtualization or just want exposure/experience to Microsoft's Hyper-V, it is included with Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise SKUs. Pre-requisites To use Hyper-V, you need: 64-bit version of Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 … [Read more...]
Microsoft expands ‘Get Windows 10’ prompts to domain-joined, Professional computers
Microsoft previously held the line on their aggressive pushing of Windows 10 to previous versions of the operating system at leaving domain-joined computers alone. They are now crossing that line and expanding the 'Get Windows 10' program to prompt domain-joined computers that run Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8.1 Professional and receive their updates directly from the … [Read more...]
How I organize my Android 6.0 Home screen
My previous phone was a Samsung and I originally tried organizing my app shortcuts across a few screens. I finally gave up and replaced TouchWiz with Yahoo Aviate Launcher. It auto-categorized each app and had another screen with an alphabetized view of each app. My new phone is stock Android, so I am avoiding launchers and other similar components. I ended up organizing my … [Read more...]