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Microsoft Ends Support For Its Divisive OS, Windows 8

Support for Windows 8 is coming to an end, which marks the closure of an era for an operating system that cost two executives their jobs and significantly hurt the company’s mobile initiatives.

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About 20% of Internet Explorer Users Will Be Using Unsupported Software Starting This Week

Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 this week which means that if you are still using the browser, your PC will soon become vulnerable to external threats as no future security patches will be released.

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As Microsoft Winds Down Support For IE10, IE11 Gets New Enterprise Features

Microsoft is ending support for all prior version of IE11 for Windows 7/8 but to help ease the transition, the company has announced new features.

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Disconnect a Microsoft Account from your Windows 8 Login

Learn how to disconnect a Microsoft account from a local Windows 8 account in this Ask the Admin by Russell Smith.

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Using ClipBook Viewer on Windows 8

The “clipboard” where the Windows operating system stores the pieces of text, graphical images or other information that has been cut or copied, as a temporary buffer until you paste somewhere else or reboot the computer, then all the information in the buffer is cleared. While the clipboard can contain more than one piece of…

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How to Open the Windows 8 Command Prompt in any Folder

Daniel Petri shares a tip for launching the command prompt in Windows 8 in any file directory, without the help of the change directory command.

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Differences Between Windows 8.1 Pro and Enterprise Editions

Can’t decide between Windows 8.1 Pro or Enterprise Editions? Russell Smith provides breaks down differences in each edition to make your decision easier.

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How to Forget or Delete a Windows 8.1 Wi-Fi Network Profile

How many steps does it take to forget or delete a Wi-Fi network profile in Windows 8.1? This short tutorial article by Daniel Petri reveals the answer.

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Microsoft Buys Minecraft Maker for $2.5 Billion

Microsoft announced that it is buying Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion. Does this mean that Windows Phone users will finally get Minecraft for their favorite smartphone?

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How to restart Windows Explorer shell in Windows 7/8

Need to manually restart Windows Explorer shell in both Windows 7 and Windows 8? Daniel Petri shows us how in this handy how-to article.

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