Windows 10 Multiple Monitor Tricks
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you a couple of tricks that make working with multiple monitors easier. Continue reading Windows 10 Multiple Monitor Tricks
Category Archives: Windows Client OS
What’s New with Windows – December 2021
It was a quiet month, as expected. But there were a few significant announcements. Most notably for enterprise IT, Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management is now generally available, and Microsoft is bringing some basic customization options to the Windows 11 Start menu. Microsoft Edge Cloud Site List Management now available First available in public […] Continue reading What’s New with Windows – December 2021
MJFChat: Windows Deployment: So Many Options
In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions, the […] Continue reading MJFChat: Windows Deployment: So Many Options
Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V Get USB Passthrough Support
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a feature in Windows that lets developers test and run Linux binaries directly from their desktop. The beauty of WSL is that there’s no need to switch between your Windows desktop and a virtual machine (VM) to develop Linux code. For instance, you can open a Linux shell in […] Continue reading Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V Get USB Passthrough Support
Cloud Site List Management for IE Mode Enters Public Preview
As part of Microsoft’s flurry of announcements out of Ignite November 2021, a new feature to assist IT Pros with their transition from Internet Explorer (IE) to Microsoft Edge, called Cloud Site List Management, is coming to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. (What else are they going to add to this portal?!) Cloud Site List […] Continue reading Cloud Site List Management for IE Mode Enters Public Preview
What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition
Windows 11 is now generally available, there are already fixes for a long list of bugs and performance issues with AMD processors, and Android apps come to users in the Windows 11 Beta Channel. Plus, there’s much more of what’s new with Windows in October 2021, so let’s get started! Windows 11 is now generally […] Continue reading What’s New with Windows – October 2021 Edition
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Windows Insider Program
So, you want to know all there is to know about what the Windows Insider Program is, how to join it, and what all these ‘channels’ mean, right? For example, I’m sure one of your provocative questions is this: If I start on Windows 10 21H1, and join the Beta channel, will that upgrade me […] Continue reading Everything You Wanted to Know About the Windows Insider Program
How to Join the Windows Insider for Business Program
Microsoft announced and launched the Windows Insider Program on September 30, 2014, along with the announcement for Windows 10. Soon after, they received a good deal of feedback from IT Pros in the Windows Insider Program (WIP) that were looking for specific and detailed assistance on how the WIP could work in their business environments. […] Continue reading How to Join the Windows Insider for Business Program
MJFChat: Windows 365 vs. Azure Virtual Desktop: How to Choose
We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company […] Continue reading MJFChat: Windows 365 vs. Azure Virtual Desktop: How to Choose
Microsoft Provides Temporary Fix for Office 365 Zero-Day
September 7th, Microsoft released a security advisory for a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) in Microsoft MSHTML, the rendering engine that Office apps use in Windows to display web content. Microsoft says that it is investigating reports of targeted attacks that try to exploit the MSHTML flaw using specially designed Microsoft Office files. The announcement […] Continue reading Microsoft Provides Temporary Fix for Office 365 Zero-Day