Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2020


In January we finally said goodbye to Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Microsoft made its new Edge browser generally available, fixed a search bug in File Explorer, and started rolling out Calls in Your Phone for Windows 10 19H1 and newer.

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The Cloud Predictions for 2019


With 2019 right around the corner, Aidan makes a few predictions about what we will see in the year ahead.

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Happy 10th Birthday Hyper-V!

Happy 10th Birthday Hyper-V [Image Credit: Jeff Woolsey, @WSV_GUY]

On February 19, 2003, Microsoft announced that the corporation has acquired a privately held virtualization vendor called Connectix. It might not have seemed like it then, but this acquisition was the genesis of something huge in the IT world, and I’m not limiting that to just Hyper-V.

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Rediscovering Windows Libraries for Users and Admins

Libraries have been available ever since Windows 7 was released and they continue to offer a lot of flexibility for users themselves and include tools for admins to control and configure them.

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Microsoft Tweaks Simplified Servicing Packages for Older Versions of Windows

Microsoft has made a change to the new streamlined update process for older versions of Windows.

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