Category Archives: Microsoft

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update deletes Trashcan after 30 days (and how to change this setting)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Stefano

Windows Fall Creators Update (AKA 1709) has been recently deployed to some million PCs around the world; one of the default settings about disk space and storage management may be hurting the way you think about your files: let’s take … Continue reading →

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Cestino vuoto dopo 30 giorni grazie all’aggiornamento Fall Creators Update per Windows 10

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Stefano

È una delle novità di Windows 10 1709 (AKA Fall Creators Update): la gestione dello spazio su disco e le relative impostazioni di default. Cosa succede Mi capita molto (troppo) spesso di vedere sui PC di clienti ed amici una … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update: a few notes [Updated]

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Stefano

Tomorrow, August 2nd, Microsoft will release the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the very first major update since the July 29th update deadline. Most users will barely notice this update even though some details should be taken into account. In first … Continue reading →

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May 26th 1995: Bill Gates writes about the “Internet Tidal Wave”

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Stefano

20 years have gone since this internal memo, aimed at Microsoft Executives, in which Bill Gates himself talked about the “Internet Tidal Wave” and provided a strategic point of view for a MS-dominated ‘Net; the memo surfaced during the prolonged … Continue reading →

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Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry: PCs explained by “Friends” actors

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Stefano

Back in 1995! The world was raving for Friends sitcom and Windows 95 has just been released. Someone thought it was a good idea to put Hollywood stars Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry in this video acting like themselves trying … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates’ letter celebrating Microsoft 40th anniversary

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Stefano

This is awesome! The real letter that Bill Gates sent to Microsoft employees for the company’s 40th anniversary. The Verge reports: Gates sent the following letter to Microsoft employees today to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary. The letter was posted … Continue reading →

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Don’t panic: even though Windows 7 free support ends today, we’ve still got five years ahead…

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Stefano

Today is the last day of what Microsoft calls “mainstream support” and this has been planned since a long time. Windows 7 users don’t panic: Windows 7 will get security updates and patches for the next five years, the real … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Windows-past: how to delete file & folders from NTFS drive with wrong names & nested folders

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Stefano

You never learn enough… (about Windows, I mean). Problem. During a routine backup operation, I found a Windows NTFS drive contained several files and folders which could not be deleted due to wrong naming. Yes, it’s 2014 and we’re still … Continue reading →

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The new Xbox One unveiled – Live from Redmond (WA)

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Stefano

Time has come for the new Xbox One from Microsoft, soon a worldwide-event will introduce the brand-new third generation Xbox console. Some specs? The new Xbox One include an 8-core processor, 8 GBytes of RAM, Blu-ray player, USB 3 ports, … Continue reading →

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April Fools’ #4: Bing pranks Easter Island Statues

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Stefano

Check it out for yourself: Bing has turned Easter Island statues (Moai, that’s the correct name) into some April Fools’ best.

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