Windows Azure Thoughts - First Six Months Having played with Windows Azure for about six months or so, I think I have a good handle on its pros and cons for the tasks I’ve been trying to do. I definitely have a lot of positive conclusions about the platform as a whole, and a few...
Case in point: Fire up Task Manager right now (hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc), and click “Show processes from all users.” You will doubtlessly see a bunch of processes called “svchost.exe,” all helpfully labelled “Host Process for Windows Services.” Great, but what are those services? With ...
Paragon Partition Manager Free Edition (64-bit) Free Manage partitions and redistribute free space on your hard drives. Windows File Renamer Basic Free Change the names of multiple files at once. Windows SyncToy (64-Bit) Free Synchronize files and folders between locations. Windows AOMEI Partition...
This update also includes a new gamepad keyboard, improvements to Task Manager, and minor fixes. Windows 11PCswith Arm processorsare getting a big upgrade for Insiders today. Microsoft is now rolling out build 27744 in the Canary channel, and it comes with a major upgrade to the Prism emulato...
As a developer, you can use the TaskbarManager and JumpList classes to programmatically interact with the Taskbar from your applications. Note that to use these classes, you will need to download and reference the assemblies in the free Windows 7 API Code Pack from code.msdn.microsoft.com/...
Metro apps can potentially be running all the time, delivering news, e-mail, and other updates. But Microsoft designed the Metro model so that apps retreat into the background when not needed so as to consume less power. To gauge this, the new Task Manager in Windows 8 shows which specif...
Remember to create graphics for as many scaled sizes as possible, and Windows will deliver the best graphic depending on the device. The better the UX, the better the rating in the app store. And this translates directly to more downloads. ...
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“I’ll check with my manager first.” “I don’t think that’ll work for me right now. I have deadlines to meet.” (This statement is almost always true, because I usually have at least one deadline I’m working toward.) Inaction is work. Doing nothing is a valid choice. I’ve...
You can use Microsoft To Do in many different ways, depending on the type of content you store in the app. If you use the app as a day-to-day task manager, you will probably find the My Day list to be one of its most useful features. ✕Remove Ads In addition to flagged emails ...