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How to Reactivate Windows 10 Sunday, January 27, 2019 in Tools   No Comments 1: Run the Activation Troubleshooter Press the Windows Key + S and begin typing activation and click on See if Windows is activated. You should see the troubleshooting link but only if Windows 10 sees a problem. Years ago, we'd never suggest running a troubleshooter, but in Windows 10 many of them are now functional. 2: Enter Your Product Key and Activate Manually The most obvious step is to enter your product key and activate again. This step assumes you have your product key. If not, it could be embedded in your BIOS/UEFI firmware. To check that, open a Command Prompt or PowerShell as admin and type in: wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey. Press the Windows Key + S and begin typing activation and click on Activation settings. Click on Enter a Product Key and enter your 25 digit product key. Windows should active once you enter the key. 3: Contact Microsoft Support Believe it or not, Microsoft support is easy and usually quick to use. While most geeks prefer to find the solution themselves, sometimes support is the solution. There are a few ways to contact support, but we prefer two. The Help App is usually fast as well and can be started at https://support.Microsoft.com/en-us/contactus/?ln=en-us. You can also skip the Help app and load Support in your web browser as shown by the arrow below. Otherwise, calling Microsoft is quick and helpful as well: USA: 1-800-Microsoft (642-7676) Canada: 1-877-568-2495 A complete list of worldwide support phone numbers can be found here or by searching for Microsoft support phone numbers. majorgeeks.com

Windows 10: Activity may be recorded even if you disable it Wednesday, December 12, 2018 in Windows   No Comments The Privacy dashboard on Microsoft's website lists recent activity, e.g. visited sites or started applications, even if Activity History is disabled on a Windows 10 device. Recent versions of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system support a feature called Activity History that is keeping track of some of the things that users are doing on the device so that they may "jump back". Activity History powers the operating system's Timeline feature. Timeline, which you may invoke with the shortcut Windows-Tab, displays a timeline view of activity when opened. Only some applications such as Microsoft Edge or Office applications support it at the time. The main idea behind the feature is to display a history to users similarly to browsing histories of web browsers. It is easy to go back to a particular application or re-open a website using the feature. www.ghacks.net

Enable Windows Defender Antivirus sandboxing Tuesday, October 30, 2018 in Tools   No Comments Sandboxing is not enabled by default at the time of writing. It is available, however, on all devices running Windows 10 version 1703 or higher. Here is what you need to do to enable Windows Defender Antivirus sandboxing right now: Open the Start menu. Type powershell.exe to display PowerShell as one of the results. Right-click on the result and select "run as administrator" or hold down the Shift-key and the Ctrl-key before you select the result. Both options execute PowerShell with elevated rights. Confirm the UAC prompt that may be displayed. Run setx /M MP_FORCE_USE_SANDBOX 1. Restart Windows. The command sets a new system variable that tells Windows to run Windows Defender Antivirus with sandbox functionality. Verifying that the sandbox is running is simple: open the Windows Task Manager with a tap on Ctrl-Shift-Esc and make sure you display all details (click on more details if not), and look on the Details tab of the program. Locate MsMpEngCP.exe there. If you see it, the sandbox is up and running. The process runs with low privileges and uses "all available mitigation policies" according to Microsoft. www.ghacks.net

Windows 10 version 1809 plagued by another data loss issue Sunday, October 21, 2018 in Windows   No Comments Things don't look that good for Windows 10 version 1809, the October 2018 feature update for Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft had to pull the update days after its release because of a data loss issue that impacted some devices. While the issue was not very widespread—it only affected 1 in every 10000 users—it was serious enough to pull the brakes and do another round of bug fixing and testing. The issue was a major issue but not the only issue that Windows 10 version 1809 users were plagued by. Microsoft pushed an updated version to Insider versions already but has yet to unlock the update again on Windows Update or other distribution channels for Stable devices. The data loss issue back then affected systems on which some default folders such as Documents or Pictures were moved to another location without moving the files they contained. The bug removed the files in the original folder. www.ghacks.net

Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 October Update Saturday, October 6, 2018 in Windows   No Comments Microsoft cites problems with the latest update package deleting user files. Microsoft has paused the rollout of Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809), the latest version of the Windows 10 operating system, which Microsoft released this week, on Tuesday, October 2. In a support document updated today, October 6, the Redmond-based OS maker said it took this decision after users complained that v1809 had deleted files after the update. We have paused the rollout of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) for all users as we investigate isolated reports of users missing some files after updating. Microsoft employs a gradual rollout scheme, and not all Windows 10 users have received its latest bi-annual OS update. The October 2018 Update is no longer available for download, and Microsoft urges users who manually downloaded a Windows 10 installation package to wait until new installation media is available. "We will provide an update when we resume rolling out the Windows 10 October 2018 Update to customers," Microsoft said. www.zdnet.com

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