Microsoft released the first final version of Windows Package Manager just a moment ago. The program adds new options to Windows to install, uninstall and manage programs installed on the system. You can check out the linked review above to find out more about the base functionality of the package manager for Windows. In this guide, we’ll be taking a close look at the upgrade feature that it supports. Unlike most Windows package managers, upgrading is not limited to the programs installed using the package manager, but to all programs installed on the device, provided that they are found in the repository of programs that it uses. In other words: […]
Archives for May 2021
Flash Game Archive lets you play thousands of Flash Games on your Windows PC
Flash is no longer supported officially and Adobe, Microsoft and browser makers such as Mozilla or Google have disabled support in their products. While Flash is no longer in active development, it is still home to thousands of games and applications, as these have not just vanished with the end of support. You can still play Flash content in your browser in 2021, but also using various tools, e.g. the Flash games preservation project, or Internet sites. Many of these use ruffle, a Flash emulator. While not perfect, it works with many games and applications already. The Flash Game Archive is another tool for Windows to play classic Flash games. […]
Manage Wireless Networks on Windows with this new Nirsoft tool
ManageWirelessNetworks is a new free and portable tool for Microsoft Windows devices to manage wireless networks (duh!). The new Nirsoft application is provided as an archive that you download, extract and then run on the target machine. The app displays all known wireless network profiles, including ones that you have used in the past but won’t be using anymore in the future, in its interface on launch. You may use it, among other things, to delete wireless network profiles that you are never going to use again. As far as compatibility is concerned, ManageWirelessNetworks supports all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows Vista onward, and 32-bit and 64-bit versions of […]
How to turn off Microsoft Edge’s new Startup Boost feature
The next Microsoft Edge update will introduce a new feature that is called Startup Boost. We reviewed the feature when it was introduced in Microsoft Edge Canary back in October 2020. Startup Boost aims to speed up the launch of the Microsoft Edge web browser on Windows devices. Basically, what the feature does is load core Microsoft Edge processes in the background on system start. Not a new concept, but Microsoft notes that it will give the opening of Microsoft Edge on sign-in of a user or after closing the browser completely a significant boost. Edge users benefit from the feature, especially since it does not cost a lot of […]
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 family leaks with specs and prices
Samsung’s high-end Galaxy S smartphones come in threes these days, and it looks like 2021 is the year when the flagship tablet lineup will mirror that logic. According to a huge leak out of Korea, we should expect three Galaxy Tab S8 devices this year – probably launching at some point during the summer. The vanilla Galaxy Tab S8 has an 11″ 120Hz LCD touchscreen, a dual rear camera system (13 MP + 5 MP), an 8 MP front-facing camera, a side-mounted fingerprint reader, 8GB of RAM with 128 or 256GB of storage, quad speakers, an S Pen, and an 8,000 mAh battery with 45W charging. It’s 6.3mm thin […]