What's New
TekBits Technology News
Firefox 57 Photon mockups: activity stream, library, compact mode, more
Mozilla plans to release a theme refresh of its Firefox web browser when the browser hits version 57 in November 2017. The refresh is code-named Photon, and it is the first major design refresh of Firefox since the launch of Australis back when Firefox 29 was released. Australis was a highly controversial change, not only because of the design elements that it introduced, but also the things that it removed or blocked from customization.
Manage Windows Drivers with Driver Store Explorer
Driver Store Explorer is a free program for Microsoft Windows that enables you to enumerate, add, and delete drivers on Windows PCs.
New drivers are usually installed on Windows machines when you connect hardware for the first time to the device. This can be an automatic process, or one that requires you to run a program that adds the driver to the operating system.
Windows won't dismiss those drivers anymore, even if you never connect the device the driver is for again.
First Post Windows 10 Creators Update build 16170 released
The Windows 10 Creators Update has been available as a manual download and installation since April the 5th, and will be available through Windows Update next Tuesday (April 11th).
This apparently does not keep Microsoft from releasing the first build of the next feature update for Windows 10 to the Fast Ring release channel.
Before you get your hopes up that it contains anything uber cool, it does not. Still, it is the first build that is going to get updated frequently in the coming months before that next feature update is released near the end of the year.
Nvidia GeForce Driver 381.65 with Windows 10 Creators Update support
The Nvidia GeForce Driver 381.65 adds support for the Windows 10 Creators Update, and the newly released Nvidia Titan Xp video card.
While you can run older versions of the Nvidia GeForce driver on machines that run the Windows 10 Creators Update, version 381.65 is the first to introduce official support for the newest version of Windows 10.
Windows 10 Creators Update Apps uninstallation information
This article provides you with information on the Windows 10 Creators Update applications that you can, and can't uninstall.
The Windows 10 Creators Update version ships with native applications that are installed by default. Some of these applications replicate functionality that legacy Windows programs offered in previous versions, others are new and unique to Windows 10 (and maybe also Windows 8.x).
Microsoft releases .NET Framework 4.7
Microsoft released the .NET Framework 4.7 on April 6th, 2017 for all supported operating systems featuring bug fixes and improvements.
The new version of the Microsoft .NET Framework is included in the Windows 10 Creators Update. It is also available for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 on the client side of operating systems, and for Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 on the server side.
- Read more about Microsoft releases .NET Framework 4.7
- Log in to post comments
How to download the Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft enabled official downloads of the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 5th 2017 for the crowd that cannot wait to upgrade to the new Windows 10 version.
Windows users may use the Windows 10 Update Assistant, the Windows Media Creation Tool, or download ISO images of the Creators Update directly from Microsoft servers.
- Read more about How to download the Windows 10 Creators Update
- Log in to post comments
Mozilla audited Tab Mix Plus for WebExtensions compatibility
Mozilla published information on Tab Mix Plus's WebExtensions compatibility recently after auditing the add-ons functionality.
Update: Tim Nguyen, the guy who audited Tab Mix Plus is not a Mozilla employee.
Twitter launches data-friendly Twitter Lite
Twitter announced today the release of Twitter Lite, a data-friendly version of the messaging site designed to be more resource friendly.
Unlike other "lite" applications, it is not made available as an application for Android or iOS operating systems, nor is Twitter Lite restricted to certain geographic regions.
- Read more about Twitter launches data-friendly Twitter Lite
- Log in to post comments
Windows 10 Full and Basic Telemetry Data collection information
One of the complaints about Windows 10 ever since the operating system's introduction was that it was not really clear what date Microsoft's Telemetry and data collection services collected, and transferred to the company.
Linked to that was the missing option to turn the collecting off for good -- this is reserved to LTSB Enterprise versions. The only built-in option that users had until now was to set the collecting to basic.
TekBits News
- Firefox 57 Photon mockups: activity stream, library, compact mode, more
- Manage Windows Drivers with Driver Store Explorer
- First Post Windows 10 Creators Update build 16170 released
- Nvidia GeForce Driver 381.65 with Windows 10 Creators Update support
- Windows 10 Creators Update Apps uninstallation information
- Microsoft releases .NET Framework 4.7
- How to download the Windows 10 Creators Update
- Mozilla audited Tab Mix Plus for WebExtensions compatibility
- Twitter launches data-friendly Twitter Lite
- Windows 10 Full and Basic Telemetry Data collection information
Didn't find what you're looking for? Try. . .