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Windows 9 coming in 2015?

May 27, 2014December 16, 2025 Thomas

Update: September 30, 2014 Today Microsoft announced that their next version of Windows will be named Windows 10. It kind of took everyone by surprise. Most people thought that Windows 9 would be the name of their next version of Windows following up on Windows 8.1. Other than the name, most of the new features where already leaked and was pretty much just confirmed for the Technical Preview. The preview should be available on short time.

How to disable the Windows Key in Windows

October 28, 2012March 16, 2021 Thomas

Back in 1995 when Microsoft released Windows 95 they also introduced the PC world to a new keyboard key, simply just called the Windows Key.

Enable Autologin on Windows and lock the screen

September 30, 2011April 17, 2023 Thomas

If you like me often power up your computer and go away to do some other stuff (read: getting some coffee) while waiting for Windows to startup, you might find this tip handy. What this tip can do for you, is to autologin your computer to startup background jobs, tray icons and whatever else that is auto starting on your computer and then lock the screen automatically.