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DoNotspy11 is a long-standing privacy and tweaking application for Windows. The first update of 2024 introduces new features and compatibility with recent Windows releases. It is a small tool that you may use to modify Windows settings with ease. It addresses one of the main issues that privacy-conscious users have with Windows: the scattering of…
When Microsoft announced the AI feature Recall in May, it felt confidence in its AI strategy. Recall, a feature that takes snapshots of the PC screen every five seconds, was designed to be the selling point for a new breed of PCs, that Microsoft calls Copilot+ PCs. A lot depended on Recall. It was the…
TotalRecall is a new open source tool for Windows that can be used to run searches across the entire Recall database. Recall is a new feature of Windows 11 that takes snapshots of the screen every five seconds. It stores them locally and makes them available for processing by the user. Recall is enabled by…
Is the upcoming Recall AI feature of the Windows 11 operating system a privacy nightmare? While the verdict is still out about that, it is clearly problematic on several levels in its current state. Recall takes screenshots of the computer screen every 5 seconds. The default configuration takes screenshots of pretty much everything. The only…
The first O&O ShutUp10++ update for Windows 10 and 11 of 2024 is now available. It is an excellent privacy tool to improve privacy through an easy to use interface. You can check out my full review of O&O ShutUp10++ for in-depth information. O&O ShutUp10++ 1.9.1437 The new version of the free application is available…
Recall is an upcoming AI feature of Windows 11. It takes captures of the screen every five seconds and saves them on the local system. Users may then interact with AI to look up information or process data that has been captured. Most current Windows 11 PCs won’t get Recall functionality, as a Copilot+ PC…
A lot has been written about the upcoming Recall feature of Windows 11 version 24H2. Reserved exclusively for Copilot+ PCs, it will be unavailable to the majority of users who upgrade their Windows 11 PCs to the new version. Recall, in a nutshell, takes frequent captures of the entire screen and stores them encrypted on…
You have several options when it comes to downloading Windows ISO images. From downloading them from Microsoft using the Media Creation Tool to using tools such as Rufus to download them. One of the easiest options to get the latest Insider or Stable ISO images is to use UUP Dump. It supports: Here is how…
Microsoft has added support for extracting archive formats and creating ZIP archives in its Windows operating system. This is a useful feature, as it allows users to manage several popular archive formats without installation of third-party software. If you encounter archives occasionally, say once a month, then it is usually easier to use the built-in…
If you have installed Adobe Acrobat on Windows devices, you may receive regular notifications to make it the default PDF viewer on the system. This happens only if Adobe Acrobat is not set as the default PDF application on Windows. Microsoft Edge is the default PDF viewer by default on Windows systems. Tip: you can…