It is just a few weeks now before the first major update to Windows 10 known as "Threshold 2" will be rolled out. Many users are curious what is new and changed in this build. Here is a listing of the fixes made in Threshold 2 update to Windows 10.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
Fix Windows 10 does not save the Desktop icon position and layout
Some users report a strange bug in Windows 10. The layout of desktop icons and their position does not stay constant in between the user sessions. The layout gets reset every time they log in to the user account. This happens regardless of the account type being used and affects local as well as Microsoft accounts.
Fix FTP access from Linux client PC with firewall enabled
Today, I would like to share my personal experience with FTP access in Linux. Thanks to the new operating systems from Microsoft, which I don't find suitable for daily use, I switched to Linux a few years ago. I am running an FTP server in my home network, and I was not able to access it from my client PC running Linux which has firewall rules to block inbound connections, i.e. the INPUT policy is set to REJECT in iptables. Here is how I fixed the issue.
Firefox 44 introduces a “Do not disturb” mode
The upcoming Mozilla Firefox 44 web browser, which is available in the Nightly channel at the moment of this writing, features a new option called "Do not disturb". It is a feature intended to postpone pop-up notifications from websites which the user has otherwise allowed to show.
How To Access Screen Saver Options in Windows 10
In Windows 10, many familiar things are changed once again. The classic Control Panel is going to be replaced with the Settings app and many settings are going to be reduced and eliminated. Many users who installed Windows 10 for the first time are getting confused by the new location of some settings in Windows 10. Users are often asking me via email how to access screensaver options in Windows 10. Here is the answer.
Firefox 44 will inform you about insecure HTTP logins
Mozilla works hard to make the Firefox browser and your web experience more secure. They have implemented a number of changes already for this purpose, but more changes are coming in Firefox 44, which is in the Nightly stage at the moment of this writing. Firefox 44 will include a notification for insecure login forms.
The first major update for Windows 10, “Threshold 2” will be released in November
The first major update for Windows 10, which is known as Threshold 2, is expected in November. Threshold 2 is a code name, so its name will be changed by Microsoft once it is released. Threshold 2 is expected to be available via Windows Update.
How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically rebooting for update installations
Windows 10 is configured to install updates automatically out of the box. This change is highly resented by many users of Windows but Microsoft does not relent and continues to force updates and not give choice to selectively download and install them. Some editions of this OS do not even allow the user to change Windows Update settings. You might notice that it performs an automatic restart when updates are installed at a particular time. This can be a really annoying thing if you had no plans to restart your PC and were busy with some important stuff. It can reboot while you are watching something on YouTube, or doing some important online transaction. Fortunately, it is possible to change the OS behavior and prevent Windows 10 from automatically rebooting for update installations.
How to find chkdsk results in Windows 10
Sometimes, when you start your Windows 10 PC, a disk check automatically starts. A special built-in tool, chkdsk, performs the file system check for errors. Once Windows has booted, the user can run chkdsk manually from the disk's properties too via This PC. But in Windows 10 and Windows 8, Microsoft hides important details about the disk check if it runs before Windows has booted. Here is how you can view the detailed results of the disk check.
How to see the disk space usage for a file or folder using Linux terminal
Users who have switched recently to Linux or still learning it might be curious to know how to see the disk space usage for a file or folder using the terminal application in Linux. While it is easy to view the size with any graphical file manager app, it isn't so obvious via the command line for someone who hasn't used Linux before. Here is how you see the size.
