Category Archives: Windows 10

Disable Microsoft Store Apps in Windows 10

Disable Microsoft Store Apps in Windows 10

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As you may already know, Windows 10 comes with its own Store app. Like Android has Google Play, and there's the App Store in iOS, the Microsoft Store app (formerly Windows Store) adds the ability to deliver digital content to the end user in Windows. There is a group policy that can be used to restrict access to all Microsoft Store apps, including pre-installed and manually downloaded packages. The Microsoft Store app will also be disabled.

Websites Windows 10 Connects To After a Clean Install

Websites Windows 10 Connects To After a Clean Install

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Starting with very first releases of Windows 10, Microsoft was often criticized by a huge number of users, and even by government agencies in certain countries like Netherlands for intensive data collection via the built-in diagnostics and telemetry services. In response, Microsoft has published the list of endpoints Windows 10 connects to after a clean install. Here are the endpoints for the recently released Windows 10 version 1809.

Access WSL Linux Files from Windows 10

Access WSL Linux Files from Windows 10

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Windows 10 version 1903 "April 2019 Update" comes with a number of interesting changes and improvements made to the WSL feature. These include additional distros in the Store, the ability to browse WSL files from File Exporer, and more.

Windows Update for Business Changes in Windows 10

Windows Update for Business Changes in Windows 10

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Microsoft has revealed a number of changes to Windows Update for business. The main change is the retirement of the Semi-Annual Channel (Targeted) (SAC-T). Starting in Windows 10, version 1903 (the next feature update for Windows 10), its release information page will no longer list SAC-T information for version 1903 and future feature updates.

Windows 10 Build 18836 Shows WSL/Linux File System in File Explorer

Windows 10 Build 18836 Shows WSL/Linux File System in File Explorer

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As you may already know, Microsoft today released Build 18836 of Windows 10. This build is a very early pre-release version of Windows 10 "20H1", supposed to be released in 2020. The build exposes plenty of interesting changes. One of them is the ability to browse the file system of WSL (Linux distros installed from the Store) natively with File Explorer.

Windows 10 Build 18836 (Skip Ahead)

Windows 10 Build 18836 (Skip Ahead)

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Microsoft is releasing a new build from the development branch. Insiders who opted in to Skip Ahead are getting Windows 10 Build 18836. For a specific reason, this build is coming from the 20H1 development branch, and not from 19H2, as was expected. Let's see what's new in this release.

Save Power Plan Settings to Text File in Windows 10

Save Power Plan Settings to Text File in Windows 10

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A power plan in Windows is a set of hardware and system options that defines how your device uses and preserves power. There are three built-in power plans in the OS. Your PC can have additional power plans defined by its vendor. Also, you can create a custom power plan that will include your personal preferences. Today, we will see how to save all power plan settings to a text file to quickly review them in a useful way.

Save List of Services to File in Windows 10

Save List of Services to File in Windows 10

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Windows services are a special apps which run in the background. Most of them have no interaction with the user session and have no user interface. Services are one of most important parts of the Windows NT operating system family, which was started with Windows NT 3.1 and includes all modern Windows versions like Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Today, we will see how to save the list of running and stopped services to a text file.