Microsoft is releasing a new build from the 20H1 development branch. Build 18890 doesn't including new features; it comes with a number of fixes only.
Category: Windows 10
How to Enforce Disk Quota Limits in Windows 10
NTFS is the standard file system of the Windows NT operating system family. It supports disk quotas, that help administrators track and control disk space usage by users. Today, we will see how to enforce disk quota limits.
Change New Mail Notification Sound in Windows 10
When Windows 10 shows a notification, e.g. when you need to update your Defender signatures or need to perform some action related to system maintenance, a sound is played by default. However, for a new email message, Windows 10 plays an individual sound. Here's how to change or disable it.
Disable Message Preview Text in Windows 10 Mail App
Windows 10 includes a new Mail app which is simplistic and allows you to send and receive e-mail from multiple accounts. By default, the app show the subject and first line of an email message in list of messages. For privacy reasons, you might want to hide the first line (message preview) and only have the subject line shown for your emails.
Deny Write to Fixed Drives not Protected by BitLocker
For extra protection, Windows 10 allows enabling a special policy that prevents write operations to fixed drives that are not protected by BitLocker. Non-protected drives will be mounted as read-only to ensure that all your sensitive data is written to an encrypted storage device.
Delete Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 10
Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 come with Client Hyper-V so you can run a supported guest operating system inside a Virtual Machine. Hyper-V is Microsoft's native hypervisor for Windows. It was originally developed for Windows Server 2008 and then ported to Windows client OS. It has improved over time and is present in the latest Windows 10 release as well. Here are a number of ways to delete an existing Hyper-V virtual machine.
Allow or Deny Users to Logon with Remote Desktop in Windows 10
In this article, we will see how to allow or deny a user or group from logging in via the Remote Desktop in Windows 10. This can be configured with a couple of options in Local Security Policy. They have priority above the settings you specify for the Remote Desktop.
Windows 10 Version 1903 Deprecates Password Expiration Policies
Windows 10 supports two types of accounts. One is the classic local account which has been available in all previous Windows versions, the other one is the modern Microsoft Account which is connected with the company's cloud services. Prior to Windows 10 version 1903, Microsoft had configurable password expiration policies for better security dating back to the earliest versions of Windows NT. This has changed.
Windows 10 Build 18885 (20H1, Fast Ring)
Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Build 18885 which represents Windows 10 "20H1". This build comes with a number of fixes and minor improvements. It is released along with a special cumulative update for Build 18362.53 that resolves the 0x80242016 error that was preventing users from upgrading the OS to Build 18875.
Access Taskbar in Full Screen Mode in Windows 10
The taskbar is the classic user interface element in Windows. First introduced in Windows 95, it exists in all Windows versions released after it. The main idea behind the taskbar is to provide a useful tool to show all running apps and open windows as tasks and switch quickly between them. When you open an app in fullscreen mode, the taskbar becomes hidden. Here is a simple trick that allows you to quickly access it.
