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.
Category: Windows 10
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.
Windows 10 Version 1903 May Fail to Install on Devices with External USB Storage
Microsoft is holding Windows 10 version 1903 in the Release Preview ring to avoid installation issues and accidents that happened to its predecessor, version 1809. The company is going to release version 1903 in May 2019, next month. However, Insiders who are installing the OS have already faced issues caused by connected USB flash drives and SD cards.
Cumulative Updates for Windows 10, April 25, 2019
Microsoft is releasing a set of updates for certain versions of Windows 10. Here is the list of updates with their change logs.
Windows 10 Version 1903 System Requirements
Microsoft has updated the official system requirements for Windows 10 version 1903. You might want to know if your PC is capable of running the latest operating system from Redmond.