Narrator is a screen-reading app built into Windows 10. Narrator lets users with vision issues to use PC and complete common tasks. The user can change its voice, adjust the speaking rate, pitch, and volume. Here's how it can be done.
Category: Windows 10
Delete Storage Pool in Storage Spaces in Windows 10
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. Today, we will see how to delete an existing storage pool.
Change Mouse Scroll Speed in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can change the number of lines the active document will scroll for each movement of your mouse wheel. Also, you can make it scroll one screen of text at a time. Here is how it can be done.
Windows 10 Build 17763.292 Reached the Stable Branch
Microsoft has finally released KB4476976 to the production stream of the OS. KB4476976 raises the OS version to Build 17763.292.
Windows Server Preview Build 18317
Microsoft is releasing a new Insider Preview of Windows Server. Build 18317 of the OS is a new Semi-Annual Channel release.
Reduce Reserved Storage Size in Windows 10
Starting with the next major update, which is Windows 10 19H1, Microsoft is making a few changes to how Windows 10 manages disk space. Some disk space, reserved storage, will be set aside to be used by updates, apps, temporary files, and system caches. Here's how to reduce the size of the Reserved Storage.
Opera 59: Notification Badges on Taskbar Icon
Opera 59 is able to show notification badges for new messages and events for the built-in messenger clients, incuding WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook. The new feature is available starting in build 59.0.3206.0.
Prevent Cortana from Accessing Contacts, Email, and Calendar in Windows 10
Cortana is a virtual assistant bundled with Windows 10. Cortana appears as a search box or an icon on the taskbar and comes with tight integration with the Search feature in Windows 10. Signing in to Cortana with your Microsoft account allows it to keep track of what interests you, save your favorite places to its Notebook, collect notifications from other devices, and sync your data between all your devices with Cortana enabled. By default, Cortana is able to read your contacts, email conversations, and calendar events in Windows 10. If you are not happy with defaults, here is how to change browsing history permissions for Cortana.
Add Inherited Permissions Context Menu in Windows 10
By adding a special context menu "Inherited Permissions", you'll be able to turn on or off the inherited permissions for files and folders quickly with one click, without opening the Advanced Security Dialog.
KB4476976 Build 17763.292 for Windows 10 Version 1809 (Release Preview Ring)
A new cumulative update is out to Insiders who have configured Windows 10 to receive updates from the Release Preview ring. KB4476976 raises the OS version to Build 17763.292.
