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 browsing history in Windows 10. If you are not happy with defaults, here is how to change browsing history permissions for Cortana.
Category: Windows 10
Windows 10 1903 May Allow to Pause Updates in Home Edition
As of this writing, users of Windows 10 Home cannot put updates on pause. This feature is exclusive to the Pro edition, or higher. There is a chance that this may change with Windows 10 1903, code name "19H1".
Windows 10 Build 18312.1007 (KB4487181) is out
A new cumulative update is out to Insiders who have configured Windows 10 to receive updates from the Fast ring. KB4487181 raises the OS version to Build 18312.1007.
Cumulative Updates for Windows 10, January 15, 2019
Microsoft today released cumulative updates for certain Windows 10 versions, including 1703, 1709, and 1803. Here is the change log for the updates.
Change Speech Recognition Profiles in Windows 10
Windows provides both a device-based speech recognition feature (available through the Windows Speech Recognition Desktop app), and a cloud-based speech recognition service in those markets and regions where Cortana is available. You can create multiple profiles for Speech Recognition to store information about how to recognize your voice. Also, switching between profiles allows recognizing a different voice.
Import 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. You can use the import-export feature to move a virtual machine between your Hyper-V host machines. Also, by importing a previously exported virtual machine, you can restore it from backup.
Decrypt Files and Folders using EFS in Windows 10
In our recent article, we reviewed how to encrypt a file or folder in Windows 10 using EFS. Today, we will see how to decrypt your data. This can be done with either the File Explorer app, or with a command line tool, cipher.exe.
Encrypt Files and Folders using EFS in Windows 10
For many versions, Windows has included an advanced security feature called Encrypting File System (EFS). It allows the user to store files and folders encrypted, so they will be protected from unwanted access. Today, we will see how to encrypt a file or a folder with Encrypting File System (EFS) in Windows 10. This can be done with either the File Properties dialog, or with a command line tool, cipher.exe.
Export 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. Hyper-V allows exporting a virtual machine for backup. Also, you can use the import-export feature to move a virtual machine between your Hyper-V host machines.
KB4476976 for Windows 10 October 2018 Update Hits the 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 17763.288.
