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.
Category: Windows 10
Change Speech Recognition Language 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. In this article, we will see how to change the language for the speech recognition feature in Windows 10.
Disable Storage Sense to Delete Temporary Files in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 includes the ability to automatically delete files in your Recycle bin, delete temporary files, and files in the Downloads folder to free up disk space. In recent Windows 10 builds, Storage Sense can automatically delete temporary files for your user account. Here is how to change its options.
Enable Separate Search and Cortana UI in Windows 10
As you may remember, Microsoft is testing an update to Cortana in Windows 10. In the latest Insider Preview build, developers separated Cortana and search in the taskbar by giving them individual taskbar buttons and flyouts.
Encrypt Offline Files Cache in Windows 10
Offline Files is a special feature of Windows that allows you to access files stored on a network share locally, even when you are not connected to that network. It is possible to encrypt the contents of your Offline Files cache to protect it from unwanted access by other users and apps.
How to Use Password-less Accounts to Sign-in to Windows 10
As you may already know, it is possible to sign-in in Windows 10 using your user account automatically. After that, you won't have to type your password or pick a user from the login screen. Instead, you will see your Desktop directly. This can be configured for both local and Microsoft accounts using a number of methods.
Disable Line Wrapping Selection in Console in Windows 10
A console in Windows 10 is the shell environment where you can run text-based console tools and utilities by typing commands. Its UI is very simple and does not have any buttons or graphical commands. Examples of the console are WSL, PowerShell, and the classic Command Prompt.
Pin Email Folder to Start Menu in Windows 10
Windows 10 includes a new Mail app which is simplistic and allows you to send and receive e-mail from multiple accounts. It allows pinning individual folders of accounts you have in the Mail app to the Start menu, so you can access them directly with one click.
Windows 10 Build 18305.1003 fixes Internet Explorer flaw
Microsoft two days ago released a patch for all supported Windows 10 versions that addresses a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer 11. The same patch today released to users of the pre-release build 18305 of Windows 10.
View Protection History of Windows Defender in Windows 10
Recent versions of Windows 10 come with an app called Windows Security. Formerly known as "Windows Defender Security Center", this application is intended to help the user control his security and privacy settings in a clear and useful way. Starting in Windows 10 Build 18305, the app allows viewing the protection history easily.
