Starting in Windows 10 version 1809, when you sign in to a new user account for the first time, the operating system shows a full screen page with privacy options similar to the one you see when installing Windows 10 from scratch. This page is called 'Privacy Settings Experience'. Today, we will see how to disable it.
Category: Windows 10
Save Running Processes To a File in Windows 10
When you start an app, the operating system creates a process for the executable file of the app. It contains the program code and its current activity. Windows assigns a special number known as Process Identifier (PID) which is unique for every process. If you want to check which apps you have running at a given moment, you can save the list of running processes to a file.
More details about Microsoft’s new MSIX packaging format
During Microsoft's Ignite 2018 conference, the company shared more details about its brand new packaging format, MSIX. MSIX combines the features of the installer format used by Store apps and the classic MSI file packaging format. The new MSIX format supports all types of Windows apps including Desktop apps (Win32), .NET apps and Store (UWP) apps which used AppX.
Disable Remote Assistance in Windows 10
Windows Remote Assistance lets someone you trust take over your PC and fix a problem from wherever they are. This feature is enabled by default. If you are not happy with the default options, here's a couple of methods you can use to turn it off.
Cumulative Updates for Windows 10, September 26, 2018
Microsoft is releasing a new portion of updates for certain versions of Windows 10. They replace updates that were released a few days ago, on September 20. Here is the change log for the updates.
Windows 10 Build 18247 Released (Skip Ahead)
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Build 18247 to Windows Insiders who have opted in to Skip Ahead. This build doesn't include new features. It comes with bug fixes only.
Optimize Drive Usage in Storage Pool 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. You can optimize drive usage in a Storage Pool of Storage Spaces in Windows 10. This can be done with either the Control Panel, or PowerShell.
Hide Network Locations From Jump Lists in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 tracks and stores information about which documents and which folders and files you have opened recently. This information is used by the OS to provide quick access to documents via jump lists when you need them again. It is possible to hide network locations from jump lists so they will display documents and folders that stored locally.
Sticky Notes 3.0 now available to Windows 10 April 2018 Update and later
Microsoft is releasing the Sticky Notes app version 3.0 gradually to everyone on the April 2018 Update (version 1803) or higher. The long awaited version 3.0 of Sticky Notes features the ability to sync (& backup) your notes across your Windows devices, along with many other great features.
Find the Sign Out Log in Windows 10
If you are curious to know what happened exactly when you log off from your Windows user account session, you will be happy to know that Windows is able to track the sign out process and write a number of events in the system log. In this article, we will see how to find them.
