If you have a printer installed in Windows 10 that you no longer use, then it is a good idea to remove its drivers. It can be a shared printer that is no longer accessible, a physically disconnected printer or a software-only printer to print to a specific format. When you remove a printer, its drivers remain installed in Windows 10. Here is how to remove the drivers.
Category: Windows 10
Mixed Reality Viewer becomes 3D Viewer in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a built-in app, Mixed Reality Viewer, which allows viewing different 3D models. It comes bundled with modern versions of the OS. Insiders on the Fast Ring are getting an updated version of the app, which is renamed now to 3D Viewer.
Disable Online Speech Recognition 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. Microsoft may use the voice data collected on your computer to help improve their speech services.
Force System UI Language as Display Language in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can change the display language. For example, if you have a PC with an English version of Windows 10, but your native language is not English, you can convert the operating system into your native language without reinstalling. Today, we will see how to force System UI language as a display language for all users in Windows 10.
Disable Privacy Settings Experience at Sign-in in Windows 10
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.
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.
