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
How to Disable Password Saving in Google Chrome
Each time you enter your credentials, Chrome asks you to save them. The next time you open the same web site, your browser will auto-fill the saved credentials. If you are signed in to Chrome with your Google account, you can use your passwords on various devices like PCs, Android tablets and phones. By default, the browser offers to save your passwords. You can disable this option.
Windows 10 Build 16299.402 is out with KB4093105
Today, Microsoft released a new cumulative update to users running Windows 10 build 16299. The update package KB4093105 raises the OS version to 16299.402. This is a non-security update which users will get automatically via Windows Update or can download from the Microsoft Update Catalog.
Windows 10 Lean is a new cut down edition of Windows 10 RS5
Microsoft is working on a new cut down version of Windows 10 for the "Redstone 5" feature update of Windows 10. It is called "Windows 10 Lean", starts in Windows 10 S Mode, and currently identifies itself as "Windows 10 CloudE".
Version 1803 may be called Windows 10 April Update
Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Build 17134.1 to the Slow and Release Preview rings. The official release date of version 1803 is still not announced, and even its official name is not revealed. However, Microsoft Edge on Build 17134.1 shows Windows 10 April Update on the homepage.
File Explorer in Windows 10 is Getting a Dark Theme
In Windows 8, Microsoft changed the look of the good old Explorer application completely. It got the Ribbon UI instead of the menu and a toolbar which is hard to disable. Windows 10 includes the same app, along with a new Store app, File Explorer UWP, which is not ready for daily use yet. In recent Windows 10 builds, the classic File Explorer app has got support for a dark theme.
Windows 10 Build 17134 reached the Slow and Release Preview Rings
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17134 to Windows Insiders in the Slow and Release Preview rings. Earlier this week, Microsoft released Windows 10 Build 17134 to the Fast ring as a new release candidate for the version 1803.
Windows 10 Build 17650 (Skip Ahead): Windows Defender Improvements
Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17650 from the "Redstone 5" branch to Windows Insiders who have opted into Skip Ahead. This release comes with a couple of interesting changes made to Windows Defender.
Windows 10 version 1803 may be postponed again due to another bug
As you may already know , Windows 10 Redstone 4 Build 17133 was highly expected to be the final release for version 1803 after it rolled out to Insiders on the Fast, Slow, and Release Preview rings in a short period of time. However, Microsoft had discovered a bug and the release was postponed. Instead, a new build, Windows 10 Build 17134, was released to Fast ring insiders. Unfortunately, there is a new bug in the OS which can delay its release again.
How to Disable a Network Adapter in Windows 10
In Windows 10, most of the network options were moved to Settings. The Setting app and the new Network flyout are completely different from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Unfortunately, the modern user interface of the OS doesn't include an option to disable a network adapter quickly. Instead, we can use a number of classic tools utilities.
