On December 31, 2017, Microsoft killed its Groove Music Pass service. Also, the built-in Windows 10 appm Groove Music, lost the option to stream, purchase, and download music. Due to the shutdown of the Groove Music service, Cortana's music recognition functionality has been retired for now.
Category: Windows 10
Microsoft is rolling out emergency fix for Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws
A critical flaw was found in all Intel processors launched in the past decade. The vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain access to protected kernel memory. This chip-level security flaw cannot be fixed with a CPU microcode (software) update. Instead, it requires modification of the OS kernel.
Make WSL look like Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10
There is an ability to run Linux natively in Windows 10. It is provided by the WSL feature. WSL stands for Windows Subsystem for Linux, which initially, was limited to Ubuntu only. Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the WSL feature received many improvements, including the ability to install various Linux distros from the Store. Here is how to make the WSL console look like a native Ubuntu terminal with appropriate colors and fonts.
How To Change File Attributes in Windows 10
File attributes are special metadata or properties of files stored in the file system which instruct computer software to change its behavior. Some of them may be enforced by operating system. For example, the read-only attribute prevents apps from writing to such files and tells File Explorer to warn the user that the file or folder can be important. The console DEL command doesn't remove files with the read-only attribute. In this article, we will review different methods to change file attributes in Windows 10.
Reset Folder View For All Folders in Windows 10
All Windows versions allow you to customize a specific folder's view to make it more suitable for the content in that folder. View changes are remembered by File Explorer/Windows Explorer or, all folders can be set globally to the same view via Folder Options. Sometimes, folder views get messed up in which case you might want to reset those customizations to clear out all the changes you made. In this article, we will see how to reset the folder view using Registry Editor for all folders at once in Windows 10.
How to Enable or Disable Tabs (Sets) in Windows 10
Windows Timeline and Sets are two of the most exciting features of the upcoming Windows 10 "Redstone 4" update. In this article, we will see how to enable or disable the Sets feature if it is available to you.
Apply Default User Picture For All Users in Windows 10
By default, Windows 10 assigns a barebones user avatar for every user account with a grey background and the user represented by white curves. The user can customize the account picture and change it to a different image. The operating system provides a special Group Policy option which forces the default user image for all user accounts and prevent users from changing their user avatar afterwards.
Add Windows Defender to the Control Panel in Windows 10
Windows Defender is the default antivirus app shipped with Windows 10. Earlier versions of Windows like Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista also had it but it was less efficient previously as it only scanned spyware and adware. In Windows 8 and Windows 10, Defender is based on the Microsoft Security Essentials app which offers better protection by adding full blown protection against all kinds of malware. Today, we will see how to add Windows Defender to the classic Control Panel.
Change Photos App Live Tile Appearance in Windows 10
In Windows 10, there is a built-in Photos app which allows viewing images and performing basic editing. Its tile is pinned to the Start menu by default. In this post, we will see how to change the appearance of the Live Tile for the Photos app and make it show your recent photos, or a single image.
Show Only Certain Control Panel Applets in Windows 10
Control Panel and Settings are two apps you can use in Windows 10 to change most of the settings available in the OS. Settings is a Universal app bundled with Windows 10. It is created to replace the classic Control Panel. As of this writing, the classic Control Panel still comes with a number of options and tools which are not available in Settings. In this article, we will see how to show only certain applets of the Control Panel in Windows 10 and hide others.
