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Category: Windows 10
Microsoft might be working on a new design for Cortana
If you have been following Winaero regularly, you might be familiar with a new floating Cortana feature available in recent Windows 10 builds. Reportedly, a new UI for the taskbar flyout of Cortana is coming to the OS.
WSL Has Got Background Task Support
Starting with Windows 10 build 17046, Windows Subsytem for Linux (WSL) has got support for long-running background tasks, similar to how the Windows subsystem has Services. This is a really impressive change for users of WSL who work with servers like Apache or apps like screen or tmux. Now they can run in the background like regular Linux daemons. The ability to run daemons was missing and was highly requested by users.
How To Disable Power Throttling in Windows 10 [Recent Versions]
Recent Windows 10 versions come with a new feature, called "Power Throttling". It should improve the battery life of laptops and tablets on processors which support it. Here is what this feature is and how to disable it.
How To Install Windows 10 Updates Manually
Windows 10 is well known for forced updates and the extremely inopportune times at which it downloads them, installs them and restarts your PC. Only Enterprise editions of the Windows 10 operating system have the ability to control how updates are delivered and installed. Home editions and the Pro edition of Windows 10 as well are locked down to get updates whenever Microsoft decides to push them out. A huge number of users are not happy with this behavior. Here is a method that will allow you to install updates when you manually check for them. This will disable automatic updates.
A bug in Group Policy breaks updates in Windows 10
Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the OS includes the ability to delay the installation of feature updates for up to a year. This feature might be useful for both system administrators and users who have a reason to postpone the update.
How to Disable Online Tips in Settings in Windows 10
By default, the Settings app shows various tips, links to online tutorials and also videos for pages you open. Depending on your display size, they can appear below the page controls or on the right. If you find them useless or annoying, you can hide them.
Get HEVC Decoder for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), also known as H.265, is a video compression standard which succeeds H.264. While H.264 itself was a groundbreaking improvement in video compression, HEVC allows to achieve the same picture quality level as H.264/AVC, but with an even better compression. So, the file size can be smaller. This is important when dealing with 4K or Ultra HD media, especially with online media content. Storage and bandwidth are never unlimited so media file size needs to be as small as possible.
KB4054022, KB4055237, KB4052342 for Windows 10 Version 1709
In addition to the cumulative update KB4051963, Microsoft released three more updates for the latest version of Windows 10, version 1709. Here are some details about them.
How To Delete Files Older Than X Days in Windows 10
Windows 10 has a number of improvements that allow you to keep your PC clean. Its recent versions include built-in tools to automatically empty the Recycle Bin and clean the Downloads folder periodically. Unfortunately, if you are running an early build of Windows 10 or a previous version of the OS, these features are not available for you. Here is how you can delete files older than certain days using three different methods.
