Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17046 for PC is released to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Windows 10 build 17046 represents the upcoming feature update to Windows 10, codenamed "Redstone 4". Let's see what's new.
Category: Windows 10
How to Rename User Profile Folder in Windows 10
Windows 10 stores all user preferences and settings in a user profile. The user profile is a folder located in C:\Users\. It includes all account settings like the selected desktop background, screen saver, File Explorer options and many others. If you need to rename this folder after creating the user profile, here is how it can be done.
Tabbed Shell is Coming to Windows 10
New information about Windows 10 has leaked that shows that Microsoft is going to implement a new feature called "App Sets" in the Edge browser. Sets is a way to run Store apps in Edge tabs!
Add or Remove Library From Navigation Pane in Windows 10
Libraries is a special folder in Windows, introduced in Windows 7. It allows you to create libraries - special folders which can aggregate files from several different folders and show it under a single, unified view. A library is an indexed location, meaning Windows Search will be completed faster in a library compared to a regular non-indexed folder. In Windows 7, when you opened Explorer using the mouse, it opened the Libraries folder. In this article, we will see how to add or remove a library from the navigation pane in File Explorer in Windows.
Enable Floating Search Bar in Windows 10 (Immersive Cortana)
Microsoft is going to add a floating search box to Windows 10 version 1803 "Redstone 4". It is powered by Cortana and replaces the search box in the taskbar. The test version of the feature is already available in the recently released Windows 10 build 17040 Insider Preview.
Beware: Windows incorrectly implements ASLR, Fix is Available
Starting with Vista, Windows comes with Address space layout randomization (ASLR). ASLR is a computer security technique involved in preventing exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities. In order to prevent an attacker from reliably jumping to, for example, a particular exploited function in memory, ASLR randomly arranges the address space positions of key data areas of a process, including the base of the executable and the positions of the stack, heap and libraries. There is a bug in Windows 8 and above that makes this technique useless, but you can fix it.
Find All Automatic Maintenance Tasks in Windows 10
When you are not using your PC, Windows 10 performs a number of maintenance tasks. These scheduled tasks are configured to run automatically out-of-the-box. One of them is Computer Maintenance. It is a complex task which performs a number of operations to keep your OS clean and configured properly. It performs various tasks like finding and fixing broken shortcuts, removing unused Desktop shortcuts, correcting the system time and more.
View Network Data Usage in Windows 10
How to View Network Data Usage in Windows 10
Windows 10 is able to collect and show the network data usage. The operating system can display the network data amount consumed by Windows, Windows Update, Store and other apps from the last 30 days. In this article, we'll see how to view this information per a network.
Language Packs for Windows 10 are coming to Microsoft Store
New information has been revealed that Microsoft is going to put language packs in the Microsoft Store. This will allow users to download them exactly the same way they download games and apps. The standalone Windows Update package may be retired soon.
Customize Closed Captions in Windows 10
Starting with Windows 10 version 1803, code name "Redstone 4", you can change the options for the "Closed captions" feature. Closed captions in Windows 10 will allow reading the words spoken in a video, TV show, or a movie. The feature has a number of options you can customize.
