Category: Windows 10

According to numerous reports, this year, Microsoft plans to introduce a major Windows 10 redesign codenamed "Sun Valley." The company wants to "rejuvenate" its flagship product and make it more modern and appealing. These plans are yet to materialize. Although a few apps have already received a bit of the new design, such as Alarms & Clock app or the touch keyboard, the rest of the system remains unchanged. While die-hard fans of Windows 10 are waiting for a big announcement, Microsoft has already added some new design pieces to core components of the OS in latest preview builds.

It is finally possible to make News and Interests open links in Chrome, or even in any other web browser of your choice. For that, you can use the same trick as you might have been using for Cortana, to redirect its web content to your favorite browser.

Some users have been complaining since the last month about the gaming performance issues in the latest Windows 10 cumulative updates. Although such reports appear literally every month, this time, the thing turned out to be legit. In fact, even NVIDIA recommended that its users uninstall the latest update to fix performance dips. Microsoft also stepped in and came up with a solution. The company applied the Known Issues Rollback feature that fixes problems in Windows Updates before they reach millions of computers worldwide. Microsoft has detailed the patch on the official Windows Health Dashboard.

Recently, we covered the upcoming toggle option that allows quickly disabling on enabling Aero Shake in Windows 10. It was hidden by that time. This has finally changed, and the option is now available in Windows 10 build 21364.

Microsoft has finished testing its News and Interest taskbar widget. Microsoft says will begin rolling out to customers over the next several weeks. First it will be included in April 2021 cumulative update preview for Windows 10. After that it will become available to everyone via  May 2021 cumulative updates.

Microsoft today released Windows 10 Build 21364 to Insiders in the Dev channel. It includes the first preview of GUI app support on the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Also, there are a number of Task Manager improvements.

You can disable Update and restart and Update and shut down commands in the Start Menu in Windows 10 if you find them annoying. Once you follow the instructions in this post, they will never appear in power options and in the right-click menu of the Start button.

Microsoft is reportedly reviving the Microsoft Store with a new user interface and app submission policy. The information comes from Windows Central, which was able to contact an internal source at Microsoft.