Category: Windows 10

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.

If you follow Windows 10 development process, you are probably well aware of a new News and Interests widget. It is a small taskbar panel that shows a weather forecast, news headlines, finances, traffic, and other information when expanded. Since December 2020, this feature is available on the taskbar for those running Windows 10 preview builds from Dev Channel. In a somewhat surprising move, Microsoft announced that News and Interests is coming soon to older Windows 10 versions, including Windows 10 21H1, 20H2, and 2004.

Microsoft has updated the Beta and Release Preview channels for both Windows 10 version 20H2, and version 21H1. Windows 10 Build 19042.962 is out to Insiders in the Beta Channel & Release Preview channels who run 21H1 releases. Insiders who on 20H2 receive Build 19042.962 in the Release Preview channel.

Here's how to change Background image in Windows Terminal and set it to a custom wallpaper. Windows Terminal is a relatively new application for Windows 10 that combines conventional command line tools and shells. You can use Windows Terminal as a replacement for Windows Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Subsystem for Linux. Windows Terminal has several benefits: tabs support, hardware-accelerated font rendering, UTF-8 and Unicode support, and dozens of customization options. Sure, personalization is not the most requested feature from power users relying on command-line-based tools. Still, it is nice to have some options to make software yours or separate it from other tasks.