In this article, we will see how to stop Windows 10 from automatically updating offline maps in Windows 10. If you use Windows 10 on a tablet or some other mobile device, your main drive may not have enough capacity to store the updated map version. Let's see how to configure Windows 10 to not update your offline maps.
Category: Windows 10
Groove Music updated with more Fluent Design elements
With Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft introduced its vision for the future of user interface design. The company started to add more and more Fluent Design elements to its own first-party apps, including the Start menu, Calculator, Maps, Store, Settings and Groove Music. A new version of Groove Music got more elements of Fluent Design in the UI.
Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of Beta
Yesterday, Microsoft's Rich Turner announced that Bash on Ubuntu in Windows 10 had left the beta stage. The company now considers it a finished feature fully supported in the upcoming Fall Creators Update. The final version of the Linux console is already included in build 16251 and will arrive in the production branch this fall.
How to Move Offline Maps to Another Drive in Windows 10
In this article, we will see how to move offline maps to another drive in Windows 10. If you use Windows 10 on a tablet or some other mobile device, your main drive may not have enough capacity. Let's see how to configure Windows 10 to store offline maps on another partition or hard drive and save space on your system partition.
Disable Fluent Design Visual Effects in Windows 10
With Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft introduced its vision for the future of user interface design. The company started to add more and more Fluent Design elements to its own first-party apps, including the Start menu, Calculator, Maps, Store and Groove Music. If you are not happy with this revamped look of apps, here is how you can get it of it.
Semi-Annual Channel replaces CB and CBB in Windows 10
In order to align Windows 10 major updates with Office 365 Pro Plus and simplify deployment cycles, Microsoft has merged the Current Branch (CB) and Current Branch for Business (CBB) in a single update branch "Semi-Annual Channel". It will be a new twice-yearly release cadence.
Windows 10 S ISOs are out for MSDN subscribers
Windows 10 S is the new edition for Windows 10 with the big difference from regular editions being that it does not have Win32-app support: you can only install apps that are available in the Windows Store. Today, Microsoft announced that it is making Windows 10 S available to MSDN subscribers.
Windows 10 version 1511 support ends in October 2017
Windows 10 version 1511 was released in November 2015. Since then, Microsoft has released a few major updates for the Windows 10 platform, including the recently released Creators Update (version 1703). At the same time, previous Windows 10 versions have received a bunch of cumulative updates, including security fixes and stability improvements. However, Microsoft is now supporting its frequently updated products for 18 months or 1.5 years, and the time for Windows 10 ver. 1511 support to end is almost up.
How to Use Cortana to Shutdown Windows 10
Cortana is a digital assistant bundled with Windows 10. You can ask Cortana to look up information using your speech. The Redmond software giant added a number of new features for Cortana in the upcoming Fall Creators Update. One of them is the ability to restart, shut down, lock your PC and sign out from your user account.
Show Command Line in Windows 10 Task Manager
Windows 8 and Windows 10 have a new Task Manager app. It looks completely different compared to Windows 7's Task Manager and has different features. It can analyze the performance of various hardware components and also shows you all the processes running in your user session. However, it does not show the app's command line by default. So you might want to tweak its tabs to show this information.
