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How to Pin or Unpin Xbox Game Bar Widget From Screen in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you can pin an Xbox Game Bar widget to the screen, so it will remain always visible above all other windows. Using Xbox widgets, you can have a performance tracker widget which shows your CPU and GPU load.
Microsoft has updated its roadmap for Edge Chromium. PDF file navigation has been moved to 'Planned', and most of the New Tab page features were moved from 'Under Review' to 'Planned', giving us a possibility of getting them in March 2020. Also, an option to keep specific cookies when choosing to clear browsing data on close was moved from Planned to Planned for March..
How to Change New Tab Page Search Engine in Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft Edge now allows you to change the search engine for the New Tab page, in addition to the address bar search engine. Microsoft has made this possible starting in Edge Canary 82.0.453.0. Here's how you can change the search engine for the search box on the New Tab page.
Microsoft today announced that WSL 2 will soon be available as part of Windows 10, version 2004. Also, the company changes the way the Linux kernel receives updated.
Microsoft is releasing today Build 19041.153 to Windows Insiders running Windows 10 version 2004 "20H1" in the Slow Ring. There are a few fixes in this update.
A recent announcement in the Linux Mint blog reveals that the team behind the popular distro is working on a new app, currently known under the name 'Warpinator'. The app will allow transferring files over a local network with ease.
How to Enable or Disable Notification Sounds While Playing Games in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows you to enable or disable notification sounds when you are playing a game. This option is implemented in Xbox Game Bar, which allows optimizing your PC for games.
In Xfce, which is the desktop environment I prefer for now for my Linux distros, it is possible to have two types of apps menu. The first is the classic one, which shows a drop down list of app categories but has poor customization options. The other, Whisker Menu plugin implements a more modern apps menu with a search bar, favorites, customizable appearance and tracking of frequent apps. Starting in version 2.4.0, the Whisker Menu plugin has received plenty of new options.
Microsoft starts deprecating Visual Basic, a programming language that was extremely popular several years ago. Using it, one could quickly create an app without learning internals of the operating system or databases. Microsoft adds full support for Visual Basic to .NET 5, but stops developing the Visual Basic language.
Today, Microsoft releases a patch to address an SMBv3 security flaw. The patch number KB4551762 is applicable to Windows 10 version 1909, and version 1903. After installing the update, the OS version will be raised to 18363.720 and 18362.720, respectively.
