Microsoft is working on a new feature, spotted in the latest Windows 10 insiders preview build 20201, that will allow you to automatically archive apps without impacting the saved data. This will be useful when you have huge apps installed but you don't use a large set of them.
The feature is only applicable to the apps that you download from the Microsoft Store. To know how to turn ON the automatic archiving of apps, continue reading further.
The first build (85.0.531.1) of Microsoft Edge 85 started rolling out to Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel in early June, and then it got promoted to the Beta Channel (85.0.564.18) in late July. Now the company has started rolling it out to the stable release channel.
Here's everything that you would like to know about the new features introduced in Microsoft Edge 85, and how to download the latest offline installer version 85.0.564.41 of Microsoft Edge browser.
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 20201 to the Dev Channel which contains no new features, but a list of bug fixes and improvements. Along with this, the company also released a new ISO/DVD image for the same preview build so that the insiders can perform a clean installation on their PC.
If you are using an older build, either you can upgrade to the latest Dev build 20170 via Windows Update or perform a clean installation using the latest ISO. Here's how you can download the ISO image of the latest Windows 10 test build.
Microsoft starts rolling out a new preview build to the Windows Insiders in the Dev channel (formerly known as Fast Ring). The new Windows 10 build 20201 doesn't contain any new features but includes a set of fixes.
If you are an insider in the Dev channel, you would like to check for updates by navigating to the Windows Update Settings page. The build contains a list of known issues. Check before proceeding to the installation steps.
Microsoft two new features for Microsoft Word, powered by the Azure Cognitive Services AI (Artificial Intelligence). The features are now rolling out to all Microsoft 365 subscribers on the web, mobile and will be rolling out to Word for desktop users by the end of the year.
The first one is the transcribe feature in Word that converts your speech to text, and the second one is the dictation with voice commands in Word. Let's learn more about these features.
25 years ago, on 24th August 1995, Microsoft introduced Windows 95 Operating System to the retail users as the successor of the MSDOS based Windows 3.1 family. Over the years, Windows evolved continuously and increased the user experience of Start Menu, Themes, icons, and more.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Windows 95 OS, Microsoft created a short video showing the evolution of Windows over the decades. Microsoft also published interviews with two engineers who worked on Windows 95.
Microsoft Defender Application Guard provides unprecedented protection against targeted threats using Microsoft's industry-leading Hyper-V virtualization technology. It helps to prevent any old and newly emerging attacks by using a hardware isolation approach.
Microsoft designed the Application Guard for Microsoft Edge. If you like to know how to enable the Microsoft Defender Application Guard on Windows 10, you will need to continue reading further.
Samsung has launched several M series smartphones in the last couple of months. Among them are Galaxy M31s, Galaxy M01 Core, and Galaxy M01s. The South Korean company is still continuing its development for the smartphone market, and a leak says that the company is now coming with Galaxy M51.
The new M series phone Samsung Galaxy M51 is coming to India very soon. While there is no official confirmation yet on the launch, but the phone has already been seen on many certification sites.
Microsoft announces the availability of the next feature update of Windows 10 version 20H2 for commercial pre-release validation. The device will be considered as commercial if it is not running the Home Edition of Windows 10, and managed by an IT administrator.
According to the company, this update will be rolled out via an enablement package; making the update process remarkably fast if you are upgrading from Windows 10 version 2004 to 20H2.
Microsoft releases TypeScript 4.0. This version of the language represents the next generation of TypeScript releases, as Microsoft dives deeper into expressivity, productivity, and scalability.
With TypeScript 4.0, though there are no major breaking changes, it contains a set of new features that will boost your productivity to build web applications without writing any JavaScript code.
Microsoft announced that they are backporting the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) distros to Windows 10 version 1903, and Windows 10 version 1909. Redmond based software giant said that it took over the last few months to bring it to Windows 10 version 1903 and 1909.
The backported WSL2 support comes to x64 systems only via a cumulative update (KB4571748) for those listed two Windows 10 versions and is currently being rollout out to the users.
With the Google Chrome version 84, the search giant introduced the secure DNS in May 2020, and now Microsoft is bringing this feature to it's Edge browser and making the web browsing with Microsoft Edge more secure and private for its users.
If you are having the latest Microsoft Edge Canary build installed on your system, you can immediately try out this feature by selecting one of the four custom DNS service providers added in the browser settings. Let's learn how to secure your browsing with DNS over HTTPS (DoH).
Microsoft released a new build of its chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser to the Edge Insiders in the Dev channel. The new Microsoft Edge build 86.0.608.2 brings support for Dark Theme in default webpage form controls, reliability improvements, and a lot of fixes.
As it's a Dev Channel build, there are some known and unknown bugs. For a complete changelog of added features, reliability improvements, and bug fixes, continue reading further.
If you have installed Windows 10 August 2020 Security Patch or higher, Microsoft now made it easier to search and install driver updates. You will no more need the Device Manager to search for driver updates.
If you are looking to learn how to update your graphics card drivers, printer drivers, sound drivers, chipset drivers, and/or any other device drivers installed on your Windows 10 system, continue reading further.
Microsoft's revamped Edge interface is clean and stylish. It provides you a world-class performance with more privacy, more productivity, and more value while you browse the internet. You can now get the latest Microsoft Edge update for your business, school, or organization with multi-platform support in over 90 languages.
After the removal of Microsoft Edge version 83 from the stable release channel, the new build 84.0.522.61 is the 9th build from version 84. Here you can find the direct links to download the latest offline installer of Microsoft Edge.
If you are using the latest version of the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) from the stable release channel, it's very easy to create a QR code of a web page and quickly share it to any mobile device.
The quick sharing of a web page by generating a QR code can be enabled by switching on a hidden configuration flag. Here's how you can enable this feature and generate the QR code.
Microsoft added a new capability to Word, Excel, and Outlook on Windows and Mac operating system, that will allow you to save graphical objects such as shapes, charts, SmartArt, diagrams, screenshots, 3D models, and SVG's as pictures
To learn how to save graphical objects present in Word, Excel, or Outlook emails as images and the features available at this moment, continue reading further.
Windows 10 Device Manager allows you to see the list of devices installed on your system. It also allows you to install an updated driver from the Microsoft update servers. But this has been changed with the latest Windows 10 update.
Starting with the Windows 10 August 2020 Patch (KB4566782, Build 19041.450), Microsoft stopped searching for drivers updated from the Device Manager. So, how will you check for new updates for your device drivers? Continue reading to know more about it.
Microsoft rolled out a new Windows 10 insiders preview build to the testers in the Dev Channel (formerly known as Fast Ring). The new Windows 10 build 20190 includes changes to the GPU Settings page and post-update experience.
With this improved settings page, you will get more control over specifying the default high-performance GPU. Continue reading further, where we will be discussing more on this new feature.
The life of the current generation is useless without WhatsApp. The platform is constantly coming up with new features to maintain its popularity and stand on top of other platforms. Once again, WhatsApp has appeared with a new feature.
The new feature will allow you to open the same account on multiple devices at the same time, and making it easy to sync the chat history.
