And that left column is alphabetized clicking the letter atop each group will bring up an index of each letter to quickly jump to the one you want instead of having to scroll down until you reach it.įor folks who prefer the olden days of Windows 7 and want no a no-tile look, simply right-click each tile and choose Unpin from Start. Resizing of the tile palette is accomplished by just grabbing the right border and pull to the left to shrink it. (If you have a touch screen right-click by holding your finger down for a second.)Ĭustomization extends to drag and drop organization, putting the tile where you want. But an easy right-click on those can 86 them, simplifying the display. The default set of titles does include some useful apps amid the revenue-baiting games. (The persistently blinking of the live tiles can be annoying for some users, and with a right-click can be turned off.) Tiles associated with Internet-sourced services like weather and news by default are ‘live’ in that they flash streamed updates. While all the apps, functions and features are listed in the left vertical column, similar to previous Start menus, it’s the system of tiles propagated on the right that provides a unique place to add frequently used apps, websites, and Windows functions. Like all things Microsoft, it all got bigger and ever more customizable. The customization is essential since the jumble of “tiles” on the display can actually make it difficult to find what we are looking for. The good: It used to be labeled Start but in Windows 10 it got a demotion to an untitled Windows icon. Yes, updates are all about intruding on our time when we least expect it. Don’t turn off your computer.” Next time you boot up the PC and get a message, “Please wait while updates are installed.” The ugly: You press Shut down but the message reads “Working on updates. We can’t cherry pick the patches we want to install. Now we read about what shouldn’t have been after the fact. In the past, you could check the install/wait advise of Susan Bradley before okaying an update. Time consuming and frustrating, the process of applying a patch should have been more thoroughly tested is a major downside of automatic updates. The bad: When a patch causes problems and prevents us from using Windows to any degree, there is an arcane way to uninstall the troublesome patch. pay by the minute) accounts, they can modify the advanced update settings so no installs are made – at least for a set amount of time. And for the 21 people still using dial up modems or for those folks with metered (i.e. Users can also choose the time updates can and cannot be installed. The four components of what it calls Windows Defender Exploit Guard are designed to lock down the device against a wide variety of attack vectors and block behaviors commonly used in malware attacks, while enabling enterprises to balance their security risk and productivity requirements. Starting with the Fall Creators Update (1709), Microsoft included ransomware protection as part of its routine security updates. The good: The updates include the latest security patches and feature improvements, and they come on a scheduled basis, so you don’t have to make time for upgrades. And emergency fixes will get pushed to you. In fact the only ways to avoid having them installed is to disconnect from the Internet. With Windows 10, all updates are foisted on users whether they like it or not. You could select which ones to install or choose not to install any. Until Windows 10, updates and patches were user customizable. In later installments Windows Secrets will examine the good and bad of the Command prompt, Edge browser, One Drive, and the Microsoft Store. To get underway with this continuing series, Feature-By-Feature, here’s are the first three guinea pigs under the glass: Automatic Updates, the Start menu and Contana. This will be based on both my experience with the OS since its first release and with a composite of opinions from other users (media and end users). With a selective feature by feature check, I plan to look periodically under a virtual magnifying glass to examine what’s good and bad (or just plain ugly) about each feature. Now that we have lived with the various versions and updates of Microsoft’s latest OS, isn’t it time we conduct a postmortem of all that Windows 10 comprises? What do we like and what are our pet peeves? WINDOWS SECRETS, TOP STORY, WINDOWS 10 Windows 10 Features: The Good, the Bad, and the Uglyįor such a large and complex operating system like Windows 10, there are obviously features Microsoft got completely right and then some that … not so much.
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