7 Secret Settings to Inspect Not New Laptop Productivity After System Upgrades

Moving on to the next update, Microsoft is changing the way it designates new versions of Windows 10, so instead of being version 2009 or 2010, Microsoft is calling it version 20H2, with a more friendly name being October 2020 Update. An effective approach for preventing users from running unwanted programs (including malicious code) is to configure a Windows 10 PC from running any apps except those you specifically authorize. There is a more dangerous utility in Windows called Storage Sense”. We also look for crispness and high definition when it comes to our touch screen displays. Run kubectl get rs to see that the Deployment updated the Pods by creating a new ReplicaSet and scaling it up to 3 replicas, as well as scaling down the old ReplicaSet to 0 replicas.

The first step involves using the Settings charm in the Charms bar to see which devices Windows 8.1 has already discovered and added to your system. Whether you need to adjust the screen for a new device , or it’s "stuck" in the wrong orientation and displaying everything sideways, you can flip the display to suit your needs. Also, SCCM does not provide a way to ensure that the user reboots, which can lead to pending reboots and software that will not install until the pending reboot is cleared.

Added support for Multiple Files to PopupGetFiles when no_window option has been set. Here you see the 180 minutes countdown that we set in the System Center Agent Custom Device Settings. But this requires you to take time out of your day to keep up on the news about Windows updates (a Google News alert can help). Unlike Windows 8, OEMs are no longer required to make Secure Boot settings user-configurable, meaning that devices may optionally be locked to run only Microsoft-signed operating systems.

If DLL issues persist, proceed to the dsound.dll following fix. Using a cloud storage service like Dropbox means you can save all your files online and access them from any device with internet connection. Period (min) – specifies the amount of time prior to a scheduled restart to notify the user. Once the service has stopped, Right-click on the Windows Update service again and select Properties. But this option won’t work in Windows 10 Home.

If you would like to lose the blur effect on the login screen and go back to a clear background image, there are three suitable methods. If you change your mind, you can roll back the previous settings using the same instructions, but on step No. 5, make sure to select the Not Configured option. Nearby Sharing didn’t cause any problem when I tried to send a 1.3GB video file. But to disable the feature for a single app, access Settings and select System Battery.

Thanks to technological advancements, laptop touchscreens have gone through vast improvements in accuracy and speed. These animations can be disturbing for user, but you can remove them with GPO. Sometimes a particular program can get tripped up when accessing a DLL file. If you want to reactivate Power Throttling, follow the same steps and select Disabled on the properties window. If you use Windows Software Update Services, ensure that you set and use Do not allow update deferral policies to cause scans against Windows Update.

And it applies the settings you might have thought were irrelevant because it was turned off – including emptying the contents of your Downloads folder and deleting local copies of files that are also held in the cloud in OneDrive (or Skydrive as it chooses to call it here). For Windows 8, if your admin account is also a Microsoft account, you can access the Recover your account page and reset the password as in Windows 10.

When a new update installs, the operating system shows a toast notification that informs the user that their device will restart automatically outside of the Active Hours period (if configured). For smaller businesses that use Windows Update, this group policy could be helpful. However, allowing installation of updates while the user is working can cause issues with strangely behaving software as it updates. Then, using the little menu to its right, you can change the type size used for any of these screen elements.

On the login screen, under your username, click the ‘Reset password’ link. It doesn’t matter if Chrome or something else has been your default for years, Microsoft deletes that preferences and instead uses that prompt as another way to try and get you onto Edge. Chromium Microsoft Edge gets pinned to the taskbar and it will launch automatically when you reboot the system to install Windows 10 Edge update (eg KB4559309).