Windows 10

How to set up notifications in Windows 10 to maximize productivity while not missing important tasks and messages.

Because corporate executives are paid far too much, this edition of Short Takes looks at top Microsoft executive salaries, an ironic Windows 10 patch, a presidential candidate who mocked Bing, Apple’s most pointless stat ever, and much, much more.

A closer look at the Microsoft Defender Tamper Protection feature that rolled out in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update and that is soon to be enabled by default for all users.

According to a recent blog post by Bruce Sherwin, a member of Microsoft’s Hyper-V Development Team, Cloud & AI, the hypervisor development team is working on bringing VBS to everyone and enabling it by default.

In today’s Ask the Admin, I look at how Microsoft is preparing to release the Windows 10 November 2019 Update (19H2) and plans to service the May and November 2019 updates together. Insider for Business customers can also get prerelease support.

Because I embrace my AI overlords, this edition of Short Takes looks at the next version of Windows 10, Microsoft’s AI art installation, whether Surface is really profitable, whether Microsoft’s embrace of Linux is real or a secret plot, and so much more.

Microsoft has a new SKU of Windows 10 but this version is introducing compartmentalization of Win32, a huge step towards making Windows 10, fully modular.

Because I know nothing, nothing, this edition of Short Takes looks at Microsoft’s new privacy fight, Windows 10’s usage successes, a Surface event in New York next week, .NET Core 3.0, and much, much more.

How to configure Windows and Outlook so that it works better with Windows 10 virtual desktops.

Windows 10 is approaching 1 billion active devices but Windows 7 refuses to go away.