Microsoft Windows 10 Major Update-Best New Changes in 2020

Microsoft Windows 10 Major Update-Best New Changes in 2020

Microsoft Windows 10 Major Update-Best New Changes in 2020

What's up everyone just recently Microsoft released the latest major update to Windows 10 which they do about twice a year and this one has significantly more changes than the one back in November.

Suggestion for updating Windows 10

So, there's a lot to look forward to as usual I wouldn't really recommend updating to this major update immediately unless you see a future you really want because there are usually some bugs they need to be worked out before you jump in.

Windows 10 features regarding the latest update

Let's get into those windows features we'll start off with what I consider the more significant changes and there are actually quite a few, first of all, there's Cortana now I don't use Cortana at all myself but it has been significantly redesigned to appear more like a chat-based, you why so when you Click the Cortana button in the taskbar you can type in questions as if it's some kind of live chat and their sponsors will look that way too.

You can also move and resize the Cortana window like any other normal window so Cortana is more like a regular app now 86-watt for those of you who are more advanced users who are familiar with the windows subsystem for Linux X features.

We have big news there is now a new version windows subsystem for Linux X. 2 with a brand-new architecture that includes a full custom-made Lennox colonel from Microsoft.

They can be used for running clinics programs within windows this Carl apparently has been updated for size and performance and can actually be updated right through the windows update as well importantly though this new version with the colonel also has what's called full system.

Call compatibility for windows 10

Call compatibility which is a bit technical but you can pause and read what it means here if you are selling clocked the new kernel is apparently also 2 to 20 times faster than the previous subsystem depending on the task not to get windows subsystem for Linux X. 2.

You first need to download the custom kernel from Microsoft site and then make sure you have a Lennox distro installed from the windows store like you been to and then just converted to using WSL 2 using and okay moving on the next change has to do with windows search indexing apparently.

A lot of people were complaining that the indexing service was taking up a lot of resources so now windows will automatically detect peak usage times on your computer and then optimize when it runs the index or so it's less likely to happen when the computer is in use.

Accounts menu for Windows 10

All right the next feature is in the account’s menu called require windows hello sign and is literally what it says you basically can make your Microsoft account windows password list by forcing you to use a secondary form of identification like the pain face unlock fingerprint or something else.

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One of these other windows hellos feature the idea is these methods are tied to your device not your Microsoft account so the credentials are stolen. They can't be used to access your whole Microsoft account from anywhere and if your device is still in, they only have a couple tries to guess your pin for example.

Cloud download features for Windows 10

So we wouldn't be able to access your device in that case either okay the next feature is kind of interesting which is if you ever have to reset your PC which basically reinstalled windows you'll now have the option to do a cloud download which downloads the windows files from the web insuring that when it's reinstalled, you have the latest files and updates so it might be advantageous compared to just restoring with local files and then having to update everything again next windows.

Network and security cameras

Now, it has built in support for network cameras such as certain security cameras you basically would go to settings devices and then choose to add other device and it will find any supported IP cameras and then you can view the stream right in windows.

Apparently, the camera has to be what's called. O. N. V. I. F. compliant for it to be supported that another useful feature when it comes to pairing Bluetooth devices is a new quick pair functionality basically it certain supported Bluetooth devices when pairing mode can now just be put close to the computer and windows will automatically pop up a little notification asking if you want to pair with it.

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So, it should be a lot easier than having to dig through menus and search for it manually but this is only on supported certain Bluetooth devices with this feature built-in but if you use built-in windows apps a lot.

Restart apps update for Windows 10

One useful new feature is back in the accounts menu under sign in options called restart apps basically, if you sign out of windows when certain apps are running this will make it so they will be saved and automatically reopened when you sign back in so it should be useful if you always end up using the same stuff and it's less convenient after restart all the apps you use every single time.

Windows 10 Display Driver Module or WDDM Version 2.7

You startup windows don't just do it automatically and now we have a pretty major change they might not be obvious because it's kind of a background change which is the new windows display driver module or WDDM version 2.7.

This is an update to the windows graphics driver architecture which has to do with how the GPU interacts with the operating system.

Improved gaming performance in the latest update of Windows 10

This new version promises to improve gaming performance video output behavior and general performance increase on multi-monitor setups especially the thing about the artless multi-monitor is one I'm definitely looking forward to because I have noticed when you're dragging windows around it can be kinda leggy if you drag them around on the second monitor so for some reason, I don't know what it is so this should hopefully improve that.

Hardware Accelerated GPU for Windows 10 update

This new version also supports what's called hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling which basically just handles video memory management which apparently improves average game FPS and reduce video playback lag.

All right now before we continue to some of the more minor feature additions which are actually still really cool though, we get into some of the many little new features in the windows update which a lot of times are actually the coolest, I think.

First of all there are some additions to the performance tab in the task manager there it will now show whether a driver is an SSD or HDD alongside the drive name which might just be helpful and also in this tab it will now show your GPU temperature keep in mind for this to show up you might need to update your graphics drivers for it to work.

That's how it was for me because I had an injured driver but it did show up after updating next in the windows game bar which can be accessed wind up playing a game by pressing win plus G. there's a new FPS counter in the performance overlays so there's no more need to be running a third-party software to see how you’re the computer is performing for a certain game.

Advanced options for in the update of Windows 10

It would show a little graph of the last minute or so and how well it's been doing in terms FPS another change is how you can limit windows update band with usage before you could set a limit for download speed usage based on the percentage but now in the advanced options you can set an absolute number in megabits for how much you wanted to use and whether it's running in the background or not one.

Very small new the feature has to do with the virtual desktops you can rename them now and even add emojis to them yep next up a couple changes with the taskbar search button now when you click it the resulting menu will show some new Quick search buttons such as weather top news today in history new movies stuff like that.

It might be different depending on the day but it's pretty self-explanatory I also noticed in this many, it now shows your Microsoft rewards points balance so if you use those you can keep track of them.

Here now okay moving on if you've ever wanted to change your mouse sensitivity you can now do that in the regular main settings menu under devices and then maps before you would have to go to the old interface through the control panel which you can still do but this might be easier to fight though it does seem if you want to disable mouse acceleration A. K. A. pointer precision you still need to access that old menu, unfortunately.

Finally, another new feature having to do with the mouse is in the ease of access menu and then under text cursor, you can basically add a little color indicator to that little blinking cursor line when typing stuff so it makes it easier to see and then you can customize the color and size right now so just cool little thing in the case you ever wanted to use that.

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