![]() ![]() 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? Microsoft Edge is the internet browser that was created to replace Internet Explorer.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. Edge runs faster and has more features than Internet Explorer, and comes preinstalled on all Windows computers. *click each heading below to learn more* Single Sign On This browser is also offers faster performance speeds than every other browser.Įdge is a Chromium browser, meaning it can run hundreds of extensions that were meant for Google Chrome users in addition to the extensions in the Microsoft Store. This browser uses the OS default account to auto sign into the browser. This may not sound like a big deal, but with necessary security measures you may find yourself signing in to different many websites each day, multiple times a day, slowing you down. This option saves you the trouble of reentering your credentials to access your work websites and increases productivity.įor the techies: Edge supports signing in with Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Active Directory, and Microsoft accounts. This is one of my personal favorites – by signing into my Microsoft account in my Edge browser, I can sync all bookmarks, history, passwords, etc. Multi-tasking more and more lately? Use collections to organize websites into different categories for later. If you’re someone who keeps many tabs open at once, this may be helpful. Vertical tabs allow you to easily find and manage many open tabs at once. This feature copies over the rich web format of selected text instead of reformatting the text from your browser into an ugly mess. Right click, choose “smart copy,” then paste – it’s that simple! Tracking PreventionĮdge offers three options for tracking: basic, balanced, and strict. Depending on which is selected, Microsoft will adjust the types of third-party trackers blocked.
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