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Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19592.1001 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here, including a list of all the new features and updates released in builds so far. Not seeing any of the...

I bought a used Surface Pro 3 with Windows 10 Pro English version installed. I have installed the Chinese language package. I am planning to change my English Surface Pro 3 to Chinese Surface Pro 3. I have the following questions: Q1: I am wondering what are the differences between these two...

Hi! Few days ago I tried to use Hyper-V instead of VMware and many things I'm learning yet. After first virtual machine start I could see dialog enhanced session mode settings with resolution and others - at that moment I didn't knew that it is important and I checked for use it always. Later...

Whenever I plugin an USB flash drive or USB hard disk then these devices are recognized by Win10 successfully. But they appear always two times in File Explorer: - As an entry on root level - as an entry below "This PC" The drive label is the same e.g. "USB Dive (F: )" How can I disable this...

There is no text box in the notification area when a USB device is attached. There is sound. There is sound and text when the disconnect is used from the up-pointing carat. Everything works except no text notification when a device is plugged in. I have focus assist turned off. I have an HP...

I have run into an interesting situation. I have a directory that I cannot do anything with always receiving an "access denied" response. Going into the security tab of properties gives me the message "You must have read permissions to view the properties of this object". Then "click advanced...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19002 (20H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. IMPORTANT: As is normal with pre-release builds, these builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some. If you take this flight, you won’t be able to switch...

I wonder if is it possible to create a tool where when usb drive is inserted in the port, user need to login first. If not, they cannot open the usb folder (for example the usb drive folder in Computer is Drive ( E: ) ). Like the usb folder will not appear in Computer until user can login

Is it possible to change what the F1 key does when pressed. I have many screensavers that I prefer to change often. I would like to have one key that will bring up my screensaver change menu to save time, is this possible? Please advise this old man.

when I boot my laptop it always goes black or no theme so I have to change it whenever I boot it up and battery also drains in like 1 hour. I want to know the cause of it pls help.

This is what I'm seeing: How can I trace down who 4&232151f9&0 is? Under Device manager I can see (5) ROOT_HUBs so that doesn't help. All of them removed allow under power management. Any ideas how to precisely find out which one is responsible? Thank you in advance.

We are a small group that share a PC and have separate User ID and password. Others who want to use the PC, can use as a guest account that does not need password. I want to load files on the PC and it should be password protected. It may be one with the User ID or guest. Can I create a disk...

I am having trouble using file history. If I accept the defaults by just pressing Backup Now the result is just an empty 2Mb file. If I add Documents and Desktop the result is still just an empty 2Mb file. What I wish is to do is a file backup followed by daily incremental backups of the...

My eyes aren't good, so, I increased the icon size in advanced display settings under display settings- Advanced sizing of text and other items. While that did increase the font size to make it easier for me to see, it also crowded the lines substantially seemingly overlapping the individual...

Assume I setup a task in Task Scheduler. It appears in Task Scheduler as active task with the status "Ready". Now I want to edit this task e.g. the name of the task. How can I achive this? If I mark e.g. the task in task list or double click on it then I still can not edit the entry...

When I put a audio CD in D or L external drive I have to bring up the files and click on one of them to get it started before I can it to play. When I put the CD in drive D it Brings up the icon to either Copy or play. I double click on the icon to play it does not do anything. If I click...

I have an HP Pavilion B&O with only one HDMI port. I am trying to run a projector for a golf sim and a TV with both showing exactly what is on the laptop screen. I have no issue getting the projector to work. And I can get the TV working with either a display adaptor off the USB port or WIFI off...

Hi I'm not able to change my default app for opening photos to Photoshop? While there are some default formats that are set to Photoshop, things like .Jpg and .Jpeg are set to Windows Photo and don't change when I try and change them. I was not able to change .Tiff to use Photoshop as default...

How can i disable windows updates forever?