Ginexw' alt='10 Hidden Tricks Inside Windows 10' title='10 Hidden Tricks Inside Windows 10' />Microsoft Windows 1. CNETLate 2. 01. 6 update. When Microsoft unveiled Windows 1. Equally proficient on a touchscreen tablet, laptop, or conventional desktop PC, Windows 1. Microsofts ongoing innovation streak that includes idiosyncratic products like the Surface Pro 4, Surface Book and, more recently, the Surface Studio a desktop PC for artists and designers in need of high end horsepower and display and the Surface Dial, a touch friendly dial designed to facilitate fine contextual controls. The next generation of the popular Surface tablet, the rumored Surface Pro 5, is expected to appear in the spring of 2. Inside Windows 10 An Early Look At Microsoftu0027s Newest Operating SystemWindows, a free update scheduled for the first half of 2. Windows Creators Update will introduce 4. K video game streaming and support augmented reality, bringing 3. D capabilities to legacy applications such as Paint and Power. BlackBerry Repeats as Highest Scorer in All Six out of Six Use Cases in Gartners 2017 Critical Capabilities for High Security Mobility Management Report. Point. It will support 3. D rendering for Microsofts Holo. Hello Windows Insiders Today we are excited to release Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16257 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and also in Skip Ahead We. Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 10 key enterprise features From ransomware protection to oneclick communication with frequent contacts, the Fall Creators Update. Running Vista Inside Windows 10Lens technology, which will be incorporated into forthcoming devices from Acer, Lenovo, Dell, HP and Asus. And it will enable a virtual touchpad that lets you control external monitors from tablets, without need for a mouse. Its worth mentioning that Apple delivered its own operating system overhaul in September 2. Mac. OS Sierra added some new features inspired by its own mobile operating system. And though Apple clearly wishes to continue the integration of Macs and i. OS products, providing additional incentives to keep your hardware inside Apples walled garden, its not always a perfect fit. In fact, the new Mac. Books announced in early October 2. USB C ports, cant connect to the new i. Phone 7 and its Lightning Connector, without an adapter. Editors note The original Microsoft Windows 1. July 2. 01. 5, follows. Windows 1. 0 is the Goldilocks version of Microsofts venerable PC operating system a just right compromise between the familiar dependability of Windows 7, and the forward looking touchscreen vision of Windows 8. This new Windows, available as a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 and Windows 8 noncorporate users, is built from the ground up to pursue Microsofts vision of a unified OS that spans all devices without alienating any one platform. Its an attempt to safeguard Microsofts crumbling software hegemony, assailed on all sides by Google and Apple. And its a vision of the future as Microsoft sees it, where a single user experience spans every piece of technology we touch. Welcome to Windows as a service. Yes, this new OS is chock full of fresh features. Test_OS_Hyper_V_Windows.png' alt='Inside Windows 10' title='Inside Windows 10' />To name just a few a lean, fast Internet Explorer replacement called Edge Microsofts Siri like voice controlled virtual assistant, Cortana and the ability to stream real time games to your desktop from an Xbox One in another room. And in case youre wondering there is no Windows 9 Microsoft skipped it, going straight from 8 to 1. Windows 1. 0 bridges the gap between PC and tablet. Nate RalphCNET. But Windows 1. Windows 8 in 2. 01. Microsoft tried to convince a world of keyboard and mouse wielders that touchscreens were the way to go or else. Ironically, in 2. PC hardware for that touchscreen future is now here everything from 2 in 1s such as the Lenovo Yoga line to convertible tablets with detachable keyboards, like Microsofts own Surface. And Windows 1. 0 smoothly lets users transition from tablet to PC mode on such devices like never before. For the rest of the PC universe including those who still prefer good old fashioned keyboard and mouse navigation Windows 1. The Start menu, inexplicably yanked from 8, is back and working the way you expect it to. Those live tiles from the Windows 8 home screen still exist, but theyve been attached to the Start menu, where they make a lot more sense. And the fiendishly hidden Charms bar has been morphed into the more straightforward and easier to find Action Center. As always, there are some quibbles and gripes with the end product, but all in all after living with Windows 1. I can say its a winner. Its flexible, adaptable and customizable. And its been battle tested by an army of beta testers for the better part of a year, making it one of the most robust operating system rollouts in recent memory. A fresh Start The Start menu is back its almost funny how relieving that is. That humble Start button has been a fixture on the lower left corner of the Windows desktop since the halcyon days of Windows 9. Press it on Windows 1. PC industry. I spend more time than Id like to admit rearranging the Start Menu. Screenshot by Nate RalphCNET. The past sits on the left a neat column with shortcuts to your most used apps. Press the All Apps button and youll get an alphabetical list of all of the apps installed on your PC. There are folders in there too press them, and extra options will fly out, just like they always have. The future or at least, the future as Microsoft envisions it sits on the right side of the Start menu. These are the colorful, animated live tiles that debuted in Windows 8, pulling double duty as app shortcuts and informative widgets. You can resize these live tiles, drag them about to arrange them into groups and pin as many apps as youd like the entire Start menu can be shrunk or expanded to suit your liking. Its essentially a miniaturized version of the fullscreen Start menu we saw in Windows 8. Create Dll Files Visual Studio on this page. Hate live tiles Then unpin them to excise them from your computer, leaving you with the narrow column of frequently used apps weve known for so long. One step back, two steps forward The Start menu in Windows 1. Windows 8 maybe have been a bit too forward thinking. But Microsoft hasnt abandoned that vision of unifying all manner of devices under a single operating system Continuum in Windows 1. PCs. To start, theres no divide between the Windows 8 style Modern apps you get from the Windows app store, and those you install the old fashioned way. Everything exists as a traditional windowed app, sharing space on the desktop. If youre on a two in one device like Microsofts Surface Pro 3, pop the keyboard off and Windows 1. The Start menu and your apps will stretch to take up the entire screen, and all of the miscellaneous apps and shortcuts on your taskbar will disappear, to give your finger fewer obstacles to hit. Apps go fullscreen, and the taskbar gets a little less cluttered in tablet mode. Screenshot by Nate RalphCNET. Reattach the keyboard, and everything slots back into place. Its an instantaneous, seamless process once youve shooed away the annoying confirmation window. Its also entirely optional you can disable the feature and switch to tablet mode manually, or forget that this whole touch concept exists at all. This is what Windows 8 always shouldve been an operating system that bridges the divide between touch and non touch, without alienating folks who fall into one camp or the other. Like it or not, the future belongs to devices with touchscreens. But Microsoft finally understands that well all get there at own pace, and Continuum makes the transition painless. And now that there are so many hybrid devices to choose from, making the switch to touch without abandoning the interface we know is more important than ever. Learning new tricks Microsoft hasnt stopped at making touch make sense on a Windows PC. With Windows 1. 0, just about every facet of the OS has been tweaked and updated, and a few new features have been rolled in. Grade level tasks, student work samples, rich discussion of student understandings, misconceptions, implications for instruction. Candies. Watch a re engagement lesson on proportions and ratios, based on the Candies task. Pizza Crusts. Watch a lesson on area and perimeter, based on the Pizza Crusts task.