tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280804902025-10-28T18:24:35.210+05:30At this 'Port' you'll find interesting stuff related to Microsoft and other technologies along with some random interesting things. The word <i><b>'mera'</b></i> in the title is a Hindi language word meaning 'My'.VGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13431482257611361678noreply@blogger.comBlogger1290125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28080490.post-26039753824273821062020-12-12T22:58:00.089+05:302020-12-14T23:58:04.459+05:30

In the earlier post about the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246 release, we had seen starting with this build 20246, the name of the branch from which builds are released was changed to FE_RELEASE. Windows Insiders in Dev channel were getting builds from this branch.And now Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20277 (FE_RELEASE) to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel.

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The Mail and Calendar apps for Windows 10 gets fresh new themes.&nbsp; &nbsp;12 new themes in the Mail and Calendar apps have been added. This also includes 4 seasonal illustrations. These themes also come with a matching accent color and will bring a lively new look to the apps.To try out the new themes, select&nbsp;Settings&nbsp; &gt;&nbsp;Personalization. (same for both Mail as well as

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Collections feature in Microsoft Edge has been designed based on what the user does on the web. If you’re a shopper, it will help you collect and compare items. If you’re an event or trip organizer, Collections will help pull together all your trip or event information as well as ideas to make your event or trip a success. If you’re a teacher or student, it will help you organize your web

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Few days back, a tweet from Jen Gentleman, community manager at Microsoft, asking "Do you know you can record your screen using PowerPoint?" evoked lots of responses. And all were eager to know how to do this? So I thought as so many PowerPoint users are interested, why not post about this feature.How to record your computer screen in PowerPoint?You can record your computer screen and related

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20246 has been released on 29th Oct. to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. This post is just to highlight the change of branch from which the builds are released.FE_RELEASE branch: Starting with this build, the name of the branch from which builds are released has changed to FE_RELEASE. As a result of the switch to the FE_RELEASE branch, some features like the

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Microsoft has been evolving and improving the Emoji Picker over the years. Emoji picker added more emoji, added support for many other languages, kaomoji and symbols.&nbsp;Now with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20206, emoji picker has been revamped with more new additions.&nbsp;Updated Design: Emoji picker gets a new acrylic background thus making it more aligned with the Fluent

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As we have seen in previous post, Windows 10 October 2020 Update (version 20H2) has started to become available to customers as a free update. Let us check its features and improvements coming with the Windows 10 October 2020 Update. Many of the features are requested features from users making experience on Windows even better. This update also contains all features and fixes included in

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Availability of Windows 10 October 2020 update has been announced. This was first announced in June and its first preview build was made available in Windows Insider Program. Then a preview build was released to commercial customers in August. The Windows team continued to make improvements based on the feedback it received. And now the Windows 10 October 2020 Update is announced and is available

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Some of the Windows Insiders had reported that in the recently released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20226 in Dev channel were not able to log into their User's profile. Here's a workaround released by Microsoft for the same.&nbsp;EDIT: This scenario could impact users in the Dev Channel (only) on builds 19593 through 20226.&nbsp; The same workaround applies to any user in this build range

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Designed for Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, Application Guard helps to isolate enterprise-defined untrusted sites, protecting your company while your employees browse the Internet.&nbsp;If an employee goes to an untrusted site through either Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge opens the site in an isolated Hyper-V-enabled container, which is separate from the host operating

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Windows 10 in S mode is a version of Windows 10 that's streamlined for security and performance, while providing a familiar Windows experience. Many of the PCs come with version of Windows 10 in S mode preinstalled. Windows 10 in S mode works exclusively with apps from the Microsoft Store within Windows and accessories that are compatible with Windows 10 in S mode. That means you can install apps

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Microsoft has released a command line app called Windows File Recovery which can be used to recover lost files. These lost files could have been deleted from your local storage device (including internal drives, external drives, and USB devices) and can’t be restored from the Recycle Bin. This app requires Windows 10 build 2004 and later.&nbsp;For photos, documents, videos and more, Windows

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Quick Assist is an app in Windows 10 that enables you to receive or provide assistance over a remote connection. In these times of COVID, remote assistance is the best option. Let us see how to use Quick Assist.To open Quick Assist, Click Start &gt; Windows Accessories &gt; Quick Assist.&nbsp;One can give assistance or can take assistance.&nbsp;Give assistance:&nbsp;&nbsp;After opening Quick

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In today's difficult times of Covid, many are working from home. And in these times, it is not easy for everyone to have access to office equipment like printers and scanners. Scanning documents from home, or outside the office, should be easy. OneDrive has long offered a free scanning feature from the OneDrive mobile app which lets you scan and digitize single documents, receipts etc. Up until

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With Microsoft working on getting the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (20H1) ready for release, there are tons of new features added in Windows 10 Insider Preview builds. Notepad improvements:Notepad has been a well-loved text editor in Windows for over 30 years. Let us check what are new features getting added to Notepad over the last few releases. Wrap-around find/replace:&nbsp; An option has

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Microsoft has released recently Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19619.1000 to the fast ring.&nbsp; Many new features have been provided. In challenging times like this, it’s important to stay informed. One of them is COVID-19 , Corona virus updates. So we have now, Easy access to COVID-19 info in search box.&nbsp; This feature isn’t specific to Insider Preview builds. This feature has been

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&nbsp;In the present times of COVID-19, many are working from home. For some, it may be easy to adjust to this new working from home. But if one is accustomed since long time to working in a traditional office environment, then some adjustments is required. There are many ways to set yourself up for success wherever you choose to do your job. One can have some guidance regarding the same.&nbsp;

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Do you want to check your typing skills? Do you want to check, how fast you type or how accurate you are in typing, then just search for 'Typing test' in Bing. Or you can click here to open the required Bing page.&nbsp; The Bing search result will provide the Typing Test page with a paragraph. Seeing this, one has to type within the set time limit. One can adjust the time limit too. On

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Windows users with WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) installed, already had the ability to access their Linux files. With Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19603, it has been much more easier. Build 19603 now exposes a "Linux" node in File Explorer so that you can access your installed WSL distros file system. Now there's File Explorer integration in the WSL. Now you can access Linux files from

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OneDrive users store tons of photos on OneDrive. So how to make most of it using it efficiently to organize and find your photos? OneDrive helps with features like photo search, tags and albums. Let us see some more details about it and some tips on how to use this: When it is arranged by date, the date appears over the scroll bar as you scroll up and down your photos helping to find your

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Tried various themes and getting bored seeing the same default white background in your Outlook on the web mail? You want to see some change? You can now have the dark mode. Dark mode changes the default bright background color in Outlook.com and Outlook on the web to a darker color, which is easier on the eyes in low-light environments or if you prefer less bright interfaces. For this , Go

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Its already been sometime since Clipboard history feature in Windows 10 was provided. I'm mentioning this feature tip again because many Windows 10 users didn't knew about this Clipboard history. When you copy or cut in Windows 10, it's copied to the clipboard for you to paste. Now with the October 2018 Windows update, Windows 10 supports multiple items to be saved to the clipboard to use it

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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19546 has introduced Graphing mode in Windows Calculator. Adding support for graphing was one of the top feature requests in Feedback Hub. Graphing capabilities is essential for students who are beginning to explore linear algebra. Graphing mode will also help students to learn mathematics by improving their conceptual understanding and attitudes towards math.

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Get ready to help your customers move to the cloud with the Cloud Migration playbook. This Microsoft practice development playbook is provided free from Microsoft. You can learn about: Strategies for building your cloud business, including which workloads to target, how to value your services, and how to build your tech team. In-depth technical details on how to plan and perform a workload or

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App users' favorite demand of dark mode has been made available in Outlook mobile app for Android and iOS. Dark mode has started rolling out since Aug. in Outlook for iOS and Android. Dark mode provides added comfort when a bright screen may not be appropriate. It provides the users the choice and flexibility. Adapting to work life flow, Outlook focuses its design on the context of where

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