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Windows 10 will have a 'sandbox' mode to test executables in an isolated and secure environment

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Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise will soon receive a new feature quite useful for companies and power users. This is Windows Sandbox, a new lightweight desktop environment created especially to run applications in isolation. The main purpose of this, as explained by Microsoft, is to offer greater security in certain situations, such as when we download an .exe file and we are afraid to execute it, or when we need a clean installation of Windows but we do not want to create and configure a machine virtual. Windows Sandbox offers the solution for both cases, it works as an isolated environment in which you can run software that you do not trust without having any impact on your Windows installation. Everything you download or install in the sandbox stays in the sandbox and does not affect anything else. Windows Sandbox is an isolated environment within Windows 10 that self-destroys everything you download or install in it once closed It is basically a lightweight Windows disposable with...

Windows 10 October 2018 Update can finally be downloaded by all users

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Finally, the Windows 10 October 2018 Update seems to have come out of almost all its problems and now, more than two months after its initial release, it is available to any Windows 10 user who seeks to update from Windows Update. The famous version that was deleting files of some users was withdrawn just a few days after being released and relaunched officially five weeks later, but not without being stopped from following the problems, so Microsoft had blocked the update on some computers with software or hardware not compatible. This version will probably be remembered as one of the worst updates of Windows 10 in its relatively short life, but not because of the lack of news or features, but because of the accident of its launch and all the failures that were presented, before, during and after of its launch. The infamous Windows 10 October 2018 Update is officially available to all users near the end of December While the critical bug of file loss was solved, others such as inc...

Microsoft is testing a separate interface for Cortana and Windows Search 10

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Microsoft has been testing some changes in its search interface for a while, a year ago the Insiders could see a panel similar to the Spotlight in macOS that worked separate from the start menu, but with the October 2018 Update the results with preview of documents and webs were implemented, the interface was not changed. Now, some Insiders who are testing the 18298 build of Windows 10 have witnessed another experiment in which the Search has completely separated from Cortana, in fact, with a different icon for each one in the taskbar. Cortana and the search in Windows 10 have been practically synonymous since Microsoft began to integrate its personal assistant into the system, if you want to look for something there it is always listening even if you never want to talk to it. In this new interface Cortana has its own separate view that they have called "Conversation Canvas" and will be used only to manage Cortana's notes, reminders and connected devices that support ...

The new system of safer updates of Windows 10 does not fix the big problem of Windows Update

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One of the most problematic cases of the year in software has been the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, with the star of the show being the erasure of files produced in some computers that installed it in the first hours. Before the avalanche of critics, Microsoft stopped the propagation of the update, and did not resume it until the fifth week, just a month ago. At the time of relaunching the 1809 update, the company stated that they had taken steps to improve the updates from that moment and that they were more than ever committed to the quality of the software. To achieve this, they said they would slow down the update installations. Devices that could present future compatibility problems would not update, even when compulsively pressing "Check for updates" in Windows Update. The exact words were that even for avid search engines for updates, the Windows Update button's roll-out feature would be limited and slower. However, according to a statement from Microsoft d...