Windows 10: Microsoft confirms Windows 10’s new feature will suggest tools and services

For the past two months, Microsoft has been testing a new personalization setting that will suggest tools to help you optimize Windows 10. Based on your device usage, Microsoft says it will provide suggestions for tools, services and tips from various categories, such as schoolwork, gaming, entertainment, and more.

As expected, the Device Usage feature will focus on the software side, which means your system won’t be “tuned” for performance when you select “gaming” as your preferred usage mode in Windows 10. As per the Settings app, Device Usage will only display customized suggestions to help you discover new programs and related services.

In the release notes of the preview update, Microsoft has now officially announced the new device usage personalization settings. The new customization tool, which can be found under Settings > Personalization > Device usage, lets you select all the ways plan to use your device.



Microsoft’s Brandon LeBlanc told me that suggestions for these tools and services will be delivered via Windows 10’s built-in Tips app.

“The Tips app will pop up with suggestions. But some of this work isn’t completed and piped up just yet,” Microsoft said.

When the feature is enabled, the Microsoft Tips app will automatically popup to highlight the tools and services to enhance the desktop experience. This feature is particularly useful for beginners, as there should no longer be any confusion about what exactly users can try on their new PC.

For now, only testers in the Insider program will get the Tips app highlighting new services and tools.

It’s also worth noting that the new personalization setting is completely optional and you have to turn on this feature in Settings > > Personalizations > Device Usage.

Microsoft Tips app will also highlight new features


Microsoft is also working on another change that will highlight the new improvements and features shipped with a Windows Update.



The feature called “first-run experience” uses the Microsoft Tips app to inform users about the recent changes made by Microsoft.

This capability is only available to Windows Insider testers in the Dev Channel and it will be rolled out to the consumers with Windows 10 version 21H2 (Sun Valley, which is scheduled to launch in the second half of the year.

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Microsoft signals end of Paint program

Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue to offer its graphics program Paint.

In a recent update, it had listed Paint as a feature that would be either removed or no longer developed.

Paint, renowned for its simplicity, has been part of the Windows operating system since its launch in 1985.

Microsoft suggested it would not remain on Windows 10 by default but did say it would be available for free on the Windows Store.

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Microsoft Botches Up UEFI Support for Windows 7 on ASUS Motherboards



Microsoft suggests updating to Windows 10 to patch Windows 7

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MICROSOFT HAS confirmed a potentially lappy-borking problem that it won't be fixing, because Windows 7.

Woody Leonhard, the respected Windows columnist, points to a problem involving Asus motherboards, which also appear rebadged in a variety of other manufacturers' machines, and the activation of UEFI Secure Boot for Windows 7 in a patch KB3133977.

Short version: install update, welcome to Borksville, population you.

Both Asus and Microsoft acknowledged the problem. Microsoft entitled the article "BitLocker can't encrypt drives because of service crashes in svchost.exe process in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2", but we prefer to just call it "Trevor for brevity."

The firm's advice was that it's an optional update, leave well alone, you'll be fine, or alternatively turn secure boot off.

Then Microsoft did a silly, silly thing.

It moved the update from 'optional' to 'recommended' and anyone who reads this site regularly will know what happens when Microsoft does this. That's right boys and girls - it makes it automatically install, unless you've specifically told your machine not to.

So now, if you have one of the affected motherboard and you keep your security updates automatic like wot Microsoft recommends, then your machine will stop working properly.

We should add it's not permanently bricked, but it will take some mucking about in the BIOS to fix and that's a pain even for an experienced computer user.

Microsoft has, by offering a workaround, suggested heavily that it won't be fixing the problem, though we have asked the question, so expect a response in about a fortnight.

But the real kicker is this piece of advice: "Note The Secure Boot feature is supported in Windows 10. To learn more about the security advantages of this feature and about the upgrade path from Windows 7 to Windows 10, go to the following Windows website"

Holy toledo, this company really knows how to rub people up the wrong way.

After all - if the advice is to manually avoid the update or move to a version of the operating system where there's virtually no control over updates, then Microsoft is dealing in massive contradictions.

A more cynical site would suggest that it's yet another example of Microsoft running Windows 7 into the ground and adding built in obsolescence to encourage quicker updates. But we're not that sort of site.

Its the patching to force secure boot that is the problem win 7 does not support secure boot
hence it borks systems and well microsofts answer is Cactus >your Asshole > insert

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Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 Release Candidate Will Launch on April 10 2009

In an exclusive interview with the guys at Neowin.net, Microsoft have confirmed, that provided no serious problems arise, they are on track to release Windows 7 RC on April 10. As yet the only changes which are known about, are User Account Control (UAC) fixes which prevent malware from disabling UAC all together.

More information about the development of Windows 7 comes from Geeksmack, with their email conversation with Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft Senior Vice President of Windows. Sinofsky said, "We have received an amazing amount of feedback, many suggestions for new features too, during the beta—over 500,000 suggestions just from the Send Feedback button." What was also interesting to note, "... by far the most humorous element has been that the build numbers blogged about are higher than our current build. Today’s build is 7046, but it hasn’t completed yet *Smile "
Sinofsky is also said to have spoken to Ars Technica, and said that, "The build will be available broadly".

Sources: Neowin.net , Geeksmack , Ars Technica