Windows 10: Windows 10 20H2 is a minor update, but there’ll be some tweaks

Windows 10 19H2, also known as version 1909 and November 2019 Update, was a small update with only improvements. Microsoft declined to confirm whether all the H2 (second half) releases of Windows 10 feature updates, going forward, will be very minor and basically similar to a cumulative update.

I’ve been hearing from my contacts that Windows 10 20H2, which is supposed to release in the second of this year, might be like November 2019 Update with minor improvements and tweaks.

The rumour appears to be true as all the preview builds of Windows 10 20H2 have shipped with only minor tweaks. Yesterday, Microsoft delivered Build 19574 with ‘general improvements and fixes’, providing more evidence that Windows 10’s fall 2020 update will be another minor release.

Like November 2019 Update, this year’s second feature update will also include some noticeable changes. For example, Microsoft is making minor changes to Windows 10’s privacy settings for data-sharing options.

Windows 10 Diagnostic settings currently include two options—Basic and Full in Home, Pro and Education versions. In Windows 10 Enterprise, your options are ‘Security’, ‘Basic’, ‘Enhanced’ and ‘Full’, but these options may not show up in all organizations.

Depending on your PC’s privacy settings, Windows 10 sends ‘Basic’ or ‘Full’ diagnostic data to Microsoft to help it troubleshoot problems. With 20H2 update, these options are being reduced to ‘Security’, ‘Basic’ and ‘Full’.

Microsoft is also planning to rename its different diagnostic data tiers to reduce confusion:

• Basic is now ‘Required diagnostic data’
• Security is now ‘Diagnostic data off’
• ‘Full’ is now ‘Optional diagnostic data’.

It is worth noting that you still cannot turn off diagnostic data sharing.

Task Manager




Microsoft is also adding a new option to Task Manager to show the architecture of each process. With Architecture column in Task Manager, you can find out if a particular process is based on 64-bit, 32-bit or ARM architecture.

Location in-use icon update




In the system tray, you can now find out when an app is using your location. This applies to all programs including desktop and Store apps.

Volume controls


Microsoft is also experimenting with changes to the way you mute and unmute volume in Windows 10.

Microsoft says if you mute your volume, the volume will not unmute when using the hardware volume keys unless you raise the volume or unmute volume from the settings.

According to Microsoft’s typical release schedule, Windows 10 20H2 update should begin shipping to consumers in September/October with minor tweaks to existing features and performance improvements.

While 20H2 release would be lean when it comes to new features, Windows 10 20H1 version 2004, which is expected to come in April 2020, includes big changes for everyone.

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

How to stop Windows 10 from automatically installing new and updated drivers constantly (particularly for GPU users with stable drivers)

• Right click "My Computer"
• Click "Properties"
• Click on "Hardware" tab
• Click "Device Installation Settings"
• Tick the "No, let me choose what to do"
• Tick "Never install driver software from Windows Update"

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Privacy tweaks...

• Turn Cortana Off. Bring up the Start menu and start typing. Click on the notebook icon in the left sidebar and choose Settings. From there, you can turn off Cortana.
• Search online and include web results. When you turn off Cortana, you’ll see this option appear. You can turn it off if you’d rather not get web search suggestions from the Start menu, which log your typing and send it back to Microsoft so you can get live-updating predictions, just like you do on Google.com or in Chrome and Firefox.
• Getting to Know You. In Settings > Privacy > Speech, Inking, & Typing, you’ll find a feature called “Getting to Know You”. This is probably the most sweeping privacy setting on the system, and even after turning off Cortana, you’ll have to disable this setting. Just click the “Stop Getting to Know Me” button to turn it off.
• Cloud Info. Turning off Getting to Know You removes info from your device, but you’ll have to remove it from the cloud separately. In that same window, click “Go to Bing and manage personal info for all your devices” to clear the Getting to Know You Data from your Microsoft account.

• If you head to Settings > Privacy > Feedback & Diagnostics, you’ll see two settings:

• Feedback frequency: Windows will occasionally ask you for feedback so you can send Microsoft your thoughts on Windows 10. If you’d rather it not bug you with such things, you can change it to Never.
• Diagnostic and usage data: This feature can send a lot of data back to Microsoft, including how often you use certain apps, which apps you use most often, and memory snapshots (which can inadvertently include parts of a document you’re working on if something crashes). You can change this to Full, Enhanced, or Basic. You can read more about what each of these to here.

Microsoft doesn’t let you turn off diagnostics completely, except on Enterprise versions of Windows. The Basic setting, they say, is data that is “vital to the operation of Windows”, including Windows Update and malicious software protection.


some may be duplicated. I found this info on Lifehacker, if anyone wants the full article.