Windows 10: Windows 10’s 2019 update will make Windows Search more useful

Windows 10 Build 18267 is rolling out to the Windows Insiders subscribed to the Fast Ring. The latest Windows 10 19H1 (Spring 2019) preview update comes with a new change that would make your computer even more useful.

According to the changelog, Microsoft is updating the built-in Search Indexer in Windows 10 to improve the search experience in the operating system. The build suggests that the search feature in Windows 10 will be getting an overhaul with Spring 2019 update.

Windows 10 Build 18267 has updated the search tool and the company has added a new feature called “Enhanced Search” to help users find the files and folders instantly. Windows would manually index the files and folders of the PC and you will notice faster outputs for the search queries.

“To improve our search indexing, we created a new feature that enables Windows to search all your folders and drives, instead of limiting search to your documents, pictures, videos, and desktop by default,” Microsoft explains.

You would need to open the Settings app, navigate to Cortana > Searching and enable the enhanced mode.



After the user enables the enhanced search mode, Windows 10 will index more than just files placed in your libraries. That means the system would index all files and folders to create a map of the data.

The indexing process could take 5 minutes or longer as it entirely depends on the number of files you have on your local drives. You can, however, exclude the paths or location from the indexing to speed up the process.

It’s a pretty neat feature and it works as expected. In Windows 10 Spring 2019 update, you will notice that the system will display search results more accurately and instantly.

Windows 10 19H1 is arriving next year


According to Microsoft’s typical release schedule, Windows 10 19H1 update is arriving in the Spring of 2019. The next Windows 10 update is still in the early stage of development but the update would introduce the highly-anticipated Sets interface, new Search improvements and more.

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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16960640/microsoft-office-2019-windows-10-support

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Microsoft Office 2019 Will Run on Windows 10, and Only Windows 10

Windows 7 went out of mainstream support on Jan 15, 2015.
Windows 8.1 went out of mainstream support on Jan 9, 2018.
And I doubt anyone on Windows 8.1 would mind too much upgrading to Windows 10. I definitely would not *Big Grin

They are supporting only Windowses currently in mainstream support. For Windows 10, they seem to have moved the support model to the bi-annual updates being supported for 2 years and more recently 1.5 years.

Has it been said if Office 2019 will actually work on Windows 7/8.1? Supported and actually working can be different things. Kind of like the "on supported hardware" comment above.

 

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.