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D1579 updated to Windows 10 1809 on 3/12/2019. Removed old windows and other files with Disk Cleanup -— New Macrium backup. Check desired settings that might have been changed by 1809 update. See about Recovery Drive – was anything changed by MS? Start menu => Delivery Optimization => Allow from other PCs => Off Turn Dark Mode on/off: Start => Settings => Personalization => Colors => bottom of page: Change your Default App Mode (light or dark)

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-october-2018-update-review a new, universal snipping bar that's accessible using the Windows key, Shift, and S.

Microsoft's new clipboard experience in the October 2018 Update is arguably one of this release's biggest new features, even though it's off by default...This new clipboard function can be accessed at any time using the WIN + V key combination, and once invoked you will be able to scroll through everything you've copied in that session. In addition to merely remembering everything you've copied, it also has the capability of syncing that copied data to the cloud, allowing you to sync data across all of your devices that are logged in with the same Microsoft Account.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3307851/microsoft-windows/review-windows-10-october-2018-update-delivers-modest-but-useful-tweaks.html Storage Sense

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https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-improved-windows-10-notepad/ Previously, when you started searching in the middle of a text file in Notepad, the search would go to the end of the file or the beginning of the file (depending on the selected direction), but not search the whole file. In the new improved Notepad, Microsoft added an option to wrap the search around so you can search the whole text file from wherever the cursor is in the file. When you press Ctrl + F and enter a word or phrase in the Find what box, check the Wrap around box to search the whole file.

Notepad still uses Windows Carriage Return (CR) and Line Feed (LF) (CRLF) line endings by default. But Microsoft finally added support in Notepad in Windows 10 1809 for line endings in Unix and Linux (LF) and Mac (CR). So text files created on Unix, Linux, or Mac will now display correctly when opened in Notepad. When you edit and save text files created on Unix, Linux, or Mac, Notepad preserves the type of line breaks from the operating system it was created in.

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Windows 10 how to: A free tech support and troubleshooting guide. Ed Bott's curated list of the best sites for support information about Windows 10. How to clean install Windows 10 | How to do a clean install of Windows 10 – 4 options |

For an SSD, Disable Hibernation in Windows: Windows creates a file and writes entire OS memory to it every time you hibernate. An SSD writing to this file, can overburden the SSD and degrade its life. Turn Off Indexing: SSD drives are very fast and it does not need any indexing to find files like conventional HDD. Start => Defragment and Optimize Drives: E, F, and I were being defragged/optimized every week. Turned defrag off after SSD was installed.

How to Block Microsoft Edge from Running in the Background | http://localhost/tbedit.php/?q=20829 How to repair a dead hard drive to recover data | Ed Bott: How to install, reinstall, upgrade and activate Windows 10 | The ultimate guide to reinstalling Windows from scratch |

Samsung 860QVO reviews: AnandTech | PcWorld | SSD_Review | Tom's Hardware The 860 QVO works with Samsung's latest Magician SSD toolbox. Magician allows you to update the firmware, enable encryption options, monitor the health of your Samsung SSD, and more. Samsung also provides its Data Migration software, which allows you to clone over your data from an existing drive to your new SSD. You can download both from Samsung’s website.

Ed Bott report everything-you-need-to-know-about-bitlocker windows-10-october-2018-update/ october-2018-update-how-to-get-it-how-to-avoid-it 7 things to do after Windows upgrade

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HTG Oct 2018 update | Devl halted on snipping tool, snip & sketch instead | Chrome 70 Will Let Users Opt Out of the New Auto-Sign In Feature |

On e6430, I wanted to separately use 2 profiles – with one on local c: drive and one on a different drive. Here's how: (1) on C: modify the Chrome desktop shortcut target to append: --user-data-dir=%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\cUserData (note that I had to rename existing 'User Data' and also that ccleaner will not clean this folder, you'll have to manually clear history etc) (2) on alternate Z: In %localappdata%\Google\Chrome folder: mklink /D "User Data" "Z:\Chrome\UserData" (this is cleared by ccleaner)

Uninstall Flash Player: https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows.html

Amazon Video BSOD crashes: I think this fixed this problem: Under Core Isolation, turned off “Memory Integrity”, then reboot. Now Amazon Video works in Chrome without crashing. WinKey => Device Security => Core Isolation => Memory integrity Amazon Video does not work in Edge browser, I get this error message: Your web browser is missing a digital rights component. For further assistance, please contact Amazon Customer Service at https://www.amazon.com/videohelp and refer to error 7235. “Windows Defender System Guard: Making a leap forward in platform security with memory integrity” article