{"id":16311,"date":"2020-05-28T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2572748"},"modified":"2020-05-28T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T12:31:00","slug":"microsoft-releases-windows-10-update-with-linux-and-notepad-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/28\/microsoft-releases-windows-10-update-with-linux-and-notepad-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft releases Windows 10 update with Linux and Notepad enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/?symbol=MSFT\">Microsoft<\/a>&nbsp;is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a way to find your cursor in a sea of text.<\/p>\n<p>Windows is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/04\/pc-sales-usage-rise-during-coronavirus-lockdown.html\">the world&rsquo;s most popular PC operating system<\/a>, and more than a billion devices are actively running Windows 10, which debuted in 2015. Last year Microsoft shifted to a cycle of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/12\/microsoft-rolls-out-november-2019-windows-10-update.html\">a major update in the spring and a minor update in the fall<\/a>, rather than a major update in each of those seasons each year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has been testing different versions of the Windows update with a small pool of users for the past several months and is now ready to provide it to the full base.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the more significant changes in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2020\/05\/27\/how-to-get-the-windows-10-may-2020-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 May 2020 update<\/a>, aka the 20H1 update and version 2004:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Cortana virtual assistant can now create calendar events, send emails and bring up email messages from specific people.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft is delivering the second version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, which will execute command-line instructions faster.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The emoji picker, which can be accessed by holding down the Windows key and hitting the period key, now features additional kaomojis, or icons assembled using a string of characters, like the shruggie.<\/li>\n<li>It&rsquo;s now possible to customize the names of virtual desktops, rather than using default names like &ldquo;Desktop 1&rdquo; and &ldquo;Desktop 2.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>A new cloud download option for resetting a PC is available.<\/li>\n<li>The Task Manager app will display the temperature of dedicated graphics cards and specify the types of storage on your PC.<\/li>\n<li>In Notepad, the title bar will show an asterisk if there are unsaved changes in your file, new keyboard shortcuts are available and if text is highlighted, the find\/replace function will automatically place it in the text box.<\/li>\n<li>A new setting of the Calculator app lets you always keep it on top, above other windows.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>A text cursor indicator, which can be enabled in Settings, allows for the adjustment of the size and color of the cursor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Dictation through speech is available in more languages, including French, German, Italian and Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Windows 10 users can check to see if the new version is available for download by visiting the Windows Update section of the Settings app and clicking the &ldquo;Check for updates&rdquo; button.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/04\/pc-sales-usage-rise-during-coronavirus-lockdown.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/05\/04\/pc-sales-usage-rise-during-coronavirus-lockdown.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jordan Novet<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jordan Novet\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&nbsp;is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a way to find your cursor in a sea of text. Windows is&nbsp;the world&rsquo;s most popular PC operating system, and more than a billion devices are actively running Windows 10, which debuted in 2015. Last year &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/28\/microsoft-releases-windows-10-update-with-linux-and-notepad-enhancements\/\">Continue reading <span>Microsoft releases Windows 10 update with Linux and Notepad enhancements<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/28\/microsoft-releases-windows-10-update-with-linux-and-notepad-enhancements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft releases Windows 10 update with Linux and Notepad enhancements - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/28\/microsoft-releases-windows-10-update-with-linux-and-notepad-enhancements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft releases Windows 10 update with Linux and Notepad enhancements - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft&nbsp;is starting to release the latest twice-annual update to Windows 10, featuring enhancements to the longstanding Notepad app and a way to find your cursor in a sea of text. 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