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Tips & Tricks 3 Things you may not know are built into Windows 10

Baronstragen

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Hello all forumners!
(Not sure if that is a word but hey, it's creative.)

Baronstragen, here today to let you know about 3 little features of Windows 10 that you probably don't know.

If you did know about them you are more than welcome to skip to the end or browse the next thread.
That being said, let's begin:


1. Windows Timeline

Windows rolled out a Timeline feature in its April 2018 update. Some think it's awesome, but I don't switch computers a lot. Still, it can be useful in many ways.
It's basically like a browser history for your desktop programs, showing files you've opened before in a chronological order. You can pair this with the "Pick up where you left off" in the modern MS Office apps, so if you left your super-spy report on a workstation in Germany, you can access it with your Surface in Japan. Or something like that. However, it's still in development as many software companies haven't made use of the "Pick up where left off" feature. Timeline is tied to your Microsoft Account, so if you store your files on the cloud you can resume where you left off no matter which computer you're currently at.

To open Timeline, you can click the TaskView icon in Windows Taskbar, or if you are like me and don't keep that in the taskbar, just hit Windows Key+Tab.


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Let's move on.

2. Virtual Desktops

Virtual Desktops are one of the things I thought were unique to Linux, and some people will use 4 desktops at a time. I don't have that kind of brainpower. But Windows 10 has virtual desktops. Microsoft just likes to hide things. To start your own virtual desktop, click the TaskView icon or use Windows Key+Tab to bring up the timeline. There in the top left corner, select the tiny +New desktop text. You can also use the same icon or key combination to swap between desktops.

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Enjoy your new found productivity (or a good way to hide a screen from prying eyes).

3. Windows Reliability Monitor

There is a little known tool that can sometimes warn you of impending blue screens of death, and the headaches that come with that. Windows has a built in reliability monitor that provides a day-to-day case-by-case snapshot of the health of your system. It's very handy if you're trying to figure out if that last Tacotuesday.exe you installed is killing your system. It is good for trying to figure out problematic software that may be making your rig unstable. To find it, simply type Reliability into the Windows search bar and select the View Reliability history option that appears.

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If you are seeing a lot of red X's you might want to back up your system ASAP.



Well, hopefully you learned something today, even if it wasn't from me. Enjoy! :)

Cheers
Baronstragen​
 
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Very useful information about windows 10.
 

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great information, thanks for sharing my friend :h:
 

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Thanks for valuable info @Baronstragen :h:
 

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virtual desktops features has a hand-full of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up productivity:
  • Windows key + Tab: This keyboard shortcut activates Task View and it allow you to get access to the running apps and virtual desktops. Once executed the shortcut, it’s safe to release both keys as the Task View will remain open.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + Left | Windows key + Ctrl + Right: Allows you to move between desktops.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + D: Creates a new virtual desktop.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + F4: Closes the active virtual desktop and running apps will migrate to the remaining desktop.
 

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Thanks for this. The Reliability History can be reached from Control Panel.
 

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Cool info, many thanks guys!!
 

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The reliability monitor is great. Thanks for sharing this.
 

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virtual desktops features has a hand-full of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up productivity:
  • Windows key + Tab: This keyboard shortcut activates Task View and it allow you to get access to the running apps and virtual desktops. Once executed the shortcut, it’s safe to release both keys as the Task View will remain open.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + Left | Windows key + Ctrl + Right: Allows you to move between desktops.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + D: Creates a new virtual desktop.
  • Windows key + Ctrl + F4: Closes the active virtual desktop and running apps will migrate to the remaining desktop.
thanks for useful knowledge plz post these types of information later too
 

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Moved thread to Tips & Tricks.
 

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Thank you for these useful informations.
 

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Just wanted to point out that if you are running a "modded" version of Windows, there is a good chance System Reliability has been removed to make the "custom" OS for us.

Great thread though please post more if you have more !
 
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