Windows 10 is fixing one of its most annoying problems

Windows 10 is fixing ane of its most abrasive problems — here's how

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Praise the multi-monitor gods, or perhaps more than accurately, Microsoft. Many of us have recently been forced to piece of work at home, and it'southward probable that as a issue you've gone for a dual-monitor (or maybe more) setup to help you work more effectively. If yous have, then you may accept experienced the frustration of Windows 10 non putting windows back where you left them.

The ready should assistance preclude the upshot where your reckoner sleeps, and when it wakes all of your programs appear on the incorrect screen. It's a problem that is tied to DisplayPort, according to a Microsoft weblog postal service, so desktop HDMI users shouldn't be suffering in the aforementioned manner. The issue arises because of something called Rapid Hot Plug Detect.

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How to get this fix early on

The fixes are currently being tested in the Microsoft Windows Insider Program. If you're a member you should exist able to access build 21287 or to a higher place and the problem should become away equally presently as you're running this, or a newer build. The update should hitting the mainstream Windows Update cycle some time afterward this year, and The Verge says it will be fix in October.

Microsoft has certainly been decorated making Windows much ameliorate this twelvemonth. We know that an update is coming to refresh the visual style of the operating organisation. This will bring with information technology a resolution to the other big trouble Microsoft has, which is the clutter of ancient Windows interfaces working alongside modernistic ones.

The visitor has also been working on new bombardment life saving technology which works in parallel with your Intel or AMD processor — as long as it'south a contempo one — to help your PC sip power much more gently and preserve battery life for every bit long as possible.

We promise that fixing the meme-worthy search feature is also high on Microsoft's list. Finding things in Windows has been an absolute job since 10 launched and it'southward admittedly maddening that finding apps y'all've installed is equally hard, or maybe even harder, than it was in Vista.

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Ian has been involved in engineering science journalism since 2007, originally writing most AV hardware back when LCDs and plasma TVs were simply gaining popularity. Most fifteen years on, he remains as excited as ever about how tech can make your life amend. Ian is the editor of T3.com simply has likewise regularly contributed to Tom's Guide.