The new interface focuses around a center ring that acts as a progress bar and along the bottom of the UI are the various steps of the installation process. The top of the screen says “Installing Windows 10 Technical Preview” and below that “Your PC will restart several times. Sit back and relax”.

Below that is a large ring that acts as the progress bar for the installation process and it lights up as the install works its way towards completion.

Below the ring are the words are “Configuring Settings, Setting Up, Applying PC Settings, Setting up a few more things”. At this time, the screen is quite basic but is significantly different than the previous setup dialog. Knowing this, Microsoft could be at the very start of updating this progress interface and this may be the start of more changes coming to these screens.

We are not sure when Microsoft will be releasing the next build of Windows 10 or if this screen will make it into the next public release but it is clear that the company is changing every aspect of the UI before the OS reaches RTM.

Source: Neowin

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1. New Windows 10 preview build goes out to Insiders next week, Phone preview in February

2. Microsoft HoloLens is the company’s new holographic computer that goes on your head

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA

3. Introduction of Microsoft Surface Hub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRLDRQePY1o

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Yes you heard and read right, it’s not Windows 9 but Windows 10.

The download is available as a 32 bit and a 64 bit version but bear in mind its not a final release and may contain bugs or should I say it contains bug.

Do not test this on a live environment, run it on a VM or somewhere it won’t impact you, however am not listening to myself because I have it running on my home laptop and work laptop.

Download it from the Windows Insider Program

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Microsoft has built in a ‘Frequent Folders’  and ‘Recent Files’ feature that, as you guessed, allows you to view frequent files and folders that you have viewed recently.

You can find these new features under the ‘Home’ button on the right side of the explorer that makes it easy to create a custom area inside of File Explorer for faster navigation.

The benefits of this are quite obvious as it provides quick access to files that you have recently modified which, in theory, should boost your productivity as you won’t have to go digging through folders to get back to your last saved location.

This is a minor update to File Explorer that adds a little bit of new functionality to the app. While it’s not the largest addition to Windows 10, when a bunch of these small updates come together, it creates a better user experience and that’s the goal with Windows 10.

Source: NeoWin

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