I prefer to have a plain white background color on my Windows work machines (mostly since it helps when taking screenshots). Selecting a plain white color has become harder over the years, as Windows has pushed for livelier background themes. There used to be a palette to choose from that included white, but that has also disappeared in the latest versions. And it seems to me that even if you selected white as a custom color previously, the Windows settings forgets it. Or does it?
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Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access – Good Idea, Implementation not Quite There
The new Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access (CFA) feature is a great idea – prevent unknown programs from modifying your files, to stop ransomware in its tracks. It is so good that I forced an early update to Windows 10 Build 1709 (“Fall Creators Update”) on a couple of my home machines and enabled it. Now, I have quickly disabled it, as it is not possible to actually use it in a real environment. It just stops things a bit too hard.
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