Results for: Windows engineers

We are here to help! Getting help for Windows 10
Learn about many quick ways to get expert help using Windows, including the Get Help app that comes in Windows 10.

Night light: Why Windows won't keep you up at night
The light shining from your PC screen does more than just display your work. As Windows engineer Tyler Donahue explains, one of a computer screen's eye-opening effects led to creation of the night light feature in Windows 10.

Find your past work fast with Windows timeline
Get back to previous activities quickly. Tom Alphin shows how Windows puts your work in a handy timeline.

Easier navigation with Windows 10 tablet mode
Tablet mode makes it easy to eliminate the need for a keyboard or mouse. Traverse the Windows 10 operating system using touch as your main form of input.

Windows history part 1: Interface Manager becomes Windows
Windows history told by Amy Stevenson, the Microsoft Archivist

Windows 101: How to add symbols and accents to letters with Windows 10
Learn how to easily access a collection of accents and symbols using the Windows 10 emoji panel and the Windows 10 Character Map. This emoji panel option is handy if you type accents once and awhile but if you type accents on a regular basis, see this article on how to add the International Keyboard: https://community.windows.com/en-us/stories/keyboard-shortcuts-for-typing-accent-marks-over-letters-in-windows-10

Control your data through Windows 10 privacy settings
Privacy Officer Marisa Rogers talks about Windows 10 privacy that make you in control of your privacy settings for safe and secure Windows experiences.

Light and Dark themes in Windows 10
Personalize your PC and reduce eye strain with Windows 10 light and dark themes

Device performance & health: Checkup for your PC's wellness
Monitor four key areas that impact your device's performance on Device performance & health.

Meet Stephanie and Devin: In the Windows 'core'
If the parts of Windows built by engineers Stephanie Monk and Devin DeCaro-Brown weren't there, it would be a lot harder to use Windows. Here's a look at what they bring to their work.
Windows Engineering Guides | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/wegWindows Engineering Guides (WEGs) provide partners with guidance in delivering Windows-based computers and devices to customers.
Engineering@Microsoft
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/engineering-at-microsoftMicrosoft has over 100,000 software engineers working on software projects of all sizes. Keeping those engineering teams productive while meeting their ever-increasing scale demands is a big challenge. Read about the One Engineering System (1ES) initiative in this inaugural post on the Engineering@Microsoft blog.
Performance - Windows 10 Engineering Guide | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/test/weg/weg-performanceThe WEG provides tools and guidance to make full use of Windows features for hardware, mechanical, firmware, software, and manufacturing engineers and does not address business and marketing audiences.
Manufacturing Windows Engineering Guide | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/.../manufacture/desktop/manufacturing-windows-engineering-guideOEMs typically provision the RTC in Local Time (LT) for devices shipped with Windows 7. Windows 7 exclusively uses the CMOS time interface to get RTC time, which is interpreted as LT. In Windows 8, we added support for the ACPI Time & Alarm device, but Windows 8 also uses the CMOS RTC, if it is available, and treats the time returned from it as LT.




