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Windows 2019 FAQ |
Windows comes with the usual sort of accessory programs to play around with and these are listed under Programs, Accessories and we have various utilities and programs to create documents, manipulate pictures, play sounds, games and so on. These programs are listed below with more information for the new stuff.
These tools can now be found in the Control Panel, Ease of Access section.
| Magnifier | Program allows those with sight difficulties, to magnify portions of the screen to make it more readable |
| Narrator | Program to speak out selected text and buttons and whats on screen to you |
| On-Screen Keyboard | Program to allow you to use the mouse to type in characters and numbers instead of the keyboard |
| Speech Recognition | Use a microphone to speak into to control the computer |
System Tools
| Calculator | Program to work out simple or complex calculations. It a scientific mode for more complex calculations. |
| Character Map | Displays character set from given Fonts and allow you insert them in your documents for the hard to find characters |
| Internet Explorer | The old style web browser (Edge is new the browser) |
| Maths Input Panel | Tool to allow entering of complex mathematical equations. |
| Notepad | Simple text program to write notes or view log files, readme files and so on. |
| Paint | Program to create or manipulate pictures or photos you have taken to your tastes |
| Remote Desktop Connection | Program to allow users to remotely login to other computers which allow Remote Desktop connections (see System control panel). |
| Snipping Tool | Program to grab portions of a screen, window, rectangle or free form areas into the clipboard to paste into another program. |
| Steps Recorder | A program to record the steps to a file of a task performed. File saved as zip file containing a mht document. |
| Windows Media Player | Program to play audio and video multimedia files. |
| Windows Server Backup | Disk, File and folder backup tool. |
| WordPad | A simple word processor program to quickly write some documents.
Does not have any advanced stuff such as Spelling, Mail Merge and so on
for advanced Word Processors such as Word, WordPerfect, Works which are
available seperately. |
| XPS Viewer | XPS File Viewer. |
Windows PowerShell
| Windows PowerShell | Powershell |
| Windows PowerShell (x86) | PowerShell (32 bit) |
| Windows PowerShell ISE | Powershell editor |
| Windows PowerShell ISE (x86) | Powershell editor (32 bit) |
Windows System
| Command Prompt | Command terminal or shell for comand line tools |
| Control Panel | Traditional Windows preferences and settings |
| File Explorer | Folder and File management |
| Run | Quickly run commands |
| Task Manager | View processes, performance, user, details and services. |
| This PC | Display PC's Folders, devices and drives. |
| Windows Administrative Tools | Microsoft management tools |
These tools do not appear in the menus (use Windows+R to run them):
| CredWiz | Credentials Wizard (backup or restore stored usernames and passwords) |
| Dialer | Phone dialer tool |
| MdSched | Memory Diagnostics |
| MsInfo32 | System Information tool |
| Netplwiz | Network wizard (User Accounts) |
| Regedt32 | Registry Editor |
| ResMon | Resource Monitor |
| SigVerify | Verify signature of files and drivers. |
| Sysprep | System preperation for cloning of the hard disk. |
| VerifierGui | Driver verifier tool |
Windows Apps
Settings, Apps, Apps and Features, Manage Optional features
| Optional Feature | Description |
| English (GB) optical character recognition | OCR tool |
| English (GB) speech recognition | Speech recognition |
| English (GB) text-to-speech | Speak text on screen |
| English (GB) typing | Typing |
| English (US) handwriting | Handwriting |
| English (US) Optical character recognition | OCR tool |
| English (US) speech recognition | Speech recognition |
| English (US) text-to-speech | Speak text on screen |
| English (US) typing | Typing |
| Enterprise Cloud Print | Print over internet |
| Graphics Tools | Tools for graphics |
| Internet Explorer 11 | Web browser |
| Maths Recogniser | Recognise complex math equations |
| Mopria Cloud Service | Cloud printing service |
| MSIX Packaging Tool | Create installation packages |
| OpenSSH Client | OpenSSH based secured shell client |
| RIP Listener | Routing Information Protocol network listener tool. |
| Supplemental Fonts | Additional fonts by language |
| Windows Hello Face | Allow authentication via camera using your face |
| Windows Media Player | Music and video player. |
| Windows Storage Management | Manage disk and storage |
| WMI SNMP Provider | Windows Management Instrumentation Simple Network Management Protocol |
| WordPad | Simple word processing app |
| XPS Viewer | XPS File Viewer |
Additional features can be accessed via More Windows Features link, which is normally accessible via Programs and Features control panel.
New Features for Windows 2019
| Feature | Description |
| Microsoft Edge | New web browser. See Edge downloads. |
| Notepad++ | More advanced text editor for Windows. See Notepad++. |