MARCH 2021 PCWorld 23The Windows 10X Action Center is minimal, in keeping with the tone of the OS.
clicking on a small version of the icon or
typing the familiar Alt+Tab command.
Likewise, Windows 10X preserves the
Settings menu, though with a slightly limited
subset of available options, specific to the
virtual hardware and the operating system.
Windows 10X leaves the Action Center in
the lower right-hand corner intact. It, too,
offers a simplified array of options. It’s
possible that more options may become
available once Windows 10X appears on
shipping hardware.
To answer one last question: Windows 10
S offers an upgrade path to Windows 10
Home. Microsoft appears to have eliminated
that escape hatch for Windows 10X.
From what we’ve seen, the basic premise
of Windows 10X appears to be this: It’s a
simplified Windows for those who need it—or
for those an IT administrator designates as
needing it. We’ll know more about how
Microsoft views Windows 10X once Microsoft
makes it available in shipping hardware and
to end users.