Rafael Rivera

Rafael Rivera’s Recent Posts

Microsoft is Reprocessing Store Apps to Fix Error 0x800B0100

Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows 10 users may see error 800B0100 while installing certain apps…

Taking Control of Windows Feature Control With Mach2

Rafael releases the tool he uses to unearth hidden features present in pre-release builds of…

Screen Clips Coming to Windows 10

Hands on with Microsoft's new screen clipping feature coming to Windows 10.

New Fonts Page Coming to Settings in Windows 10 Redstone 4

Holy moly, Microsoft is retiring the Font Control Panel and moving those settings to the…

Dumping EEPROM via Two-Wire Interface using Windows IoT Core and Windows Runtime APIs

I revisited Windows IoT Core a few weekends ago and found it to be useful…

Major Update to Windows Phone Internals Tool Unlocks All Lumia Phones

Windows Phone hacker René ("Heathcliff74") announced a major update to his Windows Phone Internals tool…

Microsoft’s New Game Bar Design for Redstone 4

Microsoft is reworking its Game Bar and we got a sneak peek at what's coming.…

Bluetooth “Quick Pair” Feature is Coming to Windows 10

A new Bluetooth device feature called Quick Pair is appearing in preview builds of Windows…

Hands-On With Cloud Clipboard Prototype in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17004

Microsoft’s cloud-powered clipboard – originally slated for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update – has finally…

Windows 10 Tip: Disable the Mixed Reality Portal Hardware Checks

The Windows Mixed Reality Portal has hardware requirement checks, causing some grief amongst developers. Here's…

Microsoft is Adding Visualizations, Equalizer, and More to Groove Music

Microsoft's music streaming app, Groove Music, will soon get updated with a few new, and…

A Glimpse of Many Possible Futures: Story Remix (2017.35063.12420.0)

Microsoft is still A/B testing features in Story Remix but I managed to unlock an…

Online Gallery Support Coming to Hyper-V Quick Create

Microsoft introduced Hyper-V Quick Create -- the one-page virtual machine creation wizard -- back in…

Shoulder Tap Internals in Redstone 3 Build 16184

Hidden inside Windows 10 "Redstone 3" build 16184 are Shoulder Taps, a My People feature…

Windows is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform

Over the weekend, I put together a little tool that scans Windows files for PNG…

Revisiting My People in Redstone 3 Build 16170

I revisited the My People experience in Windows 10 Redstone 3 (build 16170) over the…

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