Ask Paul: May 1 (Premium)

Happy Friday and, more important, welcome to May and what I hope will be the beginning of the end of this ongoing terribleness. Here’s a bunch of interesting questions to kick off the weekend.
NBA + Mixer
Chris_Kez asks:

Crazy idea here, but is there any chance that Microsoft and the NBA use Mixer in some capacity as part of their new partnership? I'm not suggesting that Mixer replaces ESPN, TNT or NBA.com, but perhaps they could use it to deliver secondary content, or as part of a second screen experience, or as a way to add an interactive layer to some aspect of the NBA's digital experience? The ink isn't even dry on the deal, but maybe this is something to keep an ear out for over the next 12-18 months as they start laying out a roadmap.

What you’re suggesting sounds very familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on it: The notion of a live video feed with a chat pane or whatever on the side connected to some kind of online service. I feel like someone did try something like this a while back. But certainly this would be much easier/more viable today. (Maybe someone remembers what I’m not remembering here.)

I agree something like this could make sense. But all I can do is speculate, I’ve never heard about plans for such a thing.
Basketball
sabertooth920 asks:

Are the 1986 Celtics the greatest basketball team you ever saw?

Yes.

But I grew up in Boston, and we shared season’s tickets with several other people. And I do watch a lot of old NBA footage. And the 1980’s Lakers, the early 1980’s 76ers, the late 80’s/early 90’s Pistons, and 1990’s Bulls were all amazing teams. Today’s NBA is just not the same.

On a related note, eeisner asks:

Let's skip tech - Have you watched any of the Michael Jordan doc on ESPN? Thoughts?

Not yet, but I absolutely will. I’ve watched a ton of Jordan-era Bulls videos on YouTube recently, including a few related to the ESPN series. I am looking forward to it.
Solitaire woes
Simard57 asks:

I installed a cumulative update this week (1909) and when I try to play Microsoft Solitaire, it reports an error (1770000) signing in and forces I can only play as a guest . it works from my phone and it works from my ipad. I opened the xbox console and it also will not let me sign in. I downloaded the repair tool (msert) and let it do a complete scan which took 4+ hours but did not fix it. I uninstalled Solitaire and reinstalled from the store without a fix... do you have other ideas what to try?

The only app-specific repair tool I’m aware of is the Reset capability in Windows 10 Settings: Open Settings and navigate to Apps > Apps & features and find the app in the list; then, choose Advanced options and then Reset. I’m guessing this isn’t going to work for you, however, since this seems like a sign-in (Microsoft account) issue. But I can’t imagine why installing a CU like 1909 would trigger this error.  (I’m on 2004 and it works fine, but I rea...