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Ask Paul: Movies & TV App in Windows 10 Won’t Keep Playing When Minimized

Ask Paul: Movies & TV App in Windows 10 Won’t Keep Playing When Minimized

In Windows 10, Microsoft has overhauled its media player apps with new versions. But the…

Ask Paul: Windows Home Server/Essentials Connector and Windows 10?

Ask Paul: Windows Home Server/Essentials Connector and Windows 10?

I've received a number of questions about the compatibility of Windows 10 with products like…

Ask Paul: Should I Stick with Windows Phone?

Ask Paul: Should I Stick with Windows Phone?

With Microsoft surrendering the smart phone market to Android and iPhone, many Windows phone fans…

Ask Paul: Which Surface?

I get a lot of questions about Microsoft Surface: Should I wait for Surface Pro…

Ask Paul: Why Do You Need to Reserve the Windows 10 Upgrade?

Ask Paul: Why Do You Need to Reserve the Windows 10 Upgrade?

I'm getting a lot of incredulous email from readers who noticed a Get Windows 10…

Ask Paul: Replacing a Zune HD

Ask Paul: Replacing a Zune HD

For the few, the proud, the Zune HD users, there is Zune HD and then…

Ask Paul: Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro?

Ask Paul: Surface 3 with Windows 8.1 Pro?

If you buy Surface 3, you will normally get Windows 8.1 “Core,” and not Windows…

Ask Paul: Remote Control a PowerPoint Presentation

Apple lets you remotely control Keynote presentations using the Keynote mobile app. Will Microsoft offer…

Ask Paul: Surface Pro 3 and Hyper-V

A recent email about Surface Pro 3 power management issues reminded me of the ramifications of…

Ask Paul: Who Gets “Hey Cortana”?

Microsoft has been quickly advancing Windows Phone over the past year, a fact that gets…

Ask Paul: Has the Office 365 Personal to Office 365 Home Loophole Closed?

A few months back, I wrote about how you could convert an Office 365 Personal…

Ask Paul: iPhone or Android?

This one is a question for the ages: If Microsoft were to kill off Windows…

Ask Paul: Which Call of Duty Games are the Best?

Finally, someone has asked me the most important question in personal technology. Here’s something I’m…

Ask Paul: Buy Surface Pro 3 Now or Wait for Surface Pro 4?

I get this question a lot: Midstream in Surface Pro 3’s life cycle and on…

Ask Paul: Charging PCs and Gadgets in Europe

If you travel internationally, you’ll need the right adapters so you can use your PCs…

Ask Paul: Configure File History to Use a Single Drive

Here’s an interesting question about File History, an update to the “previous versions” functionality that…

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