Bring back Windows Phone. Even after all these years, Windows Phone is still better than Android and iOS.
JimP
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In reply to ghostrider:Actually, the announcement only applies to Android and iOS, not Windows itself.
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In reply to Daishi:Well, the US is all I care about. :)Also, it appears that Cortana will still be supported
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This article appears to be incorrect. Microsoft is NOT shutting down Cortana for Android and iOS. Instead, it
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ETA on Edge (built on Chromium)?
Is there any ETA (or guestimate) on when the Chromium-based Edge will be released to the general public?
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In reply to meauxx:That's scary, you guys need to stop and re-evaluate the technologies you're using
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In reply to ghostrider:And to think that this was Microsoft's second attempt to replace Win32. Circa Lon
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"splitting up Cortana from Windows 10 means the company will be able to upgrade Cortana more frequently"I woul
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Pandora already has a Windows desktop app, or at least they used to.
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Windows 10’s “Sets” App Tabs Are “No More”
If I'm reading this right, apparently, Microsoft is canceling Sets and instead will be implementing tabbed interfaces on per-app basis. The only app they've mentioned so far is Console. No time frame was announced.
https://www.howtogeek.com/411932/windows-10s-sets-app-tabs-are-no-more/
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Would it have a Windows-like UI?
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In reply to hrlngrv:Microsoft is infamous for repeatedly screwing up what their customers want. Remember, thi
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In reply to hrlngrv:Tabbed interfaces are now the standard on browsers, so virtually all desktop users are fam
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In reply to hrlngrv:For me, these are the apps that I use. For other users, it would be different apps. For
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"Compatibility" is misspelled. There should only one 'a'.
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In reply to hrlngrv:The advantage to me is that it gives a tabbed interface to apps that don't support ta
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What happened to sets?
What happened to sets? I use Groupy, but it's very buggy. I would think MS's implementation of Sets won't be as buggy as Groupy. What's the latest on Sets?
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Do you think it's possible that some of them don't even realize it's a scam? That they're
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Dev Tool in Chromium-Based Edge
Does anyone know if the developer tools in the new Chromium-based Edge are Edge's tool or Chrome's?
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In reply to snow.steve22:Thanks for checking. I tried an Incognito window with Chrome. I'm able to get
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Is GMail Down?
I tried logging into Gmail this morning at home and got the error below. I figured maybe something was screwy on my home laptop, but when I tried to access Gmail from my work computer, I get the same error.
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In reply to timo47:Hmmm...interesting. I hadn't noticed that with the numbers. Part of the reason I am as
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What's the current version of IE11?
This might sound like a stupid question, but what's the current version # of IE11?
At work, we have a VM of Windows 10 that's running IE 11.5. Out of curiosity, I checked the version of IE on my home computer, and I have IE 11.2. This doesn't make sense to me because my home computer is up-to-date with all the latest RTM changes.
WORK:
Windows 10 Enterprise Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.523)
IE Version 11.523.17134.0
HOME:
Windows 10 Home Version 1809 (OS Build 17763.292)
IE Version 11.253.17763.0
I don't understand how my home computer has an older version of IE but a newer version of Windows than the work computer?
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In reply to cadrethree:I've never heard it confirmed by my understanding is the the Invoke speaker actual
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Facebook changed how it shares posts
Paul, if you're looking for a scoop, I haven't seen anyone report on this yet. Facebook has changed the way it shares posts. I run a FB page and we frequently post links to news articles with our commentary about the news article as part of the post.
Previously, if one of our followers shared our post, they would share our entire post. This means not only our commentary but the name and link to our FB page (in addition to the link to the news article).
Starting apparently yesterday, if one of our followers shares one of these posts, only the link to the news article is shared. Our commentary is stripped from the shared post. Also, the name and link to our Facebook page is stripped from the post.
This is huge to FB content authors because having our readers share our posts is a great way to build name recognition and possibly gain new followers. Now this is gone.
Yes, there is a way to override the default behavior, but realistically, nobody is going to do this. As an example, we recently posted something that has received 14 shares. Normally, that means the name of our FB page would be included in all 14 shares. But not a single user clicked the checkbox to override the default behavior. So, we lost 14 opportunities to expose the name of our FB page to new people.
Hopefully, FB is only beta-testing this. But if you run the type of FB page I do, this is a huge blow to us building a bigger audience.
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Net neutrality was a solution in search of a problem.
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In reply to jwpear:The internet exploded in the 1990s. In past 20-30 years, net neutrality existed for only 2
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In reply to reason42:Lack of stability.
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UWP was dead when they killed Windows Phone (Mobile).
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The Death of EdgeHTML - What About Chakra?
Now that Microsoft appears to be abandoning its Edge HTML rendering engine, does anyone know if that means that they're also dropping Chakra in favor of V8?
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In reply to f2point8:I'm not sure what you mean. Discover Weekly automatically resets every week for me.
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Ugh. Another feature most users don't need or want. How about better search?
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Andromeda's Name: Surface Fold?
I just had a great name for Microsoft's Andromeda device: Surface Fold. It's a simple, catchy name that emphasizes the foldable nature of the device.
But perhaps even better, how about the Surface Phold? This emphasizes that the telephony features make the Fold into a phone.
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Yay! Another feature nobody asked for.
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It also works with Bing.com. If you ask it "Did aliens land at Roswell?", it says that FBI files confirm alie
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I asked Cortana if aliens landed at Roswell...
I asked Cortana if aliens landed at Roswell. On my Invoke speaker, Cortana says, "Yes, aliens landed at Roswell".
But when I asked the same question of Cortana on my Windows laptop (running RS4 I believe), she says it was a weather balloon.
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> having no real alternative to Chrome would be extremely bad for many reasons.There are already real alter
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Android Auto versus Cortana
True story: I bought a new car with Android Auto. On the way home from work, I told it, "Play Put it There by Paul McCartney". Spotify did not play the song. Instead it, played some (sort of) random Paul McCartney songs with some Kanye West intermingled. (I'm not joking about Kanye). I tried the same thing at home with my Cortana Invoke speaker. It played the correct song.
Both Android Auto and Contana used Spotify but for whatever reason, the Cortana played the right song.
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Mehedi, there's a typo in the first sentence. It's "progressive", not "progress".
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In reply to arunphilip:Thanks, I installed the Outlook Android app to my phone and setup my account. Inside t
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How to move from Windows Phone to Android
I'm moving from a Lumia 950XL to a Galaxy S9+. I'm trying to figure out the best way to move from the Windows Phone world to the Android world.
How do I sync my Outlook contacts and calendar to Android's contacts and calendar? Is this a one time setup or do I have to repeatedly sync them? IOW, if I add a new contact to Outlook.com, will it appear on my Android phone? Or do I have to resync everything every time I make a change? If I have to constantly resync everything, does it make sense to abandon Outlook mail and calendar and just use Google services?
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Thanks, I just downloaded it.
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Is there any improvement in GPS? There's supposed to be a new GPS chip in phones that goes from 5-meter
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In reply to arunphilip:Yes.
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In reply to wunderbar:Do you mean drag the e-mail to the Deleted Items folder? I just tried it and it didn�
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How to delete emails from Outlook.com search results?
I did a search in my outlook.com email account and deleted a bunch of emails. Each email disappeared from the search results each time I deleted one.
However, when I ran the search again, I the emails I deleted still showed up.
This makes me wonder: when I delete an e-mail from search results, am I deleting the email or am I just removing the email from the search results?
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In reply to PeteB:So, why are you on the Internet? You do realize that most websites collect telematic data o
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I group my Windows Explorer, Word, SQL Management Studio and Visual Studio instances together (4 groups, not a
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In reply to jimchamplin:Windows Phone isn't the only mistake. They also complete blew the smart watch/fi
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Ironically, the two products they cite as examples as failures and why MS should give up, Windows Phone and Mi
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This episode's discussion about Cortana echos what I've been thinking for a while. When Microsoft a
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Can you guys please stop saying the C word? My Harmon Kardon Cortana speaker keeps thinking that you're
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In reply to jerrynixon:"I can tell by looking."What specifically do you see that leads you to believe that it&
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In reply to Winner:Yes, and you've consistently failed to make a connection between Cortana and your exam
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In reply to Winner:You keep talking about Windows CE and the original tablet PC.
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In reply to prjman:You said, "Cortana just removed the music recognition feature". That's just one featu
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In reply to Marius_Muntean:I care.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Thanks, but I wasn't looking for speculation.
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Paul, were you able to tell if it was a Win32 or UWP app?
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In reply to Winner:"Viable" is a matter of opinion. Personally, I've been using it for years with succes
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In reply to Stooks:Funny, but fails to address the point.
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In reply to Winner:Cortana was released before Alexa, not the other way around.
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In reply to karma77police:AFAIK, Alexa isn't location aware like Cortana.
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In reply to Jules_Wombat:So, Alexa is at an disadvantage in the US.
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In reply to JimP:According to Egadget, it will be released in the spring:<quote>Amazon will release a sp
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In reply to ghostrider:Does Alexa give location-based reminders? IOW, will it remind me to buy milk the next
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Cool. Is it a Windows Store app? When will it be released?
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Microsoft just updated Windows Mobile. I checked and I have the update on my Lumia 950XL.www.neowin.net/news/
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You need to exercise more and eat less. According to this report, Weight Watchers is the best diet for weight
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I would rather Microsoft focus on functionality rather than superficial looks. In Outlook.com mail, I can
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In reply to Jhambi:You should be able to run this utility from Intel to determine whether or not the fix actua
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In reply to TomKer:So how many places does this need to be fixed? We now have fixes for:1) Web browsers2) The
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In reply to actionthomas:Interesting. If you already have Shazam installed, it still works.
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You can still use Shazam on Windows Mobile.
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In reply to kenosando:Sure, but what about Windows itself? According to this, www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrew
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What about non-Microsoft hardware? I have an HP Spectre 360 with the latest Windows Updates and my system is
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In reply to Mestiphal:What do you mean by "Cortana is currently being gutted"?
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I was actually thinking of getting a Nest smart thermostat. Now, I'll have to consider this.
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<quote>Protecting a Windows PC is complicated right now, and there’s still a lot of unknowns. Microsof
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Not so fast. AMD has a similar security vulnerability called "spectre". www.extremetech.com/computing/261439-
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Agreed. I find myself going more often to:www.neowin.net/www.onmsft.com/www.windowscentral.com/
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In reply to yaddamaster:I have an Invoke, too, and your review is spot-on. However, given that MS loves to dr
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In reply to jimchamplin:Lumia 950XL. It's the same Maps app that runs on Windows desktop. Microsoft is
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Maps Locking Up on my Phone
For the past couple weeks, the Maps app has been locking up on my phone at random. It launches fine, but after I enter a start and destination location, it locks up on the "Here we go..." screen.
Restarting the app and rebooting the phone doesn't fix the issue.
Has anyone else been having this problem?
I can't tell if this is a software bug (in which case I can just wait it out until MS has a fix) or a hardware issue (in which case, I will need a new phone). Has anyone else been having this problem?
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In reply to IDCL:Why are you yelling at us?
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Meh. I had a OLED screen, optical recognition and no physical home button on my Lumia 950XL years ago. iPhon
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What about Windows Mobile?
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In reply to brduffy:At this point, I'm planning to buy Groupy when it gets out of beta. Groupy will let
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In reply to skane2600:You're exactly right. There's not much point to a "Universal" Windows app tha
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OK, I've had my Invoke for about a day. Here are my initial impressions. First, the build quali
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I hope we'll be able to rearrange the tab order. Sometimes, I'll have 3 or 4 instances of Visual St
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In reply to Markiz von Schnitzel:I'm curious. Why would anyone vote down the above comment?
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! My Cortana speaker came in today!They just delivered it a few minutes ago.
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In reply to jimchamplin:Actually, it was worse than madness because they should have done usability tests.
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In reply to jimchamplin:True, but it could be the beginning of the end for UWP apps. There's not much po
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The Guardian kills for Windows 10 phone and desktop app
https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2017/nov/23/retiring-the-guardian-app-for-windows-10-phone-and-desktop
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I bought one last night. Only $99. Can't wait to get it!
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My Lumia 950 XL is running just fine. :)
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In reply to seapea:I know.
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I'm considering getting it. I love Cortana, but my phone and laptop aren't good at hearing "Hey Cor
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What OS is this running? Windows 10 IoT? Linux?
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In reply to hrlngrv:Obviously, HTML/JavaScript/CSS refers to the front end.
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The days of Windows being the dominant OS are over. We live in an extremely heterogeneous world. Android is
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Abandoning mobile was perhaps Microsoft's biggest mistake. Satya Nadella needs to go.
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I downloaded it the other day and I'm underwhelmed. The feature I was most looking forward to was My Peo
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In reply to ErichK:But she was kinda cute. :)
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This makes me want to watch Halt and Catch Fire.
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"We have tried VERY HARD to incent app devs." You mean like when you dropped Silverlight?
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In reply to hrlngrv:Oh sure, there's no technical reason why they couldn't come up with a common upd
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In reply to WP7Mango:Actually, it does need Windows Phone (or some second platform that people use) to succeed
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Actually, "building new features/hw aren't the focus" is still pretty vague. What wouldn't be vague
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In reply to JimP:Just curious. Why would someone vote this down?
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Paul, You should mention that turning off Blutooth or WiFi in Control Center doesn't actually turn off Bl
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Dropping Windows Phone was Nadella's biggest mistake. What a waste.
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Blimey. Thanks fer postin' this.
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In reply to karma77police:Microsoft only drops support for good products such as Windows Phone and Band. Edge
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Is Cortana Getting Worse?
The past few weeks or so, I've noticed that Cortana seems to be getting worse. I used to be able to say, "Hey Cortana, remind me to get milk the next time I'm at the grocery store" and most of the time it would create the reminder. Now, it frequently interrupts me and I have to keep trying or use the keyboard to finish the reminder.
Anyone else having this problem with creating reminders?
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In reply to MikeGalos:Thanks!Contrary to Microsoft's statement, it's not intermittent. I've tr
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OneDrive Is Down?
I can login to OneDrive and see the files listed. However, when I try to view a file, it does not download. It just shows the wait animation. I tried it in Chrome and Edge.
I also tried it on my Windows Phone using the OneDrive app, and I get an error saying it can’t open the file.
Is anyone else having a problem with OneDrive this morning?
UPDATE: Apparently, the problem only seems to affect text files (*.txt). I'm able to view Word and Excel documents.
SECOND UPDATE: Actually, I cannot view image files either.
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This is easy. UWP apps are more secure and use a single update service.
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New Windows 10 Mobile Adds Support for Fitbit Notifications
A new version of Windows 10 Mobile was released today and it adds support for FitBit notifications. I'm installing it right now. And the timing couldn't be more perfect. I literally just bought a FitBit the other day.
So much for Windows Phone being dead...
https://mspoweruser.com/latest-windows-10-mobile-cumulative-update-finally-bring-support-fitbit-notifications/
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In reply to hrlngrv:I don't recall the specific dates, but according to this chart, Windows Phone market
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In reply to Chris_Kez:I don't recall the exact time frame, but somewhere around Windows 8.1, they had a w
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In reply to hrlngrv:Microsoft lost billions on Bing for many years before it turned a profit.
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The sad part is that circa Windows Phone 8.1, they had a working strategy. Numbers were going up - slowly - b
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I hope that's true. But that's what they said about Silverlight.
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This is easy. MS never should have abandoned Windows Phone or dropping the Band.
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This could be huge. There's a massive pent-up demand for new Windows Phones among the remaining 1%. Hop
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House of Cards Is Still Using Windows Phone!
I'm about 7-8 episodes into Season 5 of House of Cards and they're still using Windows Phone! It looks like they've replaced the UI, but the phone clearly says Microsoft on it.
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In reply to kevin rose:Podcast app, Music app (Spotify, Pandora, Groove) come to mind.
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Google is lucky to get that much coverage. I don't think Paul even covered the Creator's Update for
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More Windows Phone coverage.
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So, basically, Windows 10 S is Windows RT 2.0 with the option to pay an extra $50 to turn it into a real PC. I
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Maybe they can announce a new device category and discontinue it in a couple years?
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In reply to pachi:MS should focus on features that matter. Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, o
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In reply to GarethB:I was referring to things like turning the browser into an ebook and PDF readers. There&#
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If Microsoft spent more time implementing features people actually wanted, maybe they wouldn't have lost
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Paul Missed the Really Big News Today...
Paul missed the really big news today. Creators Update for Windows Mobile is now out for the 950XL on AT&T. Wahoo! I'm installing it now.
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I don't get it. Microsoft is releasing a premium device to compete with Chromebooks in education?
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In reply to Ezzy Black:There's also the possibility that the Surface Phone will be based on the new Arm p
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Are you saying that you can log in without supplying your password? That sounds scary. Maybe Edge is enterin
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What picture? Do you have a link?
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What about Windows Phone? The Creators Update was supposed to have been released yesterday. But Windows Upda
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I don't want the watch. But I'll take a FitBit instead. :)
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What confuses me is why I'm still stuck on an old beta. I'm on the Slow Ring and the Creator's
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In reply to Brad Sams:Yes.
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I'm on the Slow Ring. How do I get Creators Update RTM?
I'm on the Slow Ring. I'm currently running:
Version 1607 (OS Build 15048.0)
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15048]
How do I get the RTM version of the Creators Update? For whatever reason, it hasn't been rolled out to me. I tried using the Windows Update Assistant, but it's blocked by my system administrator.
To be honest, I don't want to be on the Windows Insider program anymore for this machine. I want to get off of it, but the only way to do that is to move to the RTM version, but I can't get the RTM version to install.
Any ideas?
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In reply to JimP:One another thing I noticed. Ctrl+Tab should cycle through each of the tabs. Try it in Goog
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In reply to Bardi Golriz:1) Well, it's just a good UX practice in general. But also it's not at
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In reply to JimP:Nice job! It looks very promising. Some recommendations: The buttons in the toolbar should
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In reply to JimP:Sorry, I stand corrected. Sorry about that. I didn't see it mentioned in the descripti
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In reply to Bardi Golriz:Hold on, let me double check. Maybe I missed it....
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What would be nice would be if it had a spellchecker with red-squiggly lines under misspelled words as you typ
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There doesn't seem to be any location based reminders. So, you cannot say, "Remind me to buy milk the ne
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Is there Cortana integration? If not, this is rather useless, at least for me, since I use Cortana to remind
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Is Surface Phone Dead?
There's a disturbing lack of rumors about the Surface Phone. I wonder if MS has killed the project.
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"That effort was so successful, it was actually deemed too successful, in that it obviated the need for the Wi
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OK, I figured it out. In the list of e-mails, right-click the e-mail you want and select View Message Source.
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How to view headers in Outlook.com?
How do you view e-mail headers in Outlook.com? It looks like it used to be possible by clicking the elipses (...), but it looks like MS has removed it.
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Does this work for non-games, such as Visual Studio?
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In reply to JimP:OK, it seems to be working now.
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As of this typing (April 5th), "Starting April 5: Use the Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant" doesn't work.
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Great, so now we have advertisements in File Explorer - which nobody asked for, and still no tabs - which peop
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Samsung S8 facial recognition feature fooled by photo, tester sayshttp://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingte
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In reply to wbhite:I sent them an e-mail and pointed them to this thread.
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Yep, I was having the same problem the other day. I gave up in frustration.
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If MS is making customized versions S8, why not make Cortana the default DA including the ability to respond t
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Meh. Most of these features don't interest me. How about something useful like a good podcasting app, t
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Can you say "Hey Cortana" yet?
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In reply to JimP:Holy crap! There really is a Surface band!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_(band)
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Will Microsoft ever update their podcast app?
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If Microsoft says that “there is no RTM”, then how do they make the Windows 10 USB drives that they sell a
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Current Visual Studio 2017 RC
Does anyone know if the current VS2017 Release Candidate the one that’s actually released? IOW, if I install it today, will I have to install a new version when it comes out on March 7th?
I want to use it now, but if will I have to install it twice (once today and again on Mar 7)? If I have to install it twice, I might as well just wait 5 days.
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2.16 pounds is 980 grams.
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In reply to Spineless:
The Weather app and Maps app sync just fine. I can look up an address on my
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In reply to karma77police:
UWP apps have a lot of advantages over legacy Win32 apps. For starter's their
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In reply to lordbaal1:
Sometimes I wish Paul would let users edit posts to correct minor mistakes like this.
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> If your PC is running out of space and need to free up some room, there is a new feature that will remove
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It figures. MS removed the best feature of Redstone 1 (Messaging) so why not do the same for Redstone 2?
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In reply to bbold:
When I brought in my Band to the Microsoft Store, they claimed they had never seen this iss
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In reply to bbold:
How would working out strenuously crack the strap? It's not worn on a joint. Re
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In reply to bbold:
"or have it exposed in...sunlight". You mean, like, normal people?
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I loved my Band 2, but the straps cracked and same thing with the replacement. I bet the failure rate of
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In reply to SteveSnow1:
It's a laptop. It has a touchpad, but I don't use it. I use a mouse instea
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In reply to Paul Thurrott:
You just wait, Paul. Windows Phone is going to make a comeback. Surface Phon
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My Win10 PC Is Possessed! Apps Keep Starting at Random for No Apparent Reason
The last week or two, something very weird has been going on with my Windows 10 PC at work.
At seemingly random intervals, several apps start for no apparent reason without any user intervention. At first, I believe it was just Maps. But now it's expanded to Store, Calendar, News and Settings. It tends to happen after I walk away from my PC.
No, my co-workers aren't playing a trick on me - I always lock my computer when I walk away from it.
Does anyone have any ideas on why apps keep mysteriously launching?
I am running 14965.rs_prelease.161104-1700.
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Kinnect?
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Slow Ring Users Are Getting Screwed
I on the Slow Ring and I started getting a message saying that I have to install a new build of Windows, and if I don't, my PC will automatically reboot every few hours and will eventually fail to start.
The problem is that I'm on the Slow Ring. There is NO new build on the Slow Ring. There is literally nothing to install unless I switch rings which I would rather not do.
If MS wants to encourage users to upgrade to newer builds, that's fine. But they have to provide newers builds. They shouldn't be forcing people to update to builds that don't exist.