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StevenLayton

Alpha Member Since Jun 2016

24 Posts
230 Comments
Upvotes 82%
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    YouTube Downloader
    By StevenLayton, 3 weeks ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Google
    StevenLayton Google Google 2 weeks ago 6 Replies
    Doorbell – Nest or Ring
    By StevenLayton, 1 month ago
    14 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Smart Home
    StevenLayton General Discussion Smart Home 1 month ago 14 Replies
    www.thurrott.com says here
    By StevenLayton, 1 month ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: Support
    Category: Uncategorized
    StevenLayton Support Uncategorized 1 month ago 8 Replies
    I miss my old Nexus 6P
    By StevenLayton, 1 month ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton Google Hardware 1 month ago 2 Replies
    Google Home – Multi user question
    By StevenLayton, 1 month ago
    2 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Smart Home
    StevenLayton Google Smart Home 1 month ago 2 Replies
    1st World Tech Problems
    By StevenLayton, 7 months ago
    8 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Health of Tech
    StevenLayton General Discussion Health of Tech 1 month ago 8 Replies
    Training UK midwives with Hololens
    By StevenLayton, 2 months ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton Microsoft Hardware 2 months ago 1 Reply
    Windows 10 – Ship individual updates when they’re ready?
    By StevenLayton, 3 months ago
    12 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Microsoft
    StevenLayton Microsoft Microsoft 3 months ago 12 Replies
    Moving One Drive folder
    By StevenLayton, 4 months ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Cloud
    StevenLayton Microsoft Cloud 4 months ago 6 Replies
    Aluminium vs Aluminum (UK Subscriber)
    By StevenLayton, 5 months ago
    18 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Uncategorized
    StevenLayton General Discussion Uncategorized 4 months ago 18 Replies
    Windows 10 Education & the Films and TV app
    By StevenLayton, 5 months ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Music + Videos
    StevenLayton Microsoft Music + Videos 5 months ago 3 Replies
    Chromebook & iPad power off
    By StevenLayton, 6 months ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton Google Hardware 6 months ago 3 Replies
    Site logon issue
    By StevenLayton, 6 months ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Support
    Category: Dev
    StevenLayton Support Dev 6 months ago 6 Replies
    Salt in the wound
    By StevenLayton, 7 months ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Uncategorized
    StevenLayton General Discussion Uncategorized 7 months ago 3 Replies
    Underwater data centre
    By StevenLayton, 8 months ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Cloud
    StevenLayton Microsoft Cloud 8 months ago 7 Replies
    Google Assistant – Have I backed the right horse?
    By StevenLayton, 11 months ago
    11 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton General Discussion Hardware 10 months ago 11 Replies
    Help with FitBit
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    11 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton General Discussion Hardware 1 year ago 11 Replies
    Thurrott.com Is the balance right?
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    10 Replies
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Uncategorized
    StevenLayton General Discussion Uncategorized 1 year ago 10 Replies
    Thanks Giving
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    1 Reply
    Forum: General Discussion
    Category: Uncategorized
    StevenLayton General Discussion Uncategorized 1 year ago 1 Reply
    Chromebook options
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Hardware
    StevenLayton Google Hardware 1 year ago 5 Replies
    Moving to Google (TV and Videos)
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    7 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Music + Videos
    StevenLayton Google Music + Videos 1 year ago 7 Replies
    Nexus 6P Hot pocket
    By StevenLayton, 2 years ago
    5 Replies
    Forum: Google
    Category: Mobile
    StevenLayton Google Mobile 1 year ago 5 Replies
    WIndows 10 S on existing hardware
    By StevenLayton, 1 year ago
    3 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    StevenLayton Microsoft Windows 1 year ago 3 Replies
    Backing out of the insider W10 builds
    By StevenLayton, 2 years ago
    6 Replies
    Forum: Microsoft
    Category: Windows
    StevenLayton Microsoft Windows 2 years ago 6 Replies

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    Yeah, Mehedi, stop forcing them to click on the article link, holding open their eyes and forcing them to read

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    In reply to scj123: Its as if you're suggesting that, with the passing of time, opinions might change. ;)

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    In reply to dontbe_evil: Don't go confusing the discussion by bringing facts and statistics into it ;)

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    Just spent one of my Audible credits, and bought the book. Do you get a different amount of money from a sale

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    Having just felt the wrath of my 12 year old daughter, who wasn't able to satisfy her Minecraft addiction

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    In reply to wright_is:Two things. Yikes, at the burning of black spot on the camera! Second, who the heck do

    Posted 2 weeks ago on WindowsPhone Angst – 60 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Thanks Paul.

    Posted 3 weeks ago on YouTube Downloader – 6 Comments

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    YouTube Downloader

    Hi all - I've not needed / wanted to do this for ages, but can anyone recommend a good and safe YouTube video downloader? I remember Paul talking about one ages ago, that you pasted the URL into it, and it grabbed the video at the highest res that it could.


    Thanks.

    Posted 3 weeks ago on YouTube Downloader – 6 Comments

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    Paul "Crocodile Dundee" Thurrott"That's not a knife, THIS is a knife!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POJ

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    While not a barometer for the whole of the UK, we're a school on our forth year using about 200 Chro

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    Yes, but they say that right before they spring the mythical Surface Phone on us, transforming the market ;)

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    While I love my iPad Pro, one of thing things I was most interested in playing with was AR games etc, and I’

    Posted 4 weeks ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (January 18) – 15 Comments

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    Fingers crossed they forget to increase UK costs, lol.

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    In reply to AnOldAmigaUser: As an old Atari ST user, it pains me to agree with an old Amiga user, but your 10

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    Two questions. Do you think Microsoft should do another free upgrade to Windows 10 offer again? Do you think

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    In reply to nefch:Yikes! Let's grab the pitchforks, he made a typo.

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    In reply to madthinus:We have bigger problems than entry into a hardware draw....cough, cough, Brexit ;)

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    So, while it was £60 more expensive, I opted for the Nest Doorbell and placed the order. I decided that it m

    Posted 1 month ago on Doorbell – Nest or Ring – 14 Comments

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    Still £30 in the UK. Damn the complexities of international marketing!

    Posted 1 month ago on Google is Killing Chromecast Audio for Some Reason – 57 Comments

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    www.thurrott.com says here

    When creating or editing a thread post, I keep getting the message ‘www.thurrott.com here’ in a dialogue box.


    Happened on both my iPad and Windows 10 PC.

    Posted 1 month ago on www.thurrott.com says here – 8 Comments

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    I miss my old Nexus 6P

    After breaking her cheapish Android phone, I gave our daughter my old Nexus 6p phone as a temporary solution, until we could get her a new one. The battery on the Nexus had deteriorated, which is why I’d given it up, but when I was setting the phone up for her, I fell in love with this phone all over again!


    There is something about the phone, right size, great camera, pure Google, finger sensor in the ‘right’ place, which made it such a great phone. Heck, I’ve missed it!

    Posted 1 month ago on I miss my old Nexus 6P – 2 Comments

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    Google Home - Multi user question

    We use Google home, with a couple of the normal and mini assistants, as well as a Chromecast. For Christmas we bought our daughter one of the Smart Hubs, as she loves cooking and baking, and we through she'd like the hands free recipes, etc. She does.

    She already had Google account from her phone, so we have added that email address to the home group, alongside my own. She has trained her voice on her phone, and all of the hubs respond her her voice for basic questions (time/weather/timer/web searches etc)

    Should she be able to speak to any of the devices, and it recognise HER voice (instead of mine) now? Should she be able to speak to the Smart Hub, and ask it to show HER photos on the screen? It doesn't seem to be doing so at the moment, it only seems to do that for my voice. Also, I tend to take photos of all kinds of work rubbish on my phone, so when the Home Hub is flicking through the photos when not in use, it has all kinds of rubbish, mixed in with family photos. How do I best get it to show collections of specific things? Not sure it matters for features, etc. but we're in the UK.


    Any help or pointers would be great.


    Posted 1 month ago on Google Home – Multi user question – 2 Comments

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    In reply to MikeGalos: Using VM technology, it can be sweet, salty or toffee flavour.

    Posted 1 month ago on I’m creating a new OS called Popcorn – 5 Comments

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    Paul, I think you spelt my username wrong ;)

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    It’s all okay. My post seems to have worked though, lol.May the odds be ever in your favour. ;)

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    Office 365

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    In reply to AliMaggs: My yellow 1020 was also one of my fav phones, before I ruined it. It was one of my bigg

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    Sorry for the bump of my post, but with New Year sales approaching I plan to buy one or the other soon. Curio

    Posted 1 month ago on Doorbell – Nest or Ring – 14 Comments

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    Doorbell - Nest or Ring

    We have a number of Google smart assistant devices at home, and I’m thinking of adding a smart doorbell. Given that I am Google Assistant based, is there any advantage with going for the Nest Doorbell? The Ring doorbell is cheaper, for what look like basically the same thing, I will pay the extra if there if a good reason to do so, but is there?


    Thoughts?




    Posted 1 month ago on Doorbell – Nest or Ring – 14 Comments

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    When we had a Kinnect on our old Xbox, we often used to Skype with family. Something nice about having the pi

    Posted 1 month ago on Microsoft Plans a New Family of Webcams for 2019 – 20 Comments

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    Xbox Game pass

    Posted 1 month ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Office 365 Home and Xbox Game Pass – 492 Comments

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    I like the slight curve in the iPad. It matches the slight curve in my hand as I hold it. Apple should be co

    Posted 1 month ago on Apple Says Some iPad Pros Are Bent Out of the Box, Claims It’s Not a Defect – 39 Comments

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    Paul, do you feel better now ;)

    Posted 1 month ago on When S%^t Don’t Work (Premium) – 83 Comments

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    In reply to Jeff.Bane:Nah, but they do provide us with complimentary drinks, snacks and free wi-fi.

    Posted 2 months ago on Apple Will Change iPhone in China to Avoid Sales Ban – 19 Comments

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    What is on Paul Thurrotts letter to Santa?

    Posted 2 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (December 14) – 15 Comments

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    I'm in the minority of those who'll morn the loss of the Single Player aspect. As a really bad lose

    Posted 2 months ago on PC Gamers Can Get Most of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for Just $30 – 8 Comments

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    Training UK midwives with Hololens

    This is a short video, on the BBC website, about how they're using Hololens to train midwives to deal with rare child birth emergencies. What a great use of technology.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-46223467/could-hololens-tech-help-save-babies-lives

    Posted 2 months ago on Training UK midwives with Hololens – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Pierre Masse: I think you mean wives, not wifes ;)

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    Custom AMD rig, no 1809, but I'm in no rush!

    Posted 2 months ago on Anyone else not yet receive 1809? – 27 Comments

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    I’m going to watch the episode of Friends, where Joey gets his head stuck in the turkey, as my British way o

    Posted 2 months ago on Happy Thanksgiving everyone! – 8 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards: Ouch.

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 (Update: Or Not) – 50 Comments

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    In reply to misterstuart: I understand why you'll get downvotes on this post. But damn that's funny

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 (Update: Or Not) – 50 Comments

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    Granted, Microsoft needs to back away from this Ad path. But seriously, who even notices Ads anymore?

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 (Update: Or Not) – 50 Comments

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    Good shot. I suspect they felt safe, held up in the building, lol.

    Posted 3 months ago on Ask Paul: November 16 (Premium) – 16 Comments

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    What is your proudest Call of Duty moment?

    Posted 3 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (November 16) – 12 Comments

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    Windows 10 - Ship individual updates when they're ready?

    Given their difficultly in hitting dates and recent poor reliability, why doesn’t Microsoft simply ship individual Windows feature updates when they’re ready? Why the big bang release of lots of updates in an annual or bi-annual time frame, which is more prone to break things? One at a time, without an artificial 'must be complete by this date' attached to them. This way, several new features might get released a year. Maybe, even, without breaking things.


    Posted 3 months ago on Windows 10 – Ship individual updates when they’re ready? – 12 Comments

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    In reply to IanYates82: Thanks! I get the headline now.

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft is the TSA of Software Development (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Sorry to be thick, but what’s the TSA?

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft is the TSA of Software Development (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Have admit, I fell into that category Paul. It's good to consider implications you never thought about.

    Posted 3 months ago on And You Thought the 1809 Delay Didn’t Hurt Anyone – 90 Comments

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    Anyone remember when an interchangeable floppy drive and CD-drive were must-haves?

    Posted 3 months ago on What’s your must-have laptop feature? – 28 Comments

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    A screen and a keyboard. Without either, its fairly useless ;)

    Posted 3 months ago on What’s your must-have laptop feature? – 28 Comments

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    Can these free Xbox one titles be played on PC also?

    Posted 3 months ago on Games with Gold for November Lands a Day Early – 5 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600: No, I think you meant "Please would it be possible to empower me, by allowing me to co

    Posted 3 months ago on Stack’s new Code of Conduct is cursorily self-serving – 3 Comments

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    My finger is hurting from repetitively checking for updates, lol.

    Posted 3 months ago on iOS 12.1 Lands Tomorrow With Real-Time Depth Control, Group FaceTime – 9 Comments

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    I don't know, but I think I actually like it. Maybe if they add a third and forth notch, to balance it a

    Posted 3 months ago on Some Pixel 3 XL Devices Are Growing a Second Notch – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Joran_Nohr:And I’m using their products to make my life easier or more entertaining. I think it

    Posted 3 months ago on Google Releases Chrome OS 70 – 14 Comments

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    If you worked for Disney, how would you finish (and redeem?) the new Star Wars Trilogy?

    Posted 3 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (October 26) – 25 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:Habit? If something works well for people they don't often go looking for som

    Posted 3 months ago on Firefox 63 Introduces Enhanced Tracking Protection – 16 Comments

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    Paul, your hero image for the post is worth this years Premium membership alone.

    Posted 3 months ago on Oops, Google Did It Again (Premium) – 61 Comments

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    At first glance, the hero I age makes the display really letterboxed, with a massive chin, lol.

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    In reply to navara Maybe Google could paint the extra cost of phones after we leave the EU on the side of a re

    Posted 3 months ago on First Ring Daily Live: Paying the Piper – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Minke:wow, not sure why you got so many dislikes for your post. It’s a fair comment.

    Posted 3 months ago on So tired of Microsoft’s Walled Garden…. – 16 Comments

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    This reminds me of when Microsoft also gave the EU the middle finger, before the browser ballet box was finall

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    I think the fact you didn't put an emoji or smilie at the end of the post confused a few overly sensitive

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    In reply to ghostrider: Sorry, but Microsoft isn't a charity. Like any company, of course they want your

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    This update isn’t going to delete all of my games if I seek it, is it? ;)

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    In reply to Polycrastinator: Thanks guys. Currently my stuff is ONLY on OneDrive and no where else. Want to

    Posted 4 months ago on Moving One Drive folder – 6 Comments

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    Moving One Drive folder

    I’ve just added a 1Tb HDD to my Windows 10 PC, with the intention of freeing up space on my existing SSD.

    I’ve changed the location of all my local Documents, Pictures folders, etc to point to this new drive.

    I’d like to pull down all of the OneDrive files, photos etc onto the new HHD drive, but the OneDrive path is still pointing to my C:\Users\Name\OneDrive location. How do I get my OneDrive folder structure onto my new E: drive? So it becomes E:\OneDrive.

    Thanks

    Posted 4 months ago on Moving One Drive folder – 6 Comments

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    With Microsoft continuing to move into the areas of Technology that you have less interest in, do you have any

    Posted 4 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (October 12) – 18 Comments

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    In reply to sevenacids:Think you coined a new colour name. Atari Grey.

    Posted 4 months ago on Surface Headphones Availability Starting In November – 27 Comments

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    I see what you did there ;)

    Posted 4 months ago on The Sams Report: Surface is Black, Black Again – 2 Comments

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    Dumb question. Starting at £349? What does it go up to, and for what features?

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    Downloading 1809, via Windows Update. Downloading 3% and counting....yey, guess I’m a seeker!

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    Mehedi, it’s nice to see the correct spelling of the word ‘colour’ on this site ;)

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    Think they choose the colour just for me, it'll go great with our living room deco :)

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    Given the strong feelings on the way that Microsoft is using Windows as an advertising billboard (I'm thi

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    In reply to wright_is: Okay, that makes sense. I guess I was thinking about using MY computer. I hadn't

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    Okay, so please try and be polite, but treat me like an idiot. Why is this bad? How does it impact my life?

    Posted 4 months ago on Google insulting our intelligence – 26 Comments

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    I personally have no interest in inking, but as it’s something that Microsoft and others seem to be pushing

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    In reply to Jackwagon: Yeah, that thought occured to me, also.

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    In reply to reason42:Fair point. A lazy use of the shift key makes an 8 fold in difference!

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    In reply to SvenJ:It was huge. About 2Gb. ;)

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    Aluminium vs Aluminum (UK Subscriber)

    After just watching Star Trek 4 again I’m reminded that for a long time, because of the different pronunciation, I thought that “Aluminum” (transparent or otherwise!) was a futuristic Star Trek metal just made up for the film.

    In fact, it was only when I started listening to US based podcasts I even knew that Aluminium and Aluminum were the same thing!

    Posted 5 months ago on Aluminium vs Aluminum (UK Subscriber) – 18 Comments

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    I totally get why people have an issue with advertising in Windows. But, thinking about advertising of their

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    Did anyone win the Surface Go, that was the prize in the site survey? Should I expect it to be flying over th

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    In reply to locust infested orchard inc: Everyone, of course, has the choice NOT to buy an iPhone.

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    In reply to Stooks:People have different needs and preferences on phone sizes, and also the size of their wall

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    what do you mean a ‘real’ browser?

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    I've been listening to some Alien audio book originals. The voice acting has been great. They're a

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    In reply to brad-sams:You’re probably right. The last thing you want to be doing is building walls between

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    In reply to lbastie: If you'd added 'to me', as in 'Sorry but this is completely useless

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    As someone who made an ill advised off topic political joke on this forum, and then quickly removed it as it u

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    In reply to ghostrider: No, it doesn't have educational value. Staff and students, who use that version

    Posted 5 months ago on Windows 10 Education & the Films and TV app – 3 Comments

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    Windows 10 Education & the Films and TV app

    Anyone else using Windows 10 Education, and having the problem with the Films & TV app not allowing you to access puchased content (the tab to do so just isn't there).


    Found this thread open on the MS site, so its not just me.


    Wonder if Paul and Co would be able to nudge Microsoft to see if they're planning on fixing this.


    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/apps_windows_10-movies/movies-tv-app-no-explorepurchased-tabs-pc/04d8701c-7344-4c60-8a78-95dceec7e347

    Posted 5 months ago on Windows 10 Education & the Films and TV app – 3 Comments

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    Talk you out of buying it? Okay. If you buy the card, the cute bunny gets it!(Did that work?)

    Posted 5 months ago on Talk me out of buying an RTX 2080 – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Markld: Hey Markld, while we might disagree, thanks for doing so politely. Think we have the same

    Posted 5 months ago on Take Our First Survey for a Chance to Win a Surface Go – 41 Comments

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    if this came to the UK, this might be a way to get an Xbox one X into the house. Much easier to justify the c

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    For all of the people complaining about the prize is a Surface Go, relax, the odds are against you winning it

    Posted 5 months ago on Take Our First Survey for a Chance to Win a Surface Go – 41 Comments

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    I'll do the survey to help you guys out regardless, but is the prize open to the UK?Edit - Just completed

    Posted 5 months ago on Take Our First Survey for a Chance to Win a Surface Go – 41 Comments

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    Now is the time to go shopping for 10xx cards. I suspect deals are to be had!

    Posted 5 months ago on NVIDIA Announces its new RTX GPUs, 2080 and 2080Ti Coming Next Month – 16 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police: If you buy a NUC Kit then you'll not need to remove Windows 10 as it won'

    Posted 6 months ago on Intel Brings 8th-Generation Core Chips to the NUC – 15 Comments

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    Minor typo on second paragraph. "Tehre " not "There".

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Releases Patch Tuesday Update for Windows 10 – 5 Comments

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    Think its the magnet on the iPad/case, as it seems to depend on where in the iPad I place the Chromebook. Thi

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    Chromebook & iPad power off

    I've just sat my Chromebooks Asus C302C) on top of my iPad Pro and the Chromebook screen shut off. I picked up the Chromebook and the screen came back on, sit it down and its off again.

    Any ideas what is causing this odd behaviour?

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    The Pixel 2 was the phone I wanted, but couldn't afford. Sounds like I might have side stepped some issu

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    I'm looking into building my first PC in about 10 years, and plan to base it on either high-end or the mi

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    Site logon issue

    If I access the site, while not logged on, and click on a Premium post, I’m then asked to logon. However, when I do logon, I’m taken to my profile page, rather than the article I clicked on.

    Posted 6 months ago on Site logon issue – 6 Comments

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    I opted out of the insider release ring this time, and haven't really been able to keep up to date with w

    Posted 6 months ago on Windows 10 Redstone 5 Build 17730 Released – 4 Comments

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    In reply to ibmthink: Please can you elaborate why they're wasted on a Chromebook? Not trolling you, jus

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    In terms of learning about things via advanced briefings, how do you manage to separate what you’re allowed

    Posted 6 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (July 20) – 10 Comments

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    If Windows is now focusing on productivity, and if there is any way to make a desktop more productive, then ma

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    Salt in the wound

    Its Thursday, and I'm just listening to Wednesdays Windows Weekly. About half an hour in, and talking about the World Cup, Mary Jo announces that England are 1-0 up.

    As an Englishman, ouch, that one hurt! But hey, we still get to play for 3rd place. I think we'd have all taken that before the tournament began!

    Posted 7 months ago on Salt in the wound – 3 Comments

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    As someone who spends all of my browsing time looking at and appreciating the shape of the tab, rather than th

    Posted 7 months ago on Google Starts Testing Chrome’s Material Design Refresh in Canary – 12 Comments

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    I’m curious, what would the number of sales need to be for a device like this to be viable for Microsoft? I

    Posted 7 months ago on Enthusiasts Petition Microsoft to Make Andromeda – 93 Comments

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    I first throught about a jokey response about "life in the fast lane" and "you know what you're getting i

    Posted 7 months ago on Different day same shit. – 7 Comments

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    Paul, did you ever finish the Fear Saga?

    Posted 7 months ago on Reading List: Favorite Audiobooks of 2018, So Far – 36 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott: Isn’t that on the theme tune of the film? Or is that the wrong film? There is pr

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 at 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – 107 Comments

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    ....wah, wah, wah. Sung to the theme of the film, not a comment on the post!

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 at 3: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – 107 Comments

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    “Loving” Windows is a really odd concept. It’s a tool to get a job done. Does a joiner love their hamm

    Posted 7 months ago on Love Windows – 41 Comments

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    The danger of drinking copious amounts of rose slushies on a hot day, is you ask dumb-ass questions, lol.

    Posted 7 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (June 29) – 18 Comments

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    Ok, two people beat me to the “Hey, Cortana” phrase already.

    Posted 7 months ago on Halo TV Series is Coming to Showtime – 21 Comments

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    Do you think George Lucas always intended Luke and Leia to be brother and sister when he wrote the original tr

    Posted 7 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (June 29) – 18 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:Damn it, I bit! Think we’re just going to disagree and go around in circles, so I

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 April 2018 Update Gets a New Cumulative Update – 23 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police: who is they? Most people don’t care about controlling their updates. The update

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 April 2018 Update Gets a New Cumulative Update – 23 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Is that a LotR comment? :)

    Posted 7 months ago on Things I would like to see in the a new Surface Pro – 12 Comments

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    I’m optimistic. High specs. Low cost.

    Posted 7 months ago on Things I would like to see in the a new Surface Pro – 12 Comments

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    In reply to Polycrastinator: Lol.

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 April 2018 Update Gets a New Cumulative Update – 23 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:You’re a dying breed, someone who wants to micro manage their computer updates. J

    Posted 7 months ago on Windows 10 April 2018 Update Gets a New Cumulative Update – 23 Comments

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    Have to agree with putting MW2 and 3 at top spot. The single player story was awesome (even if 'No Russi

    Posted 7 months ago on Ask Paul: June 22 (Premium) – 8 Comments

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    1st World Tech Problems

    When you load a webpage on your mobile, go to click on a link, but the page hasn’t finished loading and jumps down, meaning you click on the wrong link. You hit back to try again, and the same thing happens again.

    Posted 7 months ago on 1st World Tech Problems – 8 Comments

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    Welcome to the Dark Side. We have cooler looking spaceships!

    Posted 7 months ago on Moving to the dark side… – 14 Comments

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    Thanks Paul, my money was on Mary Jo drinking everyone under the table!

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul: June 8 (Premium) – 23 Comments

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    Loving the fact that Amazon were inspired by the design of a Borg Cube for their next product. Resistance is

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    Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley, Brad Sams and Andrew Zarian walk into a bar. At the end of the night, which one

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 8 – 11 Comments

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    Underwater data centre

    Really interesting

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44368813

    Of course, if this takes off in a huge way, we'll end up increasing sea temperatures and still destroying the planet ;)

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    Paper.Tension (Half Life 1).Note.Lifepad.Scribble.Jotter.Filofax.Yeah, I’m not cut out for marketing.

    Posted 8 months ago on Andromeda’s Name: Surface Fold? – 6 Comments

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    Winamp, wow that’s brought back welcome memories from the past!

    Posted 8 months ago on Winamp – 4 Comments

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    In reply to Simard57: Thats some run of bad luck! I'd skip on doing the lottery this week ;)

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1 – 25 Comments

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    In reply to karma77police:The original Halo on the original Xbox was epic.Its the only game that my wife and I

    Posted 8 months ago on Xbox 360 Updated for the First Time in Two Years – 9 Comments

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    What piece of technology (hardware and software) were you most excited about, then felt utterly let down when

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, June 1 – 25 Comments

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    In reply to arunphilip: I’m in the UK, and the handset model is a BT8610. Our provider is Sky TV, but the

    Posted 8 months ago on Unwanted Phone calls – 27 Comments

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    As well as blocking known spam numbers, our landline has a kind of caller protection service, where when someo

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    Hi Paul, thanks for taking the time to humour my OT questions :)

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul: May 25 (Premium) – 11 Comments

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    In reply to Daekar:Mum, we’re sick....That’s the bit, and when she drags the kids away from ET and he crie

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, May 25 – 12 Comments

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    Who really shot JFK?Did you watch the Royal Wedding?Why didn’t Gandalf use the Eagles to get to Mount Doom?W

    Posted 8 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday, May 25 – 12 Comments

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    Paul, I hate these articles. I always end up with a huge case of Tech Envy ;)Though, my 3rd gen i7 Acer Aspir

    Posted 8 months ago on Huawei MateBook X Pro First Impressions – 54 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:Not sure why you were down voted. At the time of my post you had 4 downvotes, and no com

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft’s Building the Next-Gen HoloLens in Broad Daylight – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Demileto: Come, come. I'm sure Google would never do anything to try to screw over Microsof

    Posted 9 months ago on This is What Google Said About PWAs at I/O 2018 – 33 Comments

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    In reply to skane2600: Make Microsoft great again, has a certain ring to it.

    Posted 9 months ago on Odd opening statements for the Build 2018 Keynote – 10 Comments

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    computer jokes died when 3.5 inch floppies become obsolete.

    Posted 9 months ago on Odd opening statements for the Build 2018 Keynote – 10 Comments

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    In reply to wunderbar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q:)

    Posted 9 months ago on Windows 10 1803: Manual update, wait for Windows Update or clean install? – 20 Comments

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    If I'm an Office 365 customer, will my version of desktop Office just update itself to this when it'

    Posted 9 months ago on First Preview of Office 2019 Arrives – 11 Comments

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    I can’t now find the article to back this up, but I think the price rise is US only at the moment, with othe

    Posted 9 months ago on Amazon is Raising the Price of Prime – 24 Comments

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    In reply to illuminated:Thats what they want you to believe....

    Posted 9 months ago on All Quiet on the Windows 10 1803 front – 8 Comments

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    I have it on good authority from the guy who supplies my tin hats, that the NSA is close to finishing the back

    Posted 9 months ago on All Quiet on the Windows 10 1803 front – 8 Comments

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    Nah, the 1666 Fire of London was a disaster. A buggy pre- release of 1803 is an inconvenience. :)

    Posted 9 months ago on 1803 was a disaster – 6 Comments

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    In reply to meek_teef:Security on Android is normally linked to the phone you can afford. Can afford a Pixel?

    Posted 9 months ago on Google Calls Out Microsoft on Windows 10 S Flaw – 56 Comments

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    No.

    Posted 10 months ago on Did Microsoft Choose Linux Because It’s More Secure Than Windows? (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    How would someone from the UK use an affiliate link to give you guys a few quid? The link points to .com.

    Posted 10 months ago on Tip: Prime Members Can Save Big on Low-End Kindles – 7 Comments

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    Blinx! Loved that game. Take my money!

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Bringing 19 Original Xbox Games to the Xbox One – 8 Comments

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    Oh, and if I can ask two questions, can you recommend another great Audible narrator? Looking through my lib

    Posted 10 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (April 13) – 16 Comments

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    What technology did you see in Sci-Fi as a child, and never think you’d see it in your lifetime, but is now

    Posted 10 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (April 13) – 16 Comments

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    I think I’m in the minority here, but I’m not too bothered with MS advertising their own services or their

    Posted 10 months ago on in-app advertisement in Mail app – 23 Comments

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    Now you’ve seen it, what did you think of The Last Jedi? How does it fit into your ranking of the films?

    Posted 10 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (April 6) – 12 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez: liked that. The glass is half full!

    Posted 10 months ago on It’s Time to Discuss the Notch. Again (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    In reply to SherlockHolmes:I’m afraid the answer to that is....elementary. (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)

    Posted 10 months ago on Deleted My Facebook Account – 30 Comments

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    Like Star Wars vs. Star Trek, this one divides opinion!

    Posted 10 months ago on Justice Dept. Revives Push to Mandate a Way to Unlock Phones – 11 Comments

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    In reply to bharris: To me this seems the very reason for technology. Something that would make a meaningful

    Posted 10 months ago on Microsoft Emphasizes Accessibility Improvements in Windows 10 – 5 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin: “MyFirst(c) PhotoSharing” for Windows 3.1.I think I had that app, back in the day

    Posted 10 months ago on Apple and Samsung, Going It Alone (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to ErichK: I've such great memories of the early days of computing. Everything was so new and

    Posted 11 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (March 16) – 18 Comments

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    The Atari ST was a better computer than the Commodore Amiga. Discuss ;)(Seriously, I have great memories of m

    Posted 11 months ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (March 16) – 18 Comments

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    Google Assistant - Have I backed the right horse?

    A few months ago I purchased two Google Home Assistants at the same time as two Google Wi-Fi APs when we moved into a larger house. I chose the Google Assistants over Amazon Alexa because at the time my thinking was that Google (with all of their AI clout) would be the better long term solution and would connect to more 'stuff' in a more intelligent way.

    The problem is that I'm also a heavy Amazon user, I buy from them, I listen to Audible, I'm a Amazon Prime member so use their TV and music services. All of which would work 'better' if I was also using Amazon Alexa, rather than Google Home.

    I've no real interest in home automation, beyond maybe buying a Ring Doorbell (Now Amazon), and its the Entertainment side of Assistants that I'm more interested in.

    Unless something changes, I think I did back the wrong horse.



    Posted 11 months ago on Google Assistant – Have I backed the right horse? – 9 Comments

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    When it's released, should I expect to get the P update on my Nexus 6p, or have I reached the end of its

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    In reply to StevenLayton:lol, which numpty downvoted me for asking a sensible question? Gotta love the Intern

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft is Helping Intel Distribute its Firmware Updates – 21 Comments

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    How would a normal user know a update was available? Does Windows prompt them one is available and point them

    Posted 11 months ago on Microsoft is Helping Intel Distribute its Firmware Updates – 21 Comments

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    In reply to jrickel96: thanks for adding a sensible comment to my provocative teasing post.

    Posted 11 months ago on Intel Announces 5G-Connected Windows 10 PCs Coming Next Year – 24 Comments

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    Partnering with Microsoft? 5G connectivity? SURFACE PHONE!!(Ducks)

    Posted 11 months ago on Intel Announces 5G-Connected Windows 10 PCs Coming Next Year – 24 Comments

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    In reply to NT6.1:Im not knocking anyone’s right to dislike a thing. I made a light hearted comment that he

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    In reply to karma77police:Come on fella, try and say something positive. I'm not sure why you visit the

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    Thanks for answering my off topic Star Wars question. Empire and Rogue One rank high on my list. Hope you ge

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    From favourite to least favourite, please rank the Star Wars films....

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul for this Friday (February 9) – 15 Comments

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    I won't put as bluntly as k77p, but you have to imagine the number of people who'll use this is limi

    Posted 1 year ago on Cortana Now Available on the IPad – 11 Comments

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    Why does Mehedi need good luck? My god, he’s not challenged Paul and Mary Jo to a drinking contest in New Y

    Posted 1 year ago on Reminder about Monday/Tuesday – 11 Comments

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    In reply to PeteB: You obviously don't literally mean everything - Minecraft (as this post is gaming rela

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    In reply to PincasX:The award for "Best quote of the day" goes to PincasX.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Steps In to Correct Errant Intel Patch on Windows – 10 Comments

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    Wow, my faith in the Internet has been restored. There was I making a dumb joke about 'just wearing'

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    Help with FitBit

    I bought myself a Fitbit Charge 2 in the New Year sales, but am having problems with it. I've set it all up, and have been wearing it for a few days, but so far I've not lost any weight, or got any healthier. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?!?!

    Posted 1 year ago on Help with FitBit – 10 Comments

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    Love the fact I can grab these games, and even have them installed to my Xbox, all from my Android phone!

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    Thurrott.com Is the balance right?

    Hi Paul/Brad and co

    A few weeks before the recent change to Thurrott.com, I dropped down from a Premium user, to a Standard. The reasons were nothing to do with any concerns on quality, but was purely budgetary for me. Since the recent change to the site, with Paul writing mostly Premium articles, I worry that the number of articles I can read on the site is now minimal.

    Currently on the Homepage (28/11/17) I can see 18 article, and 10 of those are Premium, with 8 of the most recent 9 being Premium. None of which I can access. I can’t help feel the balance towards Premium has shifted too much towards a paywall.

    Now, you (or others) could justifiably suggest I just pay up to get access, and it would be hard to counter that as I genuinely understand you guys need to earn your living, and you don’t owe me (or anyone) free content.

    However, I wonder if there is a middle ground somewhere?

    Just a thought and am interested in your thoughts.


    Cheers

    Posted 1 year ago on Thurrott.com Is the balance right? – 9 Comments

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    Thanks Giving

    As a Brit, I learned everything I know about Thanksgiving from watching Friends on TV.

    So to Paul, Brad and the gang, enjoy 24 hours of falling out will family, eating too much, and managing to get a turkey stuck on your head!

    Posted 1 year ago on Thanks Giving – 1 Comments

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    In reply to Markfurry: Watching the "What eval X-Box One X?!" on WW was funny.

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    Please could you cater for the international community and write the date in the correct format. Clearly the

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    It’s funny, I’ve just realised something that should have been obvious to me.I was a Windows Phone user th

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    In reply to maethorechannen Waiting for Black Friday is a sensible idea. I can wait, as I still have access t

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    Chromebook options

    Having moved to Google at home with both an assistant, and also their Wi-fi, and using a Nexus 6p, I've found myself in need of a new laptop and my current one has died, and I'm seriously considering a Chromebook.


    I work in IT, in Education, so becoming more familiar with Chromebooks is (for me) a good move.


    What are the options for for Chromebooks, in the £500 price range? It must be able to run the Google Play Store apps, and I want to have a reasonable experience, so nothing too slow.

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    Because I’m a really bad loser, and not highly skilled at FPS, I tend to prefer single player over multi pla

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    Even better than where my data is stored, I have a pumpkin icon on Outlook that gives me a Halloween theme!!

    Posted 1 year ago on Outlook.com Will Now Locate Your Data Dynamically – 11 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Read through your article, but I couldn't find the cast icon on my notification

    Posted 1 year ago on Moving to Google (TV and Videos) – 7 Comments

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    Excellent, so I've setup my Google Wi-Fi and Home, and its working great. I'm going to have fun con

    Posted 1 year ago on Moving to Google (TV and Videos) – 7 Comments

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    Thanks guys. I'll give the Youtube app, via the Xbox, and the Chromecast via my phone a shot first. If

    Posted 1 year ago on Moving to Google (TV and Videos) – 7 Comments

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    My wife's cheap Acer Aspire E15 just got it.

    Posted 1 year ago on The "Who got 1709" post – 32 Comments

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    Moving to Google (TV and Videos)

    Having being one of the few who bought movies through the Microsoft store (about 20, or so), for ease of playback on my Xbox One, I now see the error of my ways.

    Parallel to this, I’ve decided to buy into the Google Home eco-system, have and just ordered a Google Home, Google Home Mini and two Google Wi-Fis, as I’ve been tempted by this for some time. This seemed to make most sense, as I moved to a Nexus 6p a year or so ago and have already bought some music through the Google Store.

    Because of the above, I’ve decided that I’m going to buy/rent any future movies through Google. My question is what is the best way to get the content on my TV? I have the Xbox One, my Android phone and a Chromecast. Will a combination of these provide an ideal solution, or is there a reasonably priced other option I’m not considering?

    Thanks


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    Wait? What? Windows Phone is dead? When did that happen?

    Posted 1 year ago on Joe Belfiore finally stops the vague waffle – 106 Comments

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    In reply to Corey_McCowan:Good question! Playback on the Xbox was the reason I bought about 20 movies from MS

    Posted 1 year ago on Questions for 10/13? – 15 Comments

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    Thanks. I've jumped ship for the moment!

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows Insiders: RS3’s Magic Window is About to Close – 19 Comments

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    I think it was on the Friday episode, which isn’t Premium content. As long as they don’t creep into Premi

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    Did the Surface work after the dip in the water?

    Posted 1 year ago on Behind the Scenes: Ignite 2017, Orlando (Premium Video) – 32 Comments

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    I've heard rumours that a Surface Phone might be shown off...;-)

    Posted 1 year ago on Did Microsoft Just Ruin Its October Surface Announcement? – 56 Comments

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    Black keyboard. Black mouse. They type and click. Does for me. But I’ll give you, yours look cooler than

    Posted 1 year ago on What keyboard & mouse does everyone use? – 28 Comments

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    Its really interesting how emotive website Ads are. This is the second thread about them. Its a difficult ba

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    In reply to brad-sams:My main problem with this pop up ad was that it made trying to access the site on my mob

    Posted 1 year ago on Pop Up Ad – 14 Comments

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    When I look at the Google Play Protect logo, all I can see is Xbox!

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Play Protect Will ID Safe and Stable Android Devices – 7 Comments

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    In reply to Darmok N Jalad: Ouch, sounds like you were burnt! :-)

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft to Release ‘Project Scorpio’ Edition of Xbox One X – 10 Comments

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    US only at the moment, right?Not moaning, just checking.

    Posted 1 year ago on Thinking About Surface Plus – 28 Comments

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    In reply to John_Scott:If a school was going to roll out Windows 10S devices, I'd assume that these would

    Posted 1 year ago on Schools Can Now Order Windows 10 S PCs – 33 Comments

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    Theyd have to brick up my house. I use my Windows every day.

    Posted 1 year ago on What would make you leave Windows? – 83 Comments

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    Killing off support for processors in Windows 10 is a great way of kick starting the PC market again. Ahem.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Support for older Processors – 9 Comments

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    Does this act as another layer against ransom ware?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Adding Full Version History to OneDrive – 48 Comments

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    In reply to JudaZuk:Hey, enough people have liked your post to bring it back to zero!

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Spectre x2 (2017) First Impressions: More Pro Than Surface Pro – 52 Comments

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    In reply to JudaZuk:Not sure why you got 3 dislikes for just expressing an alternative style preference. Sure

    Posted 1 year ago on HP Spectre x2 (2017) First Impressions: More Pro Than Surface Pro – 52 Comments

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    Minor typo on first paragraph. This IS the obvious choice....

    Posted 1 year ago on Dell XPS 15 (2017) Review: Your Portable Workstation Has Arrived – 25 Comments

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    I guess not every month can have AAA titles.

    Posted 1 year ago on Games with Gold Goes Platforming in July – 3 Comments

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    I guess I don't understand how all of these things work, but how does AMD fit into all of this? If Intel

    Posted 1 year ago on Why Microsoft’s Snapdragon Windows 10 Cellular PC Is Walking Dead – 14 Comments

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    In reply to rlcronin:Yeah, I'm with you. In an ideal world you don't have to reboot, but doing so i

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Updates the Shipping Versions of Windows 10, Again – 61 Comments

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    In reply to SIAShotgun:i I work in education. Maybe be a standardised whiteboard app across multiple Interact

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Whiteboard for Windows 10 Leaks – 15 Comments

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    Im as bigger fan of ranting from time to time, but I'm assuming the executive has never heard of backing

    Posted 1 year ago on Non Removable SSD in Surface Pro (2017) or Surface Laptop – 15 Comments

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    Great review Paul. Love the fact the photos you've taken of the device are outside. Not sure if this wa

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Surface Pro (2017) First Impressions – 32 Comments

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    In reply to Brandonlpierce:There won't be a better post than this on the article. You win!

    Posted 1 year ago on Xbox Project Scorpio Expectations? I Have a Few – 35 Comments

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    Does the US postal service ship to the U.K.?

    Posted 1 year ago on Everything Must Go: Original Zune – 44 Comments

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    "Not available in your county" (UK). Sigh.I use the web based version fairly often to organise various small p

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    Visit a member. Chose a member (random/premium/competition) and visit them (US or abroad). Spend some time l

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    In reply to PeteB:what is it you don't want them to see from your PC? Or is it just the fact they'r

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Says Creators Update Rollout is “On Track” – 15 Comments

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    Well said.

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows Weekly Hosting – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Lerch:Cheers!

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    Do you know where a full, untouched, version of the full Microsoft Edu keynote can be found? The video on the

    Posted 1 year ago on We Help Wednesday 5/10 – 5 Comments

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    The laptops were all cheap, and will have home version of Windows on them! I have contacted Microsoft Educati

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    Does anyone know if it will be possible to update existing computers to Windows 10 S? I work in a school and we have a bank of unmanaged Windows 8 laptops. Upgrading them to Windows 10 S, and managing them through the educational version of inTune is of interest to me.

    Posted 1 year ago on WIndows 10 S on existing hardware – 3 Comments

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    Ive seen the leaked documents. They're releasing Surface branded mouse mats, coloured and textured to ma

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    I'd like the watch

    Posted 1 year ago on Everything Must Go: Windows Server 2003 Ship Gift – 93 Comments

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    Can Paul teach Brad how to pronounce more planet names from the Star Wars universe?

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    In reply to Todd Logsdon:not sure why someone voted your comment down. Voted it up to even that out!Just call

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Begins Rolling Out the Creators Update Today – 31 Comments

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    Bugger. Jumping out of the insider program was this weekends job!

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Delivers First Redstone 3 Build of Windows 10 to Insiders – 12 Comments

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    One of the complaints I've read online about the new iPad is that it is thicker and heavier than the mode

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple is Finally Competing on Price (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    Looking to get our daughter a new iPad mini soon, so getting more storage for the same price is great. Edit.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Subtly Updates Its i-Device Lineup – 43 Comments

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    Whats the difference? Is it performance improvements, UI changes, or both?

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    In reply to skane2600:trying to work out why the excitement for one. I don't get it.

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    Coming from the UK, we rarely see really heavy snowfall like Paul is getting. Can you send some across the pon

    Posted 1 year ago on We Help Wednesday 3/15 – 10 Comments

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    In reply to anchovylover:'Free fall' seems a little strong. But I've noticed an odd login bug,

    Posted 1 year ago on We Help Wednesday 3/15 – 10 Comments

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    Can I ask a question of WP fans? What are your hopes for a Surface Phone? Is it simply the probably high bui

    Posted 1 year ago on surface phone to be released late 2018 or 2019 and a new windows phone at the end of this week – 13 Comments

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    In reply to nightmare99:I wish Microsoft would make our spam filters GREAT again.

    Posted 1 year ago on Whitehouse – 10 Comments

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    Windows - "I notice your computer has been running slow for the last few weeks, click here to buy compatible R

    Posted 1 year ago on This is Why There Are Ads in Windows 10 (Premium) – 107 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:Yeah, Edge is pinned to my Taskbar and I've seen the notification.

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off Lock Screen, Start and Action Center Advertising – 38 Comments

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    The fact that the article needs to be so long, speaks volumes! Paul should have been just able to write "Click

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Tip: Turn Off Lock Screen, Start and Action Center Advertising – 38 Comments

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    In reply to rameshthanikodi:Sorry, my lazy typing. Was supposed to say that VR/AR etc not coming to Scorpio "

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Details Its Mixed Reality Roadmap – 16 Comments

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    VR not coming with Scorpio. Probably a cost thing? Ship the console for £600 then the headset stuff later f

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Details Its Mixed Reality Roadmap – 16 Comments

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    Brad, I'm still addicted to Command and Conquer Generals and it's Zero Hour add-on. I love RTS game

    Posted 1 year ago on Halo Wars 2: RTS For the Xbox Fans – 9 Comments

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    Watched Casualty on BBC1 last night and the doctor was using an orange Lumia 930. Great prop choice!  Gue

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    Watched Casualty on BBC1 last night and the doctor was using an orange Lumia 930.  Great prop choice!

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Phones on the plane – 29 Comments

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    A blue one.

    Posted 2 years ago on What do you want to see in a Surface Book 2 – 26 Comments

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    I'm looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker to mainly use in car for listening to Audible and podcasts.  

    Posted 2 years ago on We Help Wednesday 2/7 – 15 Comments

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    Can you rank the Star Wars films in order of your favourite, to least favourite?

    Posted 2 years ago on Questions for 2/3 Podcast – 7 Comments

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    Nokia Lumia 930

    Posted 2 years ago on Everything Must Go: More Phones (Updated) – 658 Comments

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    In reply to ghostrider: My second laptop (with insider builds) is now my primary laptop, which I'd prefer to b

    Posted 2 years ago on Backing out of the insider W10 builds – 6 Comments

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    Cheers guys.  

    Posted 2 years ago on Backing out of the insider W10 builds – 6 Comments

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    Backing out of the insider W10 builds

    Whats the easiest way of backing out of the Windows 10 insider builds, and go back to a clean 1607 build?  Is it just a case of turing off insider builds from Settings > Windows Update > Windows Insider Program?  What then?  If I do a restore, will it be a 1607 restore I go back to, or do I need to do a clean install of W10?

    Posted 2 years ago on Backing out of the insider W10 builds – 6 Comments

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    Misfit Shine

    Posted 2 years ago on Everything Must Go: Misfit Shine – 30 Comments

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    Not because it was the best version of Windows, but the fondest memories I have was Windows 3.11, which was in

    Posted 2 years ago on Favorite version of Windows? – 26 Comments

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    Nexus 6P Hot pocket

    A few months ago my Nexus 6P was updated to Android 7.0 and my battery life suddenly plummeted.  

    I’m a big Audible user and use it daily on my drive to and from work.  After the 7.0 update my battery would drain by about 20% on my 35 minute drive to work.  It didn’t do this before the update.  At work the phone would often get really hot in my pocket, the MS Next lock screen would always be active, and once or twice Audible would spring to life in my pocket.  

    I tried resetting it and many other things, nothing seemed to work.

    Just before Christmas, on a hunch, I removed the Next lock screen and I think that this has cured the issue. I’d been using the Next lock screen before the 7.0 update without issue.

    Has anyone had this issue?  I can only think that the Next lock screen was at fault here, though the Audible app springing to life was also odd.  I'd still like to be able to use Next again, but don't want the battery issues or hit pocket.  Thoughts?  

     

    Posted 2 years ago on Nexus 6P Hot pocket – 5 Comments

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    In reply to Sprtfan: Yeah, I can second this.  I've been doing this with my daughters laptop.  

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Laptop setup for a child – advice please – 10 Comments

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    Hi Paul - small typo on the "Share with Me in Word, Excel and PowerPoint" Should it read "Office 2016", not "W

    Posted 2 years ago on Office 365 November Updates Focus on Collaboration – 6 Comments

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    Good article, but you think duplicated the last paragraph by mistake?

    Posted 2 years ago on Adobe Photoshop Elements is Now Available in the Windows Store – 48 Comments

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    Maybe they could name such a device the "Kitchen Surface"?

    Posted 2 years ago on Bringing Cortana to the Kitchen – 68 Comments

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