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GarethB

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    I remember a post from 2021 sometime which suggested the session was limited to an IP address or network. I m

    Posted 1 week ago on Thurrott Premium Members Login – 14 Comments

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    Android already has APIs for NFC access. Many OEMs already use it - eg Samsung Pay.It's not like Google foist

    Posted 2 weeks ago on EU Commission Says Apple Pay Abused its Dominant Position on iOS – 37 Comments

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    Of course, if Apple were selling their device to customers as a cut-price device your argument might make sens

    Posted 2 weeks ago on EU Commission Says Apple Pay Abused its Dominant Position on iOS – 37 Comments

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    Poly was so named after Plantronics took over Polycom. Polycom was probably best known for its video conferenc

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    Not sure how you make that statement. There has been no change to the EdgeDeflector source code since Septemb

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Confirms Its Anticompetitive and User Hostile Behavior is Purposeful – 87 Comments

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    Well.... that is a good question. Been running Ubuntu (on a second PC) for a couple of months as a trial, and

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Confirms Its Anticompetitive and User Hostile Behavior is Purposeful – 87 Comments

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    Anyone can have an issue with Win11 (or anything else) - but when the same complaint (with almost no actual re

    Posted 6 months ago on New Windows 11 Build Adds Mute/Unmute on the Taskbar – 23 Comments

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    Microsoft decided to remove a largely working feature from an open-source project (that it runs) to favour a W

    Posted 6 months ago on Microsoft Backs Down From Open-Source Mistake – 30 Comments

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    It's as if the USB-IF thinks everyone spends time carefully inspecting the logo on each port.Most normal peopl

    Posted 7 months ago on USB-IF Announces New Certified USB Type-C Cable Power Rating Logos – 2 Comments

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    Completely agree.Microsoft implemented a new driver model for ME, and some of the drivers were let's just say

    Posted 7 months ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, October 4 – 12 Comments

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    So... How many licenses do you think Microsoft would actually have sold to M1 Mac owners? How much development

    Posted 8 months ago on Microsoft Says No to WOA Support on M1 Macs – 91 Comments

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    Looking forward to Microsoft making a reg key available to turn off automatic upgrades to Win11. Not keen on

    Posted 8 months ago on Thanks for Testing Windows 11, Now Leave – 62 Comments

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    Perhaps the mandate was to make sure the Azure division outsold Windows...

    Posted 10 months ago on Is Windows 11 the most cynical release of Windows ever? – 56 Comments

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    There is simply nobody but Microsoft so adept at making its fans seriously consider macOS and Linux.

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    Why stop at 2025? Income, Profit - name it as you wish

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    That part number is a Lenovo Yoga, not a Lenovo *ThinkPad* Yoga.These are different things. One is a consumer-

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    In reply to pbeiler1:All features that most of the rest of the business world is using thunderbolt (or USB-C)

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    Yes, this is an annoying one. It seems that I fix it and then some dates change... very frustrating. As othe

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    In reply to sammyg:I agree regarding how is this anti-competitive - I guess the weak argument is regarding App

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    So, will I still be able to pay for stuff from a card? Or is that too much of a 2019 feature? I just wasn'

    Posted 1 year ago on Google Pay Redesigned on Android and iOS – 8 Comments

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    The whole point (I thought) of [Chr]Edge was that developers don't have to test on it, that the test that

    Posted 1 year ago on Why aren’t developers familiar with the new Microsoft Edge? – 10 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:Perhaps they would like to see how it goes for people in small chunks, rather than just

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Version 20H2 – 32 Comments

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    In reply to geschinger:While I agree with most of what you said, I have a simple question: Does Apple not take

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    In reply to davidl:True, but not in a x64 Windows OS ;-)

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    OnePlus last year released the 7 and the 7 Pro, 6 months later, the 7T and the 7T Pro, just as they started 20

    Posted 1 year ago on OnePlus 8T to Debut on October 14 – 9 Comments

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    LG: Look what we can do! Everyone else: Why?

    Posted 1 year ago on LG Announces Wing 5G Smartphone – 30 Comments

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    An interesting perspective. I figured that 'Google helping' was some just one poor guy hidden away

    Posted 1 year ago on Inside Story of How Google & MS created the Surface Duo – 7 Comments

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    With Oracle's great reputation for managing companies it takes over, this is sure to be a success. /sNo

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    In reply to jfgordon:Lets take another recent example;[in 1998:] "If I don't like that Internet Explorer

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    In reply to lvthunder:Is anyone literally saying that? I think there are plenty of opinions on whether Apples

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Retaliates Against Epic – 108 Comments

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    So you want smaller phones, with bigger batteries, dual speakers, headphone sockets and optical zoom. Sounds

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    In reply to JE:Personally, I can't see any use for it myself. Nor can I see a market for it either.My poi

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    Well.... finally some here are realising that this isn't intended to be a replacement for your Pixel, S10

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo … or Surface DOA? (Premium) – 88 Comments

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    Well _IF_ that's the case someone had better have a go at both Playstation and Xbox. They also sell the

    Posted 1 year ago on Sonos: Amazon Selling Smart Speakers Below Cost is Illegal – 44 Comments

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    This just seems to be a great way for Microsoft to flush away a whole pile of cash and reputation.If Tiktok la

    Posted 1 year ago on Damned if You Do (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    In reply to maddycom:I imagine just as they deal with iPhone users of Outlook, Office apps, LinkedIn, or Skype

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Confirms Its Interest In Buying TikTok – 64 Comments

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    A virtual desktop is essentially a list of shown/hidden applications.When you change desktops, Window state is

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    The reversing sensors:I have exactly the same frustrating problem in my car ([European] Ford). I find it espe

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, June 8 – 21 Comments

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    In reply to ponsaelius:Its called "the Windows Phone strategy".

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    In reply to BeckoningEagle:Poor english too, you'd think they'd make is "Required Daigonistc Data" :

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Build 19577 to Insiders – 7 Comments

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    In reply to PhilipVasta:I thought this was an old wives tale of Windows past, but recently ran into this probl

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    In reply to lvthunder:It is essentially WASM (WebAssembly) running a .NET runtime, running your code. Essenti

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    Hypothetically, what would Microsofts opinion be, if Google in an update to Chrome modified the file associati

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft to Push Bing on Office 365 ProPlus Customers – 34 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Open an Office app, From the File/home menu select 'Account'.If it says that y

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft to Push Bing on Office 365 ProPlus Customers – 34 Comments

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    For everyone else, it's the same icon that iOS uses. .... and it's just replacing the old 'radi

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Releases First Insider Build of 2020 – 9 Comments

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    Good luck everyone

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Microsoft’s Windows Weekly Giveaway: Office 365 Home – 1116 Comments

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    In reply to Stooks:You're reading market analysts who make expectations, and then are pleased/disappointe

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    OK, now install several pieces of Anti-malware tools and some over-zealous anti-virus to try to prevent infect

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    In reply to wright_is:They didn't. This doesn't replace the 7 Pro.

    Posted 2 years ago on OnePlus 7T Preview – 24 Comments

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    OnePlus 7T replaces the OnePlus 7.The OnePlus 7 Pro will be replaced with the OnePlus 7T Pro (There is an an

    Posted 2 years ago on OnePlus 7T Preview – 24 Comments

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    The stupidest part here is they're likely sending many of their 'partners' off to evaluate, and

    Posted 2 years ago on The real issue with Microsoft’s Partner Internal Use Licence removal – 23 Comments

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    In reply to Jippa Wip:You forgot; "Trade wars are easy to win".haha

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    In reply to Bats:Such quality in these here 'Standard' comments....

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    In reply to Shmuelie:If they don't appeal (and win), they'll also have to change their business prac

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    So... a sandbox with no internet is less secure?

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows Sandbox hast no Internet connection while host ist using a VPN – 17 Comments

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    In reply to elessar25:That would be true if sellers were allowed to sell their App/subscription for 30% more o

    Posted 2 years ago on Oh, Apple (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:That's the best solution. /sI'm just wondering how Apple would go selling iPho

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    In reply to earlster:Yes, exactly. It's a different kind of monopoly;Microsoft had a monopoly share of t

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    In reply to gibber:Between headsets, webcams and laptops, it doesn't appear particularly surprising that

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Most larger businesses want a RANGE of devices. (including laptops and often desktops) Ma

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    I'm seriously unsure why the Pixel phones don't have lightning connectors.Google is so intent on cop

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    It seems the only thing unique here is that we (insiders) get to see two different development versions concur

    Posted 3 years ago on Slow Down Windows 10 Development, You Say? (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:"MS should provide less stable versions of Windows"I think they're trying that already :

    Posted 3 years ago on Slow Down Windows 10 Development, You Say? (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    In reply to BeckoningEagle:Wow, the first time I ever have seen the Plus/4 mentioned - there are two ex-owners

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    So, if they killed To-Do, you couldn't just 'move on'? Your last paragraph seems to be a bit c

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    In reply to Pierre Masse:I guess that since it's a site that talk about Windows, it's normal to talk

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    "Acer’s Swift 7 has won the CES 2019 Innovation Award" - that says everything about this - winning an innova

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    In reply to Sprtfan:It is simply up to the maintainers of the project how much MS (or anyone else) can contrib

    Posted 3 years ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday (December 21) – 16 Comments

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    In reply to Jacob-Bearce:100% - IE was the most standards compliant and popular browser.... in 2001. If you u

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    In reply to karma77police:Here's an idea: Read the article before formulating your criticism.This is Micr

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    In reply to lwetzel:Concerned about identity theft :-)

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    In reply to UbelhorJ:No... for that you can use "ToDo". ... or maybe Wunderlist :-)

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    In reply to maethorechannen:Good service in the USA.Cr*p service outside the USA.Yep, the usual Microsoft. He

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    Sorry, I came to look at dcdevito's post about how OnePlus never updates anything.Will have to check agai

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    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Starts Rolling Out Improved OneDrive for Windows 10 – 26 Comments

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    This largely then comes down to profit vs market share.Apple is making a shed load on a reduction in market sh

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Delivers a Blockbuster Quarter, But… – 62 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:One word... OK, maybe two: US focus.If you want to geographically limit your custom

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    In reply to innitrichie:As much as you're undoubtedly right, it's also ridiculous.

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:The fact that it's not bigger news for Windows 10 is telling...Yep, it's

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    If the cost is approaching Pixel 2, S9, or iPhone X levels, why would anyone buy it? The point of the 1+ phon

    Posted 4 years ago on Yes, the OnePlus 6 Will Be a Flagship Killer – 26 Comments

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    Maybe they're hoping for MS to want to acquire it :-).

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    Posted 4 years ago on Health Hacking: Anniversary (Premium) – 34 Comments

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    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Denies That Cortana is Dead (Premium) – 96 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:The question is how much untrusted code in being run on these devices?The vulnerability

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    Posted 4 years ago on Ask Paul: December 29 (Premium) – 37 Comments

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    This boils down to CIRP not being sure Apples targets for the X. Zzzz..The fact the such they sold so many of

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    I've been on a Keto diet since February - results have been great, although not as fast as some people re

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    This feels a bit like the term Paul is happy to use elsewhere: entitlement.We are invited into the testing of

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Sets Itself Up for Trouble with Insiders (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to will:To use a simplistic version: if DWM causes BSODs on 1 in 10 users with 'Sets' turne

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Sets Itself Up for Trouble with Insiders (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    In reply to cyloncat:That's because it's not April 1st yet :-)

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    Looks like someone at MS has looked over the wall and seen a Logitech MX Master and/or Anywhere, and then got

    Posted 4 years ago on Hands-On: Microsoft Surface Precision Mouse – 21 Comments

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    Of course, as it's tied to the Fall CU, most Windows 10 users will be the last to see any benefit......As

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft is Updating OneDrive Everywhere – 21 Comments

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    In reply to hrlngrv:Have you even been reading Pauls posts? https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/83964/

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    In reply to wunderbar:Just another reason to not go back to OneDrive....

    Posted 4 years ago on Microsoft Suddenly Drops OneDrive Support for Non-NTFS Disks – 94 Comments

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    The weird thing is the community wants both - we want to have access to all the stuff MS is thinking about inc

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    Google obviously doesn't feel its ads are 'annoying', so in reality, in doing this it's pr

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    In reply to chump2010:The fact is that these drivers were being deployed for so long - and that many customers

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    In reply to Mark from CO:The platforms for the immediate and medium-term appear to be settled. However, there

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    In reply to vernonlvincent:USB-C <> Thunderbolt. The most you'll get out of those adapters is a 4.

    Posted 5 years ago on Microsoft Surface Laptop Preview – 76 Comments

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    8-9 years ago I recall almost identical urging of Microsoft to look at the iPhone tsunami. They replied with

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