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It's nice that Chrome is catching up with Safari, Firefox, and probably others I'm not bothering to

In reply to Dan1986ist:I don't know, but I did jump back on the Insider train--at the Release Preview lev

I desire 3x2 or 4x3 too. Paul, you often mention the cost of the Surface machines. May I suggest that part (no

Exercising the hardware aspect of the store was an "Insider" quest a few flights ago (stopping short of finali

In reply to Stooks:Here (Olympic Peninsula, WA) the non-Prime free shipping I use has a stellar record after t

Hi, Paul...Consider store app Affinity Photo. Regularly $50, on sale for 2 more weeks at $ 37.50.Sorry, I don&

Microsoft buying Square would be frightening to the current Square customers...it's hard to see MS keepin

“...terrible company run by a madman” Please, Paul, tell us what you think. ?

Since you invited (almost--it's a step beyond pure grammar) this: 4th paragraph from end:"They are the on

"Vista Capable" (except not supporting the new style graphics) worked out really well for Microsoft.

Brad: "There were tears, there was crying...". And that was just you. Daughter was upset too.

In reply to craigsn:On one of my machines, the manifest file was not found the first time I ran the command bu

In reply to IanYates82:Unicode is hard.

Paul, I suspect that the fact that Surface Laptop hasn't become the top seller over Surface Pro suggests

In reply to Bats:To quote from a recent Apple ad for the iPad: "What's a computer?"(It is alleged that th

Don't forget the iCEO (the i was said to stand for interim), Mr. S. Jobs.

I have not yet seen security discussions about PWAs. But it is SO easy to write JavaScript insecurely, by the

Wonderful choice of project, Paul. Enjoy!

Great image, Paul.Perhaps I'm less interested than some in part because weather is so easy here near Seat

I'm old, and I have no answers. But, I do have a tech-less growing-up experience. At least it was tech-le

My two Win10 machines are probably not included in the AdDuplex count based on what I’ve installed on them.

In reply to chrisrut:Once you get 1709 the upgrade process becomes slower and faster. More work is done before

Brad, you get a superb frame rate when you go out to the golf course and play.

For me the AppleTV remote works OK, but... I’m the only one using it and I sit one place and there’s a ha

Store app "HP Smart" does what I need with my low end HP all-in-one. (Every time an update hits the fast ring,

Paul, indeed, likes Chrome, and the way he appears to use his machines, it's pretty clear that Chrome is

The old rule was to never tell the person trying to log in (i.e., the attacker) whether it is the username or

For Insiders on Twitter, one need not follow @donasarkar. @windowsinsider is just announcements, and @NorthFac

I read a pretty detailed description of the first USB protocol (Ars Technica, perhaps), and came away amazed t

Switch + tape = switch less likely to be toggled.

I'm guessing that, while Paint is moving to the Store (and probably was when the deprecation from Windows

The original Win 10 IS still supported, in the form of Enterprise LTS. So pushing an update to lesser versions

On my slow laptop (with slow but plenty large hard drive) I have plenty of time during these updates to contem

In reply to bbold:One problem with "Fall Update" is that the earth has an equator and Microsoft sells on both

I believe Enterprise LTS is still 1507 (and will be for a long time). That should be the reason for security u

Brad, make sure the AmpliFi has updated firmware. Security.

In reply to warren:"Software takes longer and costs more."

In reply to LocalPCGuy:Google must still be scanning for spam and virus issues. It's highly likely they a

About 25 minutes.

Paul, have you tried tossing a plug into the headphone jack before beginning the first run experience? That sh

In reply to Daekar:tl;dr: NoYou don't presently have the option to install the Store versions on a machin

The first public beta of iOS 11 is out. Stay away from the dev releases now. I haven't seen anyone else f

In reply to bbold:Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1. No obvious connection to Elite X3.

My hope is that I will not move again until I move into an urn.

In reply to Jules Wombat:Thank you for the Edge crash context. Complaints about Edge crashes have long confuse

In reply to glenn8878: Since 2013 HP has been two companies with (increasingly) different sets of shareholders

Keep in mind that we are far enough away from Windows 10's first general release that some machines for

Windows 10 S appears to have led to a Cupertino Decision.

Interesting to see "Tahoma" on the post. That is the proper (native American) name for Mt Rainier, and the nam

In reply to Waethorn:Harder to improve silicon over time than drivers. Not to mention, in the case of codecs,

In reply to zorb56:Think of your Ethernet needs like this: you're going to plug a long skinny flexible do

Brad said "bash" and Paul fainted.

In reply to harmjr:*Can* legacy Win32 applications support the share contract?

In reply to BoItmanLives:Thanks for the reminder...I had overcome my advanced case of GooglePhobia long enough

When a waterspout is awesome, you want to be somewhere else.

In reply to Simard57:Darn kids! (I'm 77--the first computer for which I wrote code and sat in front of ru

In reply to Waethorn:The build has gone to the OEM partners for whatever-they-do and installation.The cumulati

APFS is a big under-the-hood thing, given that it replaces a disk file system that dates back to 1987It will b

In reply to Philip Stenning:Yes, and that's an example of why one should not have providers create domain

Thanks for the reminder, Paul. Sometime between week 1 and now, Microsoft let go of the domain that had been a

In reply to zbecka:KB4015438 was the one earlier this week (Tuesday, for me).

In addition to this update (KB4015438, that is), my 1607 machine (Vista-era Dell tower) also received an updat

Nice horns, Paul.

In reply to Luka Radunovic:To paraphrase ads for a brand of beef jerky, the disappearance and return of waterm

In reply to Joseph R. Jones:You pointed out security so I don't have to. In addition to isolation, you wa

In reply to Luka Radunovic:We're in the last 2 3/4 years (triple-digit days) of support for Windows 7 on

Remember that these settings are per user account. And naturally you have two: your seldom-used (except for In

In reply to Simard57:Office 2016 (at least the current (via Office 365) version 1612 (Build 7668.2074)) does a

And 60 days after RS 3 goes to Current Branch for Business (the start of the blue part of the bar), Anniversar

UPnP: aka "total insecurity"

Name crimes: 1. Office365. A business/enterprise thing and a consumer thing. Different enough that when Micros

“An ad blocker … may adversely affect the performance and content on Bloomberg.com.” Perhap

Get well quickly and easily, Brad. To quote a get well card I saw in the 1960s: Outside: The gang at the offic

I buy a new machine that comes with a year of free personal Office 365 and activate it as such (not extending

OK, it's finally time to ask: why do we still refer to things like this as "set-top boxes"? These days it woul

In reply to MacLiam: Does the Reliability Monitor display give you any interesting clues?  

One thing mother did with her physics PhD was noise reduction on the DC-6. (Yes, there was noise reduction.)

Well, the C119 whose rear door system kept popping open in flight from Massachusetts to Tullahoma, TN was wors

In reply to Corey_McCowan: I think Corey is right. I also think I will likely miss the full effect. (I current

Paul, "...most terrible bed in the most terrible hotel room I’ve had in years..."  Does that go bac

"...perfect train wreck..." Congratulations. It's really hard to be perfect.

1. Note that HP is something of a special case in that the consumer PC (and printer) business has been split o

I must remember to read the byline. My mental picture of Paul picking up his daughter didn't go well. Get well

My iPhone 4 is still in service as my in-car podcast player.

In reply to FalseAgent: Try Netflix' https://fast.com and note the link to compare to link to speedtest.net Th

Since typing in the search box counts, I'm one of the MAU. About half of my interactions are typing win (usual

3rd graf from end (counting Huzzah): "and that means that ARM-based Windows 10 PCs are going to include SIM sl

'cloud city'? Humpf. Clear and sunny today. Reservations for meetup?

Microsoft has made "Office 365" "a little confusing" (as you've mentioned from time to time). Since MS doesn't

This is a promising feature for the site, even if this edition was a bit misty until corrected.

In reply to MikeGalos: LOL. (Hi, Mike)

I generally do work like SIM changing over the open center drawer of my desk. That has been a good thing more

I have one of the few 2520s sold. I rather liked it.  I also have the keyboard cover with battery. The ba

Re Paint:  "...unlike the old ribbon interface." My goodness, we're several years past reading about "tha

And here I was imagining an equine, long eared peach image.

The rumor sites are claiming that Apple hasn't shipped a Siri-based box for the home for exactly this reason a

One less dongle: Apple is selling USB-C to Lightning cables (in 1 and 2 meter lengths) for plugging in your iP

This looks like a nice use of the Touch Bar. Unfortunately, I won't find out for myself as I don't want a lapt

In reply to Waethorn: Thanks Wae. I must be getting old letting Paul get by with "silicon" for "silicone". But

One thing I've noticed as a person who has never owned or managed a Windows server is a fairly steady decline

One day, an update will fix the long pause at 95% download with these things (two machines on 1607).

I spent a few hours in Breckenridge on each of several days in late 1940s and the 1950s. I liked Breckenridge