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    Congrats Paul and Stephanie!

    Posted 4 days ago on We Closed on the Mexico City Apartment (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    Congrats and safe travels.

    Posted 1 week ago on No Ask Paul this week, sorry – 6 Comments

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    Looks a lot like the "new Outlook" for macOS which is to say very different from the current Outlook for Windo

    Posted 2 weeks ago on Quick Hands-On: Outlook (Pre-Release) – 39 Comments

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    Yeah, those are the only two that come to mind quickly. Not sure if either has any kind of free tier though.

    Posted 2 weeks ago on Ask Paul: April 6 (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    It's like when I right-click the Edge icon and select "Launch Edge Bar" by mistake. That option appeared in on

    Posted 3 weeks ago on Analysis: Microsoft Post-Earnings Conference Call (Premium) – 6 Comments

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    Smart App Control sounds a lot like macOS Gatekeeper and having app notarization, etc. The difference is you c

    Posted 1 month ago on Ask Paul: April 8 (Premium) – 13 Comments

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    Hey Paul, hope you are well.Windows 11 Pro will soon require an Internet connection and signing in to a Micros

    Posted 3 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, February 18 – 8 Comments

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    I've noticed this to be slightly better over time, similar to how their chart indicates. It still takes a lot

    Posted 3 months ago on Microsoft Teams Now Uses up to 50% Less Power During Meetings – 23 Comments

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    Congrats! Welcome aboard.

    Posted 3 months ago on Please Welcome Laurent Giret to BWW Media Group! – 33 Comments

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    You may want to try the silicone case instead of the leather. I found the leather more uncomfortable to hold t

    Posted 3 months ago on Apple iPhone 13 Pro Review – 51 Comments

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    What publishers/studios can Sony afford? Take Two would be a big win, but I don't know if they can afford it.

    Posted 3 months ago on Sony Stumbles in Wake of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Announcement – 24 Comments

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    As Paul said, if you are interested (even remotely) in the history of Xbox, check out the Power On documentary

    Posted 4 months ago on Programming Windows: Bombshell (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    Bizarre. Why not work with Microsoft on this? Instead Google is working with Acer, HP, and…Intel?It reminds

    Posted 4 months ago on Google is Working to Integrate Android with Windows – 55 Comments

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    I had a similar experience with Surface Support recently. Overall it was a mixed bag.I ordered a Surface Lapto

    Posted 6 months ago on I Swear That I’ll Never Buy Another Surface Device – 32 Comments

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    Are there any usage statistics on Workplace? I've never encountered anyone who uses it, let alone someone in t

    Posted 6 months ago on Meta/Facebook Announces Workplace Integration with Microsoft Teams – 9 Comments

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    Are you as frustrated as I am with the constant renaming and rebranding that Microsoft does? It's always been

    Posted 6 months ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, November 5 – 11 Comments

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    On a laptop recently I was able to get around the Windows 11 Home Microsoft Account requirement in the OOBE by

    Posted 7 months ago on Ask Paul: October 15 (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    I'm taking a chance on Surface Laptop Studio. Looks like it will be great. Yes, not as thin/sleek as I would h

    Posted 7 months ago on Surface is Back, Baby (Premium) – 55 Comments

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    Brad, we will miss you here immensely. Glad to hear you'll still be doing FRD and we'll keep following you on

    Posted 8 months ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, August 30 – 28 Comments

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    Welcome aboard!

    Posted 8 months ago on Please Welcome Stephen Chapman to Thurrott.com! – 41 Comments

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    Is there some processor feature in 8th generation and newer Intel models that Windows 11 needs to take advanta

    Posted 10 months ago on TPM Outrage (Premium) – 140 Comments

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    Let's say BWW gets you a Taycan...

    Posted 10 months ago on Going Electric: A 1500 Mile Road Trip (Premium) – 49 Comments

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    Paul, what do you do with your actual telephone number when you switch carriers? Do you port the numbers or do

    Posted 10 months ago on What I Use: Mexico City (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    I would love to see this same trip done in a non-Tesla vehicle or in a Tesla vehicle, but where the Supercharg

    Posted 10 months ago on Going Electric: A 1500 Mile Road Trip (Premium) – 49 Comments

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    That would be a nice option...preserving 25+ years of Start Menu muscle memory.

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11: A Few More Observations – 68 Comments

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    Any idea how recent this leaked build is? I'm curious to know if this build is used next week during the event

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11: A Few More Observations – 68 Comments

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    I don't understanding the centering either. I suppose macOS started the "trend" 20 years ago, but only recentl

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 11 First Impressions – 136 Comments

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    I would recommend The History of the Future (also by Blake J. Harris). It's about Oculus from inception to jus

    Posted 11 months ago on Ask Paul: June 11 (Premium) – 5 Comments

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    Paul, I was sure Penton would be done for soon after they went through a structured bankruptcy in 2010 but som

    Posted 11 months ago on Windows 10 Throwback: January 21, 2015 (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    Same here; I haven't did a wipe and rebuild since the Windows 95 days.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: May 7 (Premium) (Updated) – 19 Comments

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    Hey Paul, I've noticed this now in both Office 365 and consumer Outlook/Hotmail accounts.In Outlook Settings u

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, May 7 – 17 Comments

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    I'm also wondering if this was (at least partially) a reason why Discord shunned Microsoft's offer.

    Posted 1 year ago on Sony Partners with Discord – 13 Comments

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    "I feel like someone who can communicate in an articulate fashion with enough passion and knowledge about what

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: April 23 (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    I had no idea Visual Studio was still 32-bit...

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2022 – 19 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Could be. If so, it's a very mixed message from Microsoft.We're a midsized

    Posted 1 year ago on Baby Steps Don’t Win the Race (Premium) – 91 Comments

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    I had nearly the exact same reaction this morning."Oh hey, new Surface hardware from Microsoft. Laptop 4, oh,

    Posted 1 year ago on Baby Steps Don’t Win the Race (Premium) – 91 Comments

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    In reply to gartenspartan:It's US-focused for sure. Outside of the US iMessage (and the iPhone in general

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Didn’t Bring iMessage to Android Because of its Lock-In Strategy – 118 Comments

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    Not trying to be ignorant here, but is there any reason why Intel can't become a foundry like TSMC and Sa

    Posted 1 year ago on Crisis (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Do you ever run into a situation at home where something that was working for months/years conks out suddenly

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] First Ring Daily 1000: Ask Our Wives (Almost) Anything (About Us) – 24 Comments

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    In reply to christianwilson:I was just about to post the same thing regarding Short Takes/Ask Paul.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: February 19 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    Have they announced any plans to drop the standalone apps (Word, Excel, etc.)? I can't recall if that was

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Brings Office App to iPad – 13 Comments

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    In reply to remco8264:It's not even Chromium Edge...I'm assuming the only people who would pay for t

    Posted 1 year ago on MSN Explorer and ‘Premium’ are still a thing in 2021! – 5 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:It looks like the content itself so far is free.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: February 5 (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    "I don’t think I will be able to avoid it. I can’t allow him to make new claims unchallenged."Good, good.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: February 5 (Premium) – 28 Comments

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    I read earlier this week that Steven Sinofsky has changed his book plans and has started to publish Hardcore S

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, February 5 – 18 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I can't recall his name at all. He was a bigger guy with long hair and a long g

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, February 1 – 3 Comments

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    I attended one of those roadshows in Manhattan back when I was writing for Penton and met Mark Minasi in perso

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, February 1 – 3 Comments

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    I'm still amazed that so many companies walk themselves into these terrible situations.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Backtracks, Xbox Live Gold Pricing Won’t Change – 28 Comments

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    A paid update per year makes sense, that's what Tony Redmond and the guys who do the Office 365 for IT Pr

    Posted 1 year ago on A New Support Plan for the Windows 10 Field Guide – 38 Comments

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    Obvious future play will be to create a bundle of 10X hardware with 365 Education licenses to compete against

    Posted 1 year ago on The (10)X Factor (Premium) – 72 Comments

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    Happy New Year to all. Hope your holidays were good.

    Posted 1 year ago on Happy New Year! – 9 Comments

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    I know pre-COVID there were often Premium Member meetups at various conferences. Have any of you considered do

    Posted 1 year ago on Join us for our Live AMA on December 29th at 7PM ET – 76 Comments

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    That being said, I will still sell my soul for a 911RSame here, buddy.

    Posted 1 year ago on Going Electric: 1500 Miles Later (Premium) – 85 Comments

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    3rd largest ISV is probably true; they have plenty of popular Android software (Outlook Mobile, Office, Xbox,

    Posted 1 year ago on Surface Duo is Coming to 4 New Countries in 2021 – 37 Comments

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    I agree this move would be to maintain feature parity with both Chromebooks and Macs. But there are web apps t

    Posted 1 year ago on Android Apps on Windows, Again (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    In reply to beckerrt:Yeah, Paul, are you getting one of these? I'd like to see a review from you.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Did It … Again (Premium) – 147 Comments

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    Today I learned that Paul was responsible for the design of the computer displays in all Toys 'R Us locat

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, November 2 – 13 Comments

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    As mentioned on Windows Weekly over the past month, there have been several high-profile outages with both Azu

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, October 30 – 11 Comments

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    But this is so Apple: They moved quickly on removing the headphone jack, and I could see them taking

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: October 23 (Premium) – 19 Comments

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    Paul, about a month ago Microsoft submitted patches to the Linux kernel in an effort to allow Linux to be the

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, October 23 – 16 Comments

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    Paul, hope your vacation was good.As we all know, Microsoft is still steadfast in their 18 months of service f

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, October 9 – 9 Comments

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    Interesting. Looking forward to what you find in there, Paul.

    Posted 1 year ago on U.S.: Big Tech are Abusive Monopolies That Should be Regulated or Broken Up – 104 Comments

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    I'd like to know the sell through rate of third-party accessories from Apple stores (both physical and on

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Removes Rival Audio Products from Store – 38 Comments

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    It's just Edge on Linux...they've done cross-platform browsers before. Even Internet Explorer had a

    Posted 1 year ago on The End of the Windows Era? (Premium) – 60 Comments

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    I tried this a few times in the past, with a variety of Lenovo ThinkPad T models and the hardware ThinkPad doc

    Posted 1 year ago on Living with a Laptop: Dual Displays (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    Justin's Family Guy mashup with the workout montage is beyond funny.Enjoy your vacation, Paul.

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: September 25 (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    Big Sur is probably still too buggy; we'll probably see it in October.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Releases Safari 14 for macOS Catalina and Mojave – 17 Comments

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    Seems like there is little reason to go with an iPad Pro versus the new iPad Air, unless you absolutely want o

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Announces New iPads – 37 Comments

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    There was likely more backroom talk going on here.I'd bet that Microsoft started to get cold feet after t

    Posted 1 year ago on A Final Look Back on Microsoft and TikTok (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    Good.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Not Buying TikTok – 25 Comments

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    NVIDIA won over critics by pledging to keep Arm as a separate company with open licensing, and it will honor S

    Posted 1 year ago on NVIDIA to Buy Arm for $40 Billion – 12 Comments

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    Good move. I thought this would have happened sooner, actually. Remember when we were all asking Microsoft to

    Posted 1 year ago on Google is Separating Chrome from Chrome OS – 21 Comments

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    Star Trek fans will appreciate this.The TNG episode "The Ensigns of Command" was rerun on H&I tonight.I ca

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    In reply to Jogy:Interesting, thanks for sharing. These are from the same Jimmy Maher that wrote "The Future W

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: September 11 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    Typical Apple non-starter "response."Microsoft should make a quality single-screen Surface xPhone, price it be

    Posted 1 year ago on App Store Revisions Are a Middle Finger to Microsoft (Updated) – 124 Comments

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    I accidentally destroyed an expensive Omen gaming display a while backGo on...

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: September 11 (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I agree. These are mature operating systems now used by billions of people. Major change

    Posted 1 year ago on Android 11 … It’s Complicated (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    Paul, I was looking through my bookshelves the other day and realized I have plenty of books on the history of

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, September 11 – 10 Comments

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    Enjoy, Paul.

    Posted 1 year ago on Taking some time off over a long Labor Day Weekend – 7 Comments

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    Microsoft (and Walmart) should run away from this as fast as possible.

    Posted 1 year ago on China Intervenes in TikTok Deal – 16 Comments

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    I'm very interested to see where this goes. It could really be a one device future if you could plug in t

    Posted 1 year ago on Hands-On with Samsung DeX for Windows, One Year Later – 24 Comments

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    Let Oracle have it, then watch them kill it with their licensing model. Actually, maybe that's their real

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft, Oracle Race to the Finish to Acquire TikTok – 26 Comments

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    Paul, thanks for suffering through the podcast for us. Some interesting stuff here for sure.

    Posted 1 year ago on Gates (Premium) – 9 Comments

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    Small step, but a welcome one - as long as it has feature parity with the existing MMC.

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Brings New Disk Management UI – 27 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:You may have to drive your RV there. It's hard to find a new compact car for sa

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

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    Online gaming with strangers is far too toxic. It's also hard to progress to higher levels within the gam

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, August 17 – 16 Comments

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    I agree. Epic successfully pled their case in the court of public opinion. Now they should revert Fortnite bac

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

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    Similar to Apple, Google has a consistency problem.But Google forced OnePlus to renege on the deal, citing Goo

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues Google Too, But with a Twist – 27 Comments

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    In reply to davidblouin:Lawsuit just hit.

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues After Apple Removes Fortnite from App Store – 129 Comments

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    Apple's main problem with the App Store is consistency.Some apps aren't subject to rule XYZ because

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues After Apple Removes Fortnite from App Store – 129 Comments

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    In reply to colin79666:This....was pretty good.

    Posted 1 year ago on Epic Sues After Apple Removes Fortnite from App Store – 129 Comments

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    Paul, three questions:I know you are doing a Living With series on laptops. Have you considered doing one on u

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, August 14 – 12 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:100% how I feel about it. I've had Apple devices since the late 90s, and use thei

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Bashing Now Okay? – 36 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:Hmm. Sounds too coincidental to not be related.

    Posted 1 year ago on My Microsoft Account is fubar…how do I get actual support? – 30 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:One of our ISPs at the office did that a few weeks ago on a piece of their own equipment

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, August 10 – 22 Comments

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    In reply to gregsedwards:Nice! I suppose you can reach back out to them in a few days to see if they can give

    Posted 1 year ago on My Microsoft Account is fubar…how do I get actual support? – 30 Comments

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    Where did you receive the message stating that your phone number was removed from the account? Was it through

    Posted 1 year ago on My Microsoft Account is fubar…how do I get actual support? – 30 Comments

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    This happened to my grandmother about 25 years ago. She lost one entire phase of power that the electric utili

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, August 10 – 22 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Same for me - I used to use a laptop+dock at home but never took the laptop off of the d

    Posted 1 year ago on Living with a Laptop: First Steps (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    There's a lot of business boilerplate speak in this. Do they have a team of people that writes these thin

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows Rocked by Major Reorg – 69 Comments

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    ....why would they even be considering this? For some bizarre Xbox integration?

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft in Talks to Acquire TikTok – 44 Comments

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    Does anyone use the Cortana experiences in Office 365? Serious question. I'm not even sure how to access

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Killing Cortana on Mobile, Invoke, and Surface Headphones – 67 Comments

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    Happy belated, Brad!

    Posted 1 year ago on Happy Birthday, Brad! – 35 Comments

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    Interesting. Have to wonder how this will change Arm licensing, if at all.

    Posted 1 year ago on Nvidia is in Talks to Acquire Arm – 35 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Same here. Some intentionally funny, some unintentionally funny.

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, July 27 – 26 Comments

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    Paul, I get your sense of humor, so when I saw that tweet I chuckled a bit and then immediately thought, "Oh n

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, July 27 – 26 Comments

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    Intel apparently has a contingency plan if they can't get high enough yields at 7nm...use third-party fou

    Posted 1 year ago on Intel Financials Clouded by 7-nm Delays – 15 Comments

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    In reply to retcable:You missed nothing. They showed nothing tangible. Total fluff.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Teases Its Next-Generation Productivity UX – 49 Comments

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    In reply to Vladimir:Huge, sure, but I figured it was low to mid teens huge, not mid twenties huge.

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows and Devices by the Numbers – 23 Comments

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    In reply to madthinus:I wasn't aware the gaming PC market was that big either.

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows and Devices by the Numbers – 23 Comments

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    This has nothing to do with the post or the ethereal video...they posted this on Medium? Not complaining, just

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Teases Its Next-Generation Productivity UX – 49 Comments

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    In reply to blue77star:Microsoft loves subscription revenue. They've been headed in this direction for de

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Cloud PC is Coming in Spring 2021 – 76 Comments

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    For better or worse, all of the Microsoft news (good, bad, and confusing) over the past few weeks has put the

    Posted 1 year ago on Two Paths, One Destination (Premium) – 75 Comments

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    Regarding the naming of Windows 10X, I agree with many here who think it should be called something different,

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X Delayed to 2021, Loses Win32 Support – 136 Comments

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    In reply to BigM72:True. However, even a large enterprise may be more comfortable with a flat rate here.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Cloud PC is Coming in Spring 2021 – 76 Comments

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    Paul, 6th paragraph down:felt like Windows but could run all Windows apps.I believe you meant to write "could

    Posted 1 year ago on Two Paths, One Destination (Premium) – 75 Comments

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    They'll get you to pay for all of those services, too. There honestly is a lot of value in them when you

    Posted 1 year ago on Two Paths, One Destination (Premium) – 75 Comments

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    Interesting. Mary Jo also mentions in her article that Cloud PC could be priced at a flat rate as opposed to t

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Cloud PC is Coming in Spring 2021 – 76 Comments

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    I'm assuming this means Surface Neo is delayed as well. It seems crazy that they showed it in 2019 but no

    Posted 1 year ago on Windows 10X Delayed to 2021, Loses Win32 Support – 136 Comments

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    You may have run into the Outlook outage from a few days ago. Maybe that is causing a lingering issue for you

    Posted 1 year ago on Never mix personal and business – a sordid tale – 5 Comments

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    And thanks to OneDrive and Files on Demand—coupled with some good organizational skills, which I feel like I

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 17 (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    On Windows Weekly everyone briefly discussed the rumor from Bloomberg about Softbank selling all or part of Ar

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, July 17 – 13 Comments

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    Panos Panay has a picture of him using the device again up on Twitter today.

    Posted 1 year ago on Duo Thoughts – 19 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Modem pool support also. This was important back in the days before broadband access was

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Partners with Citrix on Virtual Desktops. Again. – 9 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:C2R or MSI for your Office install?

    Posted 1 year ago on No reporting on Outlook crashing on startup, Jul 15? – 7 Comments

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    According to Microsoft, this is supposed to be resolved now. I believe it only impacted Click to Run installs

    Posted 1 year ago on No reporting on Outlook crashing on startup, Jul 15? – 7 Comments

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    Microsoft, seriously. Acquire Citrix already.For sure. For 20+ years the lines between Microsoft and Citrix fo

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Partners with Citrix on Virtual Desktops. Again. – 9 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I have little familiarity with PLC software and industrial production lines in general,

    Posted 1 year ago on Line of business software – 26 Comments

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    I didn't even know this existed. I'm assuming this never came to OneDrive for Business.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Retiring OneDrive File Fetching – 14 Comments

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    Paul's last sentence is similar to what I was thinking while reading Gassée's article. Just because

    Posted 1 year ago on The Passing of Wintel? (Premium) – 88 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:How do these vendors intend for these products to continue to get security updates? Are

    Posted 1 year ago on Line of business software – 26 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Don't forget the 6 figures for the consultants to tell management what new ERP soft

    Posted 1 year ago on Line of business software – 26 Comments

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    I understand why they "light up" known contacts in Signal. Likewise, I understand why they added PINs and are

    Posted 1 year ago on Let’s Chat About Signal (Premium) – 53 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:We are still waiting for shipments of headsets and webcams.

    Posted 1 year ago on PC Sales Rose 7.1 Percent in the Second Quarter – 18 Comments

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    This happens every time there is a new Feature Update. It's pathetic. They have these devices in-house an

    Posted 1 year ago on Most Surface PCs are Not Getting Windows 10 Version 2004 Yet – 41 Comments

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    In reply to will:Same here; I only hear complaints from my own people (all of us are in tech).Also, I know it&

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 10 (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Paul, have you heard any more Microsoft reorg news beyond the changes in sales and support and Peggy Johnson l

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, July 10 – 13 Comments

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    In reply to Truffles:The longstanding rumor that Apple should (or will) buy Nintendo still comes up from time

    Posted 1 year ago on Next-Gen Console AAA Titles to Sell for $69.99 – 34 Comments

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    I think you need a new tagline for the site: Personal technology, mixed with foiled bank robberies, mainly sho

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, July 6 – 7 Comments

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    That looks...not bad.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Refreshing Office.com – 13 Comments

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    Game prices haven't gone up much at all since the early 8-bit days, so a jump from $60 to $70 isn't

    Posted 1 year ago on Next-Gen Console AAA Titles to Sell for $69.99 – 34 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Yes, new NES games were $50 for sure. (Regardless of the quality of the game. :) )

    Posted 1 year ago on Next-Gen Console AAA Titles to Sell for $69.99 – 34 Comments

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    I can't help but wonder if Mr. Laermer's employees would also slack off on Friday's while IN th

    Posted 1 year ago on The Long, Unhappy History of Working From Home – 14 Comments

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    This is the mess that Panos Panay inherited when he was handed the leadership role at Windows after he at

    Posted 1 year ago on Move Slowly and Fix Things (Premium) – 65 Comments

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    In reply to gregorylbrannon:That may have been their original idea with 10X, despite originally burying it beh

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    In reply to Waethorn:I believe Nintendo does the same for the Switch.

    Posted 1 year ago on Steven Sinofsky says the Mac will be the ultimate developer PC within 2 years – 111 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:I ran [email protected] under Darwin on an old blue iMac for a few weeks about 20 years a

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    In reply to SvenJ:I had the same thought. I've seen people with literally dozens of browser tabs open, of

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    Do people find that centering the taskbar icons is a productivity benefit? I know this started with macOS, but

    Posted 1 year ago on Customizing Your Windows 10 Desktop – 38 Comments

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    I think Microsoft should first get ReFS to feature parity with NTFS before they add support for ext2, zfs, or

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 3 (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    In reply to mattbg:Yep, craziest thing I ever saw happen to Windows. All Sinofsky's doing as far as I und

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: July 3 (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    Good episode, guys.

    Posted 1 year ago on Comingled – Windows Weekly 679 – 2 Comments

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    In reply to Waethorn:XNU is the kernel for macOS (and iOS et al.). Darwin is the OS underpinning. Both are ope

    Posted 1 year ago on Steven Sinofsky says the Mac will be the ultimate developer PC within 2 years – 111 Comments

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    In reply to Bart:If they were ever to do such a split, they should come up with an alternative name. People he

    Posted 1 year ago on About That New Start Menu (Premium) – 73 Comments

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    I'm curious to know where you go for statistics outside of directly from a vendor when you need them for

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, July 2 – 20 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:I have a very similar experience to yours. Well said.

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, June 29 – 16 Comments

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    Speaking of Rocky, Microsoft should do a 1980s "fixing stuff up montage" on Windows 10.As for you enduring thi

    Posted 1 year ago on From the Editor’s Desk for Monday, June 29 – 16 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Perfect example is Azure, which was Project Red Dog when it was started with Ballmer

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Retail Stores for Good – 166 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:I agree; I can't see consumers signing up for this in droves. More likely this is t

    Posted 1 year ago on Personal Features for Teams Are Available in Preview – 15 Comments

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    In reply to glenn8878:They should release a true Surface Desktop computer base on the Series X. They can even

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    In reply to truerock2:What makes you suspect that? WSL2 and Microsoft shipping a Linux kernel in Windows?It�

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    In reply to SvenJ:I wonder if enterprise user training changes a bit as more people who grew up with technolog

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    In reply to naddy69:I was thinking about that earlier. Neo was supposed to be released later this year, but 10

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Retail Stores for Good – 166 Comments

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    Great episode. Paul was spot on about the Mixer shut down - teaming up with Facebook gaming is tone-deaf. They

    Posted 1 year ago on No Code Left Behind – Windows Weekly 678 – 10 Comments

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    They’d only have to test code changes on their own hardware, and could do the same fine-tuning that Apple is

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: June 26 (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    "I’m not advocating this per se, but what just jumped into my mind was that maybe Microsoft should instead j

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: June 26 (Premium) – 33 Comments

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    Can't say I'm surprised. The times I've checked out a Microsoft Store there was hardly anybody

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Closing Its Retail Stores for Good – 166 Comments

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    It's clear Apple dominated the tech news this week, even with an announcement that has been rumored for y

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, June 25 – 23 Comments

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    Neat, glad you checked this out since I was hearing more about it lately.

    Posted 1 year ago on Master 365: Getting Started with Power Apps (Premium) – 22 Comments

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    In reply to codymesh:I recall earlier this year there being a rumor that Panos might have bailed out to join M

    Posted 1 year ago on Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers. Please. (Premium) – 150 Comments

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    In reply to jimchamplin:I had forgotten about this! NeXTSTEP 1.0 was released in 1989 and Windows NT 3.1 was r

    Posted 1 year ago on Redmond, Start Your Photocopiers. Please. (Premium) – 150 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:They've been in this business for 20 years now. I half expected them to bail ou

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Shutting Down Mixer – 31 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:Or sneer at it given the recent circumstances.

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Quietly Changes Some App Store Rules – 8 Comments

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    I may have zoned out and missed it yesterday, but I don't recall seeing the usual self-congratulatory sli

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Quietly Changes Some App Store Rules – 8 Comments

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    Apple intends for this to be a two year transition, meaning in late 2022 the only Mac Pro you will be able to

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple’s Advantage (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    It looks like this got buried in all of the other news from today. In Apple's official PR about "new deve

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    In reply to jlv632:They may keep Movies and TV around so Xbox owners can rent/buy movies.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Shutting Down Mixer – 31 Comments

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    In reply to Mark from CO:I have the same question. I expected them to bail out on Xbox long ago.Edit: We can a

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Shutting Down Mixer – 31 Comments

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    In reply to james.h.robinson:Yep, here it is from Apple's own documentation.What Can't Be Translated

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    In reply to jwpear:The Intel Mac announcement was in June 2005. The first release of Mac OS X that dropped Pow

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    Paul is spot on - Apple goes it alone, Microsoft partners on everything, and it appears that Apple's appr

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    In reply to james.h.robinson:Your guesses are probably all true - I think it's telling that they mentione

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    I asked this in the comments on Brad's article also...I might be reading too much in to this, but during

    Posted 1 year ago on Game, Set, Match? (Premium) – 141 Comments

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    Apparently they are moving Mixer partners over to Facebook Gaming. I guess they had no where else to put them

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft is Shutting Down Mixer – 31 Comments

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    I might be reading too much in to this, but during the virtualization part of the presentation, did anyone els

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Details its Plan to Switch to ARM – 74 Comments

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    Regarding “Real Developers Use the Mac," I notice a lot of security folks do as well. I would be curious to

    Posted 1 year ago on Ask Paul: June 19 (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    I thought all of the Project xCloud iOS limitations were TestFlight restrictions...not saying it would be any

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Complains About Apple’s Business Practices – 113 Comments

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    Paul, I'm curious to know what happened to the site a few weeks back. I read there was a security issue,

    Posted 1 year ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for Friday, June 19 – 17 Comments

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    Sounds like a good approach.

    Posted 1 year ago on (Re)Focus (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    They should rehire their own software testers. Stop relying on the Insiders program.

    Posted 1 year ago on Now There’s a Problem with Storage Spaces – 40 Comments

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    New branding is good; reduces confusion.

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 Version 20H2 – 19 Comments

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    This is why I have so many different devices. :)Edited to add: it's usually easy for me to decide between

    Posted 1 year ago on Throwback: The Right Tool for the Job (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    Paul, where did you see that you have to be in the developer program to be able to do anything besides see the

    Posted 1 year ago on Apple Announces Its WWDC 2020 Lineup – 14 Comments

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    In reply to wright_is:Yes, that would be nice. The Electron-based desktop app for Teams has gotten better over

    Posted 1 year ago on Microsoft Dumps Electron Version of Xbox App for Windows 10 – 18 Comments

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    In reply to dcdevito:I agree completely. I use Windows 10 and macOS and macOS is not what it used to be.

    Posted 1 year ago on The Opportunity for Apple (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    Assuming the move to ARM is announced in a few weeks, I wonder how long the coexistence period will be.I looke

    Posted 1 year ago on The Opportunity for Apple (Premium) – 56 Comments

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    In that Messenger screenshot, is that Bob the Bob from ActiveWin? I remember that site was always going to be

    Posted 1 year ago on Throwback: Inside MSN (Premium) – 8 Comments

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    Someone named Andrew (same guy Keivan Bieig was communicating with?) posted a bit of an update to this saga. T

    Posted 1 year ago on AppGet Creator Says Microsoft Stole His Product – 51 Comments

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    I noticed also that custom user photos seem to have been lost in the move.

    Posted 1 year ago on Comments and posts for the last month are gone – 6 Comments

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    Great input, Paul. On the desktop side I see more and more Electron apps (even from Microsoft), so it would be

    Posted 1 year ago on Programming Windows: We Fought the Web and the Web Won (Premium) – 62 Comments

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    In reply to coeus89:Same here.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Hibernating Its SMB Efforts Because of COVID-19 – 9 Comments

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    Neat tip, thanks for sharing Paul.

    Posted 2 years ago on Master 365: Get 6 TB of OneDrive Storage for $100 Per Year (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    That's interesting. I wonder if there is a way to override this in case you really do want the Android ap

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Quietly Starts Replacing Android Apps in Chrome OS with PWAs – 2 Comments

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    Sure, it was 22 years ago, but for some OEMs I think their envy is as strong as ever.

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: April 10 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Apple envy is a real thing that some manufacturers blindly succumb to, but shouldn't. Remember back in th

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: April 10 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    Looks nice. I'm sure the 4 or 5 Bing users will love it. ;)

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Bing Is Testing a New Logo – 13 Comments

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    I agree that the Xbox Series X wouldn't be a good PC, but I wonder if taking the chassis, tweaking the ha

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: March 20 (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    Great words, Paul. Thanks for sharing it with everyone. Let's all try to stay as safe as we can and suppo

    Posted 2 years ago on Crisis – 54 Comments

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    If you don't want to join the machine to Azure Active Directory but you DO want to have Windows "light up

    Posted 2 years ago on Office 365 Commercial, Windows 10, Azure AD, and You (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    "I’ve joked that Excel is green because of money, and that Word is blue because writers are depressive, but

    Posted 2 years ago on Lipstick on a Pig (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    I do Office 365 Business Premium for myself. It's the fastest way to get the Office apps licensed on a ha

    Posted 2 years ago on When Office 365 Commercial Makes Sense for an Individual (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    Apparently Microsoft is joining the push notification advertisement gang now. I just saw a Microsoft Word noti

    Posted 2 years ago on Programmer Calls Out iOS as Adware – 59 Comments

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    I can't do it. I have a system that works for me which means I very rarely (if ever) have to search the f

    Posted 2 years ago on The New Office Experience: Embracing the New Workflow (Premium) – 23 Comments

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    Ads are everywhere and feel completely inescapable now. It's like that scene from Idiocracy where the guy

    Posted 2 years ago on Programmer Calls Out iOS as Adware – 59 Comments

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    This kind of tracking can also be IP address based.A few months ago we were searching Southwest flights in a p

    Posted 2 years ago on What Tracking Protection Can’t Protect Against (Premium) – 35 Comments

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    Reminds me of the early days with NT when the fact that it supported multiple personalities (Win32, OS/2, POSI

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10X is the Next NT (Premium) – 107 Comments

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    Everything in moderation. That said, I recognize it's a challenge for many people to put these devices do

    Posted 2 years ago on I Quit My Smartphone – 8 Comments

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    Interesting. This might explain what Paul was saying about Panos acting oddly at the Surface event last year.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reorg Puts Panos Panay in Charge of Windows – 19 Comments

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    Good analysis, Paul. Thanks for sharing it! Are you going to keep this Windows 7 install around with extended

    Posted 2 years ago on Living with Windows 7: And Now, The End is Near (Premium) – 73 Comments

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    Paul, I have a Pixel 3 XL and have noticed that the monthly security update lands on my device at different ti

    Posted 2 years ago on [CLOSED] Ask Paul for this Friday, December 20 – 9 Comments

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    In reply to Chris_Kez:Agree 100%. I'm sure that's why FB bought Oculus.

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook is Working on Its Own Operating System – 51 Comments

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    I saw this article title in my RSS reader and literally said, "What?! Who would ever use it?" Unless this is o

    Posted 2 years ago on Facebook is Working on Its Own Operating System – 51 Comments

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    I'm very interested to see how Surface Neo and Duo impact this conversation next year.Nitpick - "Thanks t

    Posted 2 years ago on 2019: The Year in Apps (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    Paul, can you post some aggregate results when the survey ends?

    Posted 2 years ago on Take Our Reader Survey for a Chance to Win a $250 Amazon Gift Card – 23 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I agree that releasing shows weekly is going to wind up being the primary model all thes

    Posted 2 years ago on 2019: The Year in Cord Cutting (Premium) – 36 Comments

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    In the 11th paragraph I think you meant to say "Skip Ahead" not "Switch Ahead."It's never easy keeping tr

    Posted 2 years ago on 2019: The Year in Windows 10 (Premium) – 12 Comments

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    I haven't heard of anything, but would be interested as well.

    Posted 2 years ago on Any meetups at Ignite this year? – 6 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Wow, wasn't expecting to see that.

    Posted 2 years ago on Ex-Microsoftie Explains How the Firm Lost Windows (Premium) – 38 Comments

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    I'm curious to see what Lenovo, Dell, etc. do with their own dual-screen devices and Windows 10 X. Will t

    Posted 2 years ago on Pumped (Premium) – 116 Comments

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    In reply to paul-thurrott:Thanks, Paul.

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Monday, September 30) – 35 Comments

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    In reply to SuperSteph:Thank you!

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Monday, September 30) – 35 Comments

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    I will be there. It would be cool to have a reader meet-up.

    Posted 2 years ago on Ignite 2019 – 4 Comments

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    In reply to red.radar:Or simply money. AMD may have given them a deal.

    Posted 2 years ago on All the Leaks That are Fit to Print – 59 Comments

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    In reply to jgraebner:All very true. Nintendo started going this way with their Directs - just precanned video

    Posted 2 years ago on All the Leaks That are Fit to Print – 59 Comments

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    Paul, can you post the text here for those of us who are not receiving the newsletter because we can't si

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Monday, September 30) – 35 Comments

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    Windows 10X...only for dual/folding screen devices? Or is this the formal name for LiteOS and potentially goin

    Posted 2 years ago on All the Leaks That are Fit to Print – 59 Comments

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    Paul hit on all of the big ones already. Fixing display scaling would be nice. Microsoft simply finishing the

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft announces Windows 10 will … – 46 Comments

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    I'm also really itching to know what the plans are for LiteOS. Any chance we'll get a hint of that n

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: September 27 (Premium) – 18 Comments

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    These newsletters have been great. I have yet to get them by email, however. :)Paul, can you do a Premium-only

    Posted 2 years ago on From the Editor’s Desk (Monday, September 23) – 14 Comments

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    In reply to wbhite:Same here - I remember having to do that myself right after installing Windows.

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Civil War (Premium) – 21 Comments

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    They had to publish similar documentation for the HomePod after it was leaving marks on certain surfaces. I gu

    Posted 2 years ago on And Now, Apple Tells You How to Clean a Credit Card – 33 Comments

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    I thought Office went 64-bit by default with 2019 and 365.https://support.office.com/en-us/article/download-an

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: August 2 (Premium) – 8 Comments

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    What is Cutler up to these days? I know he's a Technical Fellow at Microsoft. Last I read he was working

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: NT (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    I have a Pixel 3 XL, picked up when some of the deals were decent. I got used to the notch, but the sound echo

    Posted 2 years ago on Ask Paul: July 12 (Premium) – 14 Comments

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    “These claims are simply false,” a Google spokesperson told The New York Post. “Google is not having any

    Posted 2 years ago on Google Rumored to Partner with Dish on New Wireless Carrier – 6 Comments

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    "And it led the way to Windows 95, which was really just Windows for Workgroups with a new UI."I seem to remem

    Posted 2 years ago on My Microsoft Turning Point (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Seems like he's still copying the best ideas, except now they are coming from Paul's articles....

    Posted 2 years ago on Gates Gets It Right About Steve Jobs, Microsoft (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    "...but also completely inaccessible to beginners."Which is really a shame. Having an included built-in access

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Visual Basic Takes Over the World (Premium) – 10 Comments

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    Oh man - the What's New screenshot and the days of DoubleSpace and DriveSpace...

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: Hello, Microsoft Basic (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    I had some similar experiences with Borland products, specifically Borland C++ and then Delphi with applicatio

    Posted 2 years ago on My rant about Microsoft killing Borland – 9 Comments

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    In reply to djross95:That wouldn't be a bad compromise. If they would change the servicing timelines to n

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Finally Explains Windows 10 19H2, Releases New Build – 26 Comments

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    Paul, do you think the account creation process of these spammers is still automated, despite your efforts to

    Posted 2 years ago on Spammers (Premium) – 52 Comments

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    Ah, embrace, extend, extinguish. :)Regarding the old "3 tries to get it right" and "not finishing the job" thi

    Posted 2 years ago on No, Bill. No (Premium) – 58 Comments

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    In reply to ChristopherCollins:Do they send a new or refurb with the advanced exchange?

    Posted 2 years ago on So, My MacBook Air Died (Premium) – 72 Comments

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    Maybe a stealth firmware update as part of the Catalina install that failed?

    Posted 2 years ago on So, My MacBook Air Died (Premium) – 72 Comments

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    Paul, you may want to consider compiling this series into a self-published book when all is said and done.Auto

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows: A Timeline (Premium) – 25 Comments

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    This is a great idea! Really looking forward to this series, Paul.

    Posted 2 years ago on Programming Windows, the Series (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    Teams "for life" to compete with WhatsApp? Don't we have enough services like this already?

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft Reportedly Showed Off New Dual-Screen Surface Device Internally – 43 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:Thanks! I will check it out for sure.

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Making a Pro IntelliMouse Too – 8 Comments

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    What happened to having less SKUs with Windows 10? This is just an artificial money grab.There should really o

    Posted 2 years ago on Windows 10 Home Ultra Explained. Again. (Updated) – 29 Comments

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    That brings up a good point - what are some good mice for lefties? I always have a hard time finding decent on

    Posted 2 years ago on Microsoft is Making a Pro IntelliMouse Too – 8 Comments

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    Excellent idea by Acer.

    Posted 2 years ago on Acer is Onto Something in the Premium PC Market (Premium) – 7 Comments

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    In reply to nfeed2000t:I think they are planning to fix the "don't touch Linux files with Windows tools"

    Posted 3 years ago on Windows 10 to Include a Linux Kernel for WSL – 62 Comments

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    I was waiting for this to happen. Can't beat Qualcomm for their wireless modems. The Intel ones aren'

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple and Qualcomm Settle Sweeping Patent Suits – 41 Comments

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    In reply to crp0908:My idea (and echoed by others elsewhere) is one Feature Update per year near September, su

    Posted 3 years ago on Declaring Victory Against WaaS (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    It's still one too many Feature Updates each year.I think before we can "declare victory against WaaS" th

    Posted 3 years ago on Declaring Victory Against WaaS (Premium) – 26 Comments

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    I can't believe this would be anything other than them using AOSP and Linux.

    Posted 3 years ago on Huawei Has Made Its Own Smartphone and PC OSes … Just in Case – 47 Comments

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    In reply to webdev511:The Wii sold better than both.

    Posted 3 years ago on A Few Thoughts About xCloud and the Future of Xbox (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    Paul's mention of iOS being macOS with all of the desktop stuff stripped away made me think.What does ev

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: February 22 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    Regarding the multiple monitors problem. I noticed this with even a single monitor after I moved to Windows 10

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: February 22 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:It's got what apps crave!

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: February 22 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    In reply to lvthunder:I think it's a little bit different. Microsoft needs original content on the Xbox t

    Posted 3 years ago on TV Shows Have Nothing to Do with Apple’s Brand (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    Good analysis, Paul. I agree 100%.I would also add that for this to be remotely successful, Apple needs to pro

    Posted 3 years ago on TV Shows Have Nothing to Do with Apple’s Brand (Premium) – 27 Comments

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    So much awesome here. I started with a Tandy 1000 and have had countless desktops, laptops, servers, tablets,

    Posted 3 years ago on Computers I Have Known, a Love Story (Premium) – 67 Comments

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    Great post, Paul. We all appreciate the work you do and are happy to be part of this community!

    Posted 3 years ago on Confluence (Premium) – 44 Comments

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    I believe Duo Authenticator will let you make backups of your 2FA tokens also, if the Duo administrator allows

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: January 18 (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    What settings sync when using a Microsoft account sign-in? I’ve never tried it but I would think the Taskbar

    Posted 3 years ago on This is How I Configure Windows 10 (Premium) – 47 Comments

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    Paul, I always considered your primary focus to be Microsoft because of your connections and history there.How

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: December 21 (Premium) – 29 Comments

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    This is the bane of my existence for sure.

    Posted 3 years ago on Keeping a Windows PC Up-to-Date is a Nightmare (Premium) – 41 Comments

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    Very interesting. Congrats, Brad.

    Posted 3 years ago on How to Write a Book – What I Learned and The Tools Used to Write Beneath a Surface (premium) – 29 Comments

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    Congrats, Brad!

    Posted 3 years ago on Beneath A Surface: Shipping November 29th – 26 Comments

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    Very sad news. In pace requiescat.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Co-Founder, Paul Allen, Has Died at 65 – 23 Comments

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    I still don't like the term "post-PC." Everything we use from smartphone to Xeon workstation is still a "

    Posted 3 years ago on Full Photoshop on iPad Pro May Be a Game Changer (Premium) – 51 Comments

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    "Or make its own Android smartphones where Cortana was the default."I've often wondered why Microsoft did

    Posted 3 years ago on The Thing About Amazon (Premium) – 32 Comments

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    In reply to maethorechannen:Exactly. Obviously the detectors worked and the only solution the aliens had was t

    Posted 3 years ago on Coincidence (Premium) – 46 Comments

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    In reply to Eric_Rasmussen:I was just about to say the same thing.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Details Deprecated and Removed Features in Windows 10 Version 1809 – 31 Comments

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    Ugh, another one bites the dust. I still can't understand how Lightning to headphone jack works great but

    Posted 3 years ago on Apple Jacks Another Victory (Premium) – 54 Comments

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    I find it just as annoying when Google "encourages" me to use Chrome when using Google Search through Firefox.

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Can’t Stop Punching Windows 10 in the Face (Premium) – 64 Comments

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    This will change again for sure. I suspect Pro will go out to the exact same timeframes as Education/Enterpris

    Posted 3 years ago on Microsoft Adjusts Windows 10 Update Schedule for Businesses Again – 14 Comments

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    "I have an editorial I’ll probably never publish called Microsoft’s Consumer Play"Why the heck not? I'

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: August 31 (Premium) – 15 Comments

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    In reply to thalter:Show Stopper! is an excellent read. It may be hard to find nowadays, but is worth the effo

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: August 24 (Premium) – 17 Comments

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    Consumer Cellular? Is a walk-in tub next, Paul?(My fiancé makes fun of me because I watch a lot of old TV sho

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: August 17 (Premium) – 24 Comments

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    Never figured you for a worrier, Paul. I worry also and evaluate other platforms continually, just like you do

    Posted 3 years ago on Replacing Windows? (Premium) – 87 Comments

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    This is spot on: "They’re moving to a model where iPads are PCs and Macs are workstations."Also, I think Pau

    Posted 3 years ago on Ask Paul: July 20 (Premium) – 31 Comments

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    I agree with Paul; I believe this will fail if it ships. From the rumors and speculation we have seen, it just

    Posted 3 years ago on Andromeduh? (Premium) – 66 Comments

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