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This week in the tech world has been as turbulent as a rollercoaster ride at a carnival—exciting mostly, but with a few unfortunate hiccups along the way. Microsoft’s latest version of its operating system, Windows 11 24H2, is rolling out, but not without its share of bumps. Users are reporting...

Hi everyone, I'm looking for recommendations or advice on Scribd downloader tools. I often use Scribd for research and reading, but sometimes I need offline access to documents. I’m aware that downloading content might breach Scribd’s terms of service, but I'm seeking a legal way to download...

Dear WindowsForum Community, We are thrilled to announce a major upgrade to our AI capabilities. Our resident AI ChatBot, ChatGPT, is now powered by the latest GPT-4o API! What's New with GPT-4o? 1. Enhanced Understanding and Context Awareness: The GPT-4o API offers significant improvements in...

Hey everyone, I'm currently working on integrating a barcode scanner into my Android application, and I'm encountering some challenges. I've been researching various libraries and APIs, but I'm struggling to find one that fits my requirements perfectly. Specifically, I need a solution that is...

I have a project where i have two windows that i fullscreen on my two monitors. i have successfully been able to make one of these windows always on top by using: SetWindowPos(hWnd, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE | SWP_SHOWWINDOW); But when i try to set my second window on...

Hi, I'm trying to develop a simple project on a win32 api using C compiler. I've been trying to draw multiple pages on the same window object, and whenever I press a button, it redraw the new page. But it turned out that win32 programming is much complex than I thought. The problem is that...

Can someone explain how to get data stored in a pointer and get an address that is stored in that pointer, then get the data from the address? I cannot figure out how to store the raw audio data into a file every time I run it the data accumulating in the file is low. The function in question is...

Rust for Windows v0.9 has recently been released and includes full consumption support, along with several other updates! With completed consumption support, you can now call any Windows APIs (past, present, and future) using the Rust language projection. Rust developers have access to the...

The C#/WinRT team is excited to announce our latest release, which includes a preview of C#/WinRT authoring with the latest C#/WinRT NuGet package, as well as updates to the .NET 5.0 SDK with the .NET February update. Since our last blog post on C#/WinRT v1.0, we have some new features to show...

Hello, I am developing a Winodws audio program that utilizes the built in Windows Core Audio API. I have an issue where the IAudioCaptureClient is sending a STARTING ADDRESS of an audio frame to pointer pData. I am trying to find out how to read the packet stored at that starting address by the...

I have been using this API function a lot on older versions of windows to collect per connection tcp statistics. Its behaviour seems to have changed of late. Previously disabling and re-enabling statistics would reset the counters for the statistics. This does not happen any more. Can anyone...

XAML Islands was our first solution to enable developers to use UWP XAML inside their desktop (Win32) apps. Within a couple of months after the release of XAML Islands, behavioral insights and customer interviews raised some signals about how developers were using it. We discovered that a...

Today at Microsoft Build 2020 the WinUI team is excited to announce the latest version of WinUI 3 available for public preview: WinUI 3 Preview 1. This preview expands the world of WinUI to an even wider audience of developers – the previously-released WinUI 3 Alpha was only available to UWP app...

This year, Microsoft Build 2020 is a digital-only event that we all get to experience from the comfort of our homes. We hope you enjoy learning about the new features and technologies that matter most to you. Today, I will have the privilege of sharing how developers can build apps for modern...

I think it would be really useful to create a Windows 10 App that consolidates all of your digital media in one place. Before starting on a project like this I want to be sure the tools to do something like this are available. Does anyone know if there is an api that handles retail accounts such...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing 20H1 Build 19041.208 (KB4558244) to Windows Insiders in the Slow ring. This Cumulative Update includes the same fixes from Build 19041.207 plus this additional fix: We fixed an issue that fails to send NPLogonNotify API notifications from the...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19041 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19041 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from the Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19035 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19035 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 19028 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 19028 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

Robotics technology is moving fast. A lot has happened since Microsoft announced an experimental release of Robot Operating System (ROS)[1] for Windows at last year’s ROSCON in Madrid. ROS support became generally available in May 2019, which enabled robots to take advantage of the worldwide...