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It’s been an incredible year, with over 110 million devices already running Windows 10 and millions of people enjoying innovations like Cortana, Microsoft Edge, Xbox and more. With the recent availability of the November update, Windows 10 is better than ever – faster, more compatible, and with...

i upgraded to windows 10 from win7 and now some apps like steam are very low resolution..... does anyone know how to fix the problem

Hi Here's another example of why I hate apps! I decided to try the 7Zip Opener app, I always use 7-Zip anyway and maybe the app will make it easy to use. It's very easy to start with. So I install the app, (now with the normal desktop version of 7-Zip you just right click on the .zip or .rar...

Just in time for Halloween, here are our picks for the five best new apps for the Surface tablet and Lumia phones. Are the ghosts and goblins of Halloween making you feel lifeless? Revitalize with these five new apps—all games this week!–that deserve a spot on your Lumia or Surface. Link...

Hi everyone, Today we are rolling out Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 10581 to Windows Insiders on the Fast ring. We’ve fixed the bug preventing upgrades from earlier builds. So if you stayed on Build 10536 or if you flashed back to Windows Phone 8.1 and then installed 10549 or 10572...

See how Cortana and Bing can help you get in the Halloween spirit on Lumia and Surface. Link Removed Only a few days remain before All Hallows’ Eve (better known as Halloween) arrives this weekend. If you have yet to find that perfect costume or scary movie to watch, then maybe Bing and...

Hi and I hope this brings to light some of the installation woes Ive seen from many users. The only tried and tested way I found to do the upgrade...IS TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL and to use the windows 10 ISO tool. This requires also doing a clean install of the operating system you are...

Hello everyone. In win8.1 there was a consistent concept on how to interact with a running application on the OS level. How does the corresponding actions look like in winX nowadays? What is the new logic behind the actual version of Windows respecting these subjects? Appreciate any information

Here our choices for the week’s five best new apps for Surface and Windows phone. Now that both Lumia and Surface are being covered in the Microsoft Devices Blog, we are featuring apps for both devices in our weekly list. Most of these apps work on both, so try them out and see which one is...

Fred Langa On Wednesdays, we'll be featuring an abridged Q&A from Fred Langa's LANGALIST, a feature available exclusively to paid subscribers of the Windows Secrets newsletter. Today's Q&A: In Windows 7, I could set the background color for some apps. Now that I'm in Windows 10, I cannot. How...

Are you ready to discover our choices for this week’s five best apps for Windows Phone? Of course you are! Link Removed Grab your Lumia and prepare for download because we’ve rounded up the best new Windows Phone apps, updates and games of the week. We’ve been seeing many new apps rolling...

The video option on your Windows Phone isn’t the only way to capture the passage of time. Be creative and experiment with time-lapse photography. Oxforddictionaries.com defines time-lapse as: “the photographic technique of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that...

The absolute beginners series is back for Windows 10. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pro dev or just starting out, there’s valuable content for everyone. If you’re looking for a faster pace content that dives, the Developer’s Guide to Windows 10 series may be for you. The only thing that the...

This video will review the extensive privacy settings that are available to users on Windows 10 to control the data which is shared with Microsoft and installed apps. read more Continue reading...

The Microsoft Intune Company Portal app helps users serach, browse and install apps made available to them by their company. Link Removed

I'm hoping some registry experts here can help. I have lost my Cortana settings. When I click the settings icon (3rd from the top on the left), nothing happens. I may have become a bit overzealous in my attempts to disable Cortana, but now I have lost the options to turn it on and off. How do I...

So been working on this all morning. My Start Menu is toast. Causes critical re login error. Re login does nothing... Bing and store apps are gone from taskbar Speaker volume does NOT work Notifications are unresponsive Cortana causes critical error as well Ran Powershell fix as...

I'm confused about the Windows 10 reset function and need some enlightenment. Today, I decided to do a Windows 10 reset and wipe out my existing HD of all of the old apps, files, etc. (I have it all backed up with Acronis backup). I thought the correct procedure was to burn an install DVD for...

Hi Whenever i go in to the Microsoft store and check for updates on the apps that I have. I keep getting this over and over it it downtown OK and says complete. When I go back to check for any other updates the some exact update. How do I fix this ? and I can not find Microsoft net native...

The IntelliTrace collector is a standalone tool that you can use to collect IntelliTrace data from apps that are running in production environments. Link Removed