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State of Decay 2 recently celebrated its two-year anniversary with new weapons, clothes, gameplay improvements and more. Now its fans can enjoy a new Plunder Pack and Green Zone updates. The new Plunder Pack adds Sea of Thieves-themed weapons, outfits, hats and one seriously salty vehicle to...

It has been one month since the first-ever, completely virtual Microsoft Build, where we unveiled new tools and updates to make developing for all 1 billion Windows 10 devices easier. It’s an exciting time for Windows, and if you missed the event or just want to relive the announcements, here...

It’s been one month since the first all-digital Microsoft Build and while we may not have seen each other in person, we sure felt the energy online. Whether on social media, in the comments section during livestreams, or over webcams for focus groups, we loved hearing from developers around the...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20150 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel (Fast ring). Starting with build, we are back to releasing builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch. You can check out our Windows Insider Program documentation here...

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables Windows users to run native, unmodified Linux command-line tools directly on Windows. WSL usage has grown a lot since it was first announced 4 years ago, at Microsoft Build 2016, and now runs on more than 3.5 million monthly active devices! Adding...

We are thrilled to announce today the next update to the Windows Community Toolkit, version 6.1. This release was made possible with help and contributions from across our developer community. While a ‘minor’ release, it is jam-packed with new controls, helpers, and improvements to the whole...

May 22 marks the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Solitaire, which has come a long way since it debuted as Windows Solitaire on Windows 3.0 in 1990. Today, the game is played on computers, laptops, tablets and phones in every corner of the globe, arguably by one of the most diverse gaming...

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Hi, I would like to introduce myself I am Robert Fassbender, I am retired. I use to live in Portland,Oregon. While I lived there a friend of mine help me to get started leaning about computers, afterwards I taught myself computers. I moved back to Eugene,Oregon in 2009 and have lived here since...

Hey Windows Insiders! How’s everyone holding up? I wanted to touch base, thank everyone for the warm welcome to the program, and share some of my initial thoughts on the program and where we want to take it forward. As mentioned in Panos’ blog post, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to work at...

On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will end all support for Windows 7. This means that computers that run on Windows 7 will no longer get important security updates and you will no longer be able to get customer support if you do have a problem. If you still own a computer that runs Windows 7, you...

Title ^^ When i open the app it opens for a second and closes not a second later i tried this: Microsoft Store closes immediately after opening [COMPLETE GUIDE] , Wich did not work also did this, Windows Store Closes Immediately After Opening , but nothing help pls

One hundred and thirteen years ago in New York, a girl was born into a generation where the average woman was more likely to perfect a signature pie recipe than solve a pi-based equation. Pushing against expectations, this girl became one of the pre-eminent technologists of our times and made it...

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...

Just downloaded the XAMPP Control Panel and tried starting Apache and MySQL. I got the following message: Windows Version: Enterprise 64-bit 17:44:12 [main] XAMPP Version: 5.5.38 17:44:12 [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.2 [ Compiled: Nov 12th 2015 ] 17:44:12 [main] You are not running...

The source of the BSODs are either a buggy driver, or hardware issues. The problem is that every scan or diagnostic I've ran has come up with nothing. Switching out the hardware that might cause the problems hasn't been successful, so I'm asking for help from more people than the one friend I've...

Both Klondike and Freecell now have choices of levels to play at, such as Master and Random. It specifically notes that some Random choices will be impossible to solve. Does this imply that other categories' games are always solvable? I've had some really bad setups in Klondike which appear...

We couldn’t do BlueHat without the Content Advisory Board, the brain trust reviewing submissions to the CFP. Representing both Microsoft and other parts of security community, the CAB applies their industry and speaker experience to create the BlueHat agenda that’s the right mix of topics and...

Attention: windowsForum members: Over roughly the past week, I have not been able to start my web pages in my Internet Information Services ( IIS ) Manager 10 ( in Microsoft Windows 10 ) web server. Included below is a Paint 3D tempsnip image file for your consideration: Does anyone know...

Earlier today we announced MSRC’s 2018-2019 Most Valuable Security Researchers at Black Hat. The following 75 researchers hail from all corners of the world and possess varied experience and skills, yet all of them have contributed to securing the Microsoft’s customers and the broader ecosystem...