consistency

Windows keeps getting updated, and the quickest way to know what it’s doing on your PC is to check the version — a step that takes seconds but can shape whether your apps run, your data stays protected, and whether features like Copilot are even available to you. This practical guide explains...

On August 7, 2025, OpenAI unveiled GPT‑5 and Microsoft announced the model would be powering Microsoft 365 Copilot the same day — a high‑visibility release that quickly turned into a cautionary case study about how model upgrades matter far less to most business users than context, integration...

Microsoft has quietly removed the long-standing option in the Microsoft Store to keep automatic app updates turned off indefinitely — the Store now forces a time-limited pause that resumes updates automatically after a selected window (commonly one to five weeks), aligning Store behavior with...

Dataverse Knowledge in Copilot Studio now searches the long notes and buried attachments that used to hide business-critical answers—thanks to new support for multi-line text columns and file columns, plus behind-the-scenes improvements that make repeated queries return more consistent answers...

In the past several posts, we have covered user interface (UI) design concepts such as typography, visual cues, and design thinking. In today’s blog, however, we will look at a topic that has much less to do with solving UI design problems and much more to do with solving user experience (UX)...

I've been blogging about Visual Studio Extensions here for about, well, forever. During that time I've found a few that I can't live without. A few that I always have to find and install again, and again on every new dev machine. Visual Studio 2013 introduced roaming settings (Synchronized...

This week on Channel 9, Nikola and Vlad discuss the week's top developer news, including; Link Removed Windows 10 Launch, Link Removed [Terry Myerson] Link Removed Link Removed [Dan Rayburn] Link Removed Downloads and tools for Windows 10 Link Removed Link Removed [Soma] Link Removed Opening...

In this episode of Data Exposed, Scott Welcomes Ken Van Hyning, a Principle Software Engineer in the SQL Server team. Today Ken introduces us to the SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Advisor, code named DBA Workbench, a tool that consists of a suite of advisors for upgrading to SQL Server 2016. Ken begins...

Dear Forums, I need help with solving my BSoD issue. Since awhile I've started getting BSoDs. The thing is I can't seem to figure out what's exactly causing it. It once happened when I left my laptop on to download things. The BSoD also occured when I was starting up a game I was about to...

When I use my mouse within some applications to perform a text-based Paste operation, the contents of the clipboard do not get copied into the desired location¹; before posting this I verified A) that the clipboard does have the data that's supposed to be there, and B) that the Paste operation...

Okay so as an outsider to windows it seems that Microsofts move to come out with a new version of windows is both a laugh riot and a sad sight. I think Microsoft done goofed once more and maybe its time to see how it can undo its mistake. The key to the failure is Microsofts need to do a mobile...

Hey forum, Been getting some more and more BSOD's recently. Problems initially started a few months ago with a NTFS screen at startup - saying one of your files disks needs to be checked for consistency. However it would never actually check them. I checked if it was dirty but it said it...

Whats the opinions of what and how should we post the results? Some post the output of winDB some clip the date, uptime, and other relevant info, some dont include anything. Just curious. SS thanks for the links and the group NICE

Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...

On start-up, my computer says that one of your disks needs to be checked for consitency. But when it tries to 'check disk' it says it can't because of error:xxxxxxxxx (was too quick to catch the numbers). So I tried to check disk through control panel and it says that it can't because disk is...

Hello, I have a HP G60 418CA laptop. The laptop came with Vista Premium, but I upgraded it to Windows 7 professional. After I upgraded it, I noticed that every three four days, when starting the computer, it runs Disk Consistency Check. I am sure I didn't restart the computer improperly. And I...

I really like dragging to maximize and dragging to tile. To be consistent, dragging to taskbar should minimize...

Is it my imagination, or are many people describing better/worse clean installs? Shouldn't the installs be consistant? Provided they are using the same DVD to do them, and didn't re-download it?

Chkdsk deleted all my files. COmputer: Toshiba Satellite 4GB ram OS: Vista Ultimate I have a 1 month old 0.5TB USB external drive that I use to backup all my data, work, personal stuff, etc - 10 years of my life. I am running vista ultimate. WHen vista starts and the usb is plugged in it...