Microsoft has pushed fresh Release Preview updates for both Windows 11 and Windows 10 this week, delivering targeted reliability fixes for real‑world scenarios and a terse Windows 10 rollup aimed at keeping late‑life devices stable while organizations complete migration plans.
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Microsoft has quietly shipped a targeted update for Windows 11 that fixes a handful of real-world reliability problems—most notably a sign-in hang tied to SIM PIN entry—delivered as KB5065790 (Build 22631.5982) to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel. This is a concise...
Microsoft today shipped a small but targeted cumulative update to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview Channel: Windows 11 Build 22631.5982 (KB5065790) for devices running Windows 11, version 23H2 (Build 22631). The release is a focused quality update that addresses several practical...
Microsoft is pushing PC makers to stop treating USB Type-C as a cosmetic port and to implement the platform-level hooks Windows 11 needs to deliver consistent, useful notifications when Type‑C connections behave unexpectedly. The company’s guidance — now baked into Windows’ hardware requirements...
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Microsoft has quietly expanded its Surface firmware this week to give Snapdragon-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 owners the same on-device battery charge-limit controls that Intel-based models and the newer Surface Pro 12‑inch and Surface Laptop 13‑inch already received — meaning you...
Simply put, Windows 11 and Surface help you achieve more. See how our latest Surface devices bring out the best of Windows 11.
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With Windows 11, Surface automatically transitions to different modes when you change how you hold or use your device. Write in laptop mode, present...
Is there a Side Dock for Windows 10, that will give you a Dock on either left or right side (instead of the top or bottom) … ? I found RocketDock, which I really like, sorta like the old Mac Dock, but I would like to add a Side Dock also …..
Seems to be several opinions on this as I Google, so thought to ask you all here as well for your thoughts.
Lenovo P51S with Ultradock. Two USB hard drives attached to the dock. Both set for "Quick Removal" in Device Manager.
Do I need to "safely remove" these drives before hot undocking and...
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Hi,
i have a Dell laptop with a Dell dock. I have three monitors connected to the dock.
On my primary monitor i have organized my icons in a certain specific manner. The problem is that when i remove my laptop from the dock and then reconnect it to the dock the icons on my primary display are...
My computer will go blue screen every time it is restored from sleep/hibernate from a different dock other than the one i put it on sleep/hibernate.
I went to the minidump and found the below. I have updated BIOS, power management, chipset, graphics driver still no use. Appreciate any advice...
The Lync 2010 SDK empowers developers to dock Lync conversation windows inside line of business applications. Danilo Perez Solano, an SDET in Lync Client Test, gives us a primer on how to quickly build an application with docking capabilities. Then he goes into some design considerations for a...
Acer's new Iconia Tab W500 lightweight tablet computer features a 10.1-inch screen, 1080p video support, and a full-size docking chiclet keyboard.
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Microsoft made a big deal about this new feature, but not everybody wants it. Turning it off is surprisingly simple--but finding the 'off switch' isn't.
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Circle Dock: The wheels of the Circle Dock revolution just keep turning unabated!!!
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A second task bar that like the original but without start menu and time. and I still want to be able to pin stuff to it. I have rocketdock but i'd like it to be a full sized taskbar like the 7 taskbar is. I want to be able to like have all my internets open on one task bar and have the folders...
This is very weird. Somehow I can't dock any programms to the taskbar anymore. I still can remove them, but I simply can't add new one. Does anyone know what the cause of this could be?
I've got a lenovo w500 that was working fine with windows 7 rc. Now, when it is docked with an external monitor connected, it boots fine. when there is not monitor connected, it seems to boot, but with no video on the notebook's screen. When it is docked, I do get video on the notebook screen...