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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...

Why does Microsoft always make their Apps a little harder to use and a little less useful? At least it always seems that way to me. I was just setting up edge to give it a try, and it's always just a little harder to do things than in Chrome. Like adding your links to the Favorites Bar, in...

Hello, does anyone know if you can make a batch file to open the start menu with one key. Ever since I up graded to win 8.1 the win key stopped working Thx

If you want a complete and unified modern UI for the next Windows pls. join to give the right feedback for Windows 10 in order to become the modern OS we wanted. Our main scope would be to assure that Microsoft understands we want to get an unified and complete modern looking UI, more...

Drones! It's been like forever since we've highlighted drones here, so when I saw this and that Shahed Chowdhuri not only used an Xbox Controller but also Windows 10, well heck, there's no way I could pass that up! Flying a Drone with Windows 10 and an Xbox Controller ... Introduction I...

There is a simple solution to this problem but I do not recall what the solution is. I believe the solution calls for double tapping a specific key. The text is elected to wherever the mouse points the cursor. The text is selected to wherever the arrow keys direct the cursor to go. These...

While Windows 10 has yet to officially launch, Microsoft is already working on a big update for the operating system called "Redstone" that will arrive in 2016, according to ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. Windows 10, scheduled to arrive this summer , will still see regular system updates throughout the...

Hi This is it, it's all I get.... Link Removed It sits like this for a while and then closes. I've also noticed that Windows Defender never runs a scan on it's own, instead I give me a notice that "Your computer may be unprotected" and I have to open it and tell it to run. I looked for...

The prices on small tablets have continued to drop since Microsoft began offering Windows licenses on screen nine inches or smaller. That has resulted in quite a few offerings in that range but it also means some compromises are made in hardware configurations to get the balance of value and...

While the Surface 3 follows the naming scheme of the Surface 2 it is not a follow on in the Surface 2 product line. This is an entirely new product with better capabilities, hardware and functionality but a few steps below the Surface Pro 3 itself. The Surface 2 and Surface 3 are like third...

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the reissuance of an update for all supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to add support for SHA-2 signing and verification functionality. This update supersedes the 2949927 update...

Revision Note: V1.0 (March 10, 2015): Advisory published. Summary: Microsoft is announcing the reissuance of an update for all supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to add support for SHA-2 signing and verification functionality. This update supersedes the 2949927 update...

Since Windows 8, the newer Microsoft OS's have been designed with touchscreen capabilities in mind. This led to the diminished functionality of the classically recognizable Start menu. Earlier versions of Windows 8 didn't use a start menu, that bottom-left based pop-up menu that Windows users...

A Win 7 install on an old server has got me flummoxed. I cannot get the taskbar to function properly. I have tried every trick I have found Googling and none have fixed the problem. I have reloaded the OS twice since the original install and same problems reappear. Once as a Win 7 "upgrade"...

Hi. When I first bootup the start button and notification buttons are non responseive. I need to reboot the pc before it will work. Any clues as to whats going on? Also is cortana working for thenuk region yet?

Hey guys, I recently purchased a set of bluetooth wireless headphones. When paired to my iPhone, a battery level indicator is displayed for this device on my phone. I was wondering if there was a way to display battery level on my PC for that bluetooth device when it is paired with my windows...

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I've been using my Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 as my primary device in recent months as opposed to my desktop As I am trying to embrace the mobile age and one of the things that I'm a little bit disappointed in is that a lot of its office apps are not too good with a lot of catches like subscriptions...

Hi I'm finding it very hard to find any information about how to actually use Cortana or what she is supposed to do in her current state. In the video the speaker "Joe" says, "Hey Cortana, I'd like to send an email to (gives a name I've forgotten) and she opens an interface and asks what the...

Hi I just found that I can have a search icon on my taskbar instead of the large search window that is there by default. This opens up a lot more space and Cortana still responds when I ask her something. Just right click on the taskbar, select Search and the select Icon. I like this a lot...