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Microsoft have started pushing Windows 10 registrations to you. Microsoft has started promoting Windows 10 to users of Windows 7 and 8. A notification box now popping up for Windows users all around the world and offering to let them register for a copy of the free new OS. Link Removed...

About a month ago we highlighted the Microsoft Band in a link round-up post, Developing for the Microsoft Band Link Round-up. Since then the Microsoft Band SDK, Link Removed, was fully released... Link Removed Today, we’re announcing the full release of the Microsoft Band SDK. Visit Link...

I have turned off my notifications and still get a reminder that my computer would restart at such and such a time to install updates. It seems they appear every couple of hours. How do I stop that. The computer never restarts unless I do it manually. Either way I keep getting these annoying...

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Hi Here's something that's been bugging me for a while. Every time I boot my computer I get the message, "Your computer needs to be rebooted to install updates", but if I do reboot I just get the same message again. Second, it always give me messages that say "Click Here", to do this or that...

When the Microsoft Band was first released (and sold out and is still not available online...) every dev who got one, wanted an SDK too. It took a little bit, but now, now we finally have the first preview Microsoft Bank SDK! Link Removed The Microsoft Band SDK Preview gives developers access...

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?

Link RemovedEliot Stein from SmartThings shares with us their app they created for Windows. Listen in and learn how you can turn your home into a smart home with the help of SmartThings and your Windows device. Link Removed SmartThings is the easiest way to turn your home into a smart home...

Hi When My computer boots the Notification Windows opens and it always shows several messages in the saying that you have new applications that can open this kind of file. I have no idea what files it's talking about since my computer is just booting up and only opening the normal software...

Microsoft cloud and mobile technologies deliver a simple, efficient service for getting a taxi ride in crowded Bogota, Colombia. Sometimes great ideas spring from mundane events. For Juan Salcedo, it started with the hassle of trying to get home on a rainy Friday afternoon. It was pouring that...

Hi everyone, I’m excited to announce that our first build of Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones is available now for Windows Insiders! The team here has been working hard to get this out to you and we know that you’ve been waiting patiently since we announced that it was coming. This is a...

Today's Hardware Friday is of a kind I've not seen before. Sure, we've seen the Chat to Hardware, Hardware to Chat projects, but I don't think I've seen that uses Lync and the Unified Communications Web API. Plus I've missing blogging about .Net Gadgeteer projects... :) Exploring the Internet...

Hi Since my keyboard lights don't work, I discovered that you can set the caps lock key to play a tone when you push it. This at least lets me know when I turn it on by accident. This made me think that it might be useful for gaming if I could assign a tone to several other keys, so that I...

Whenever I try to attach a file to an email in any email client, Windows 7 gives me the message "A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." and a box saying "Close Program". This has been a problem for...

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Hey guys so I've been having this problem where, every week or two this virus comes back it changes the date and time, and the notifications bar is crazy Ill show screenshots, as for the time and date I fixed it and if I don't fix it it shows me SSL errors etc, and the date is setback 2011...

Don't know which forum this thread belongs to. So, I ask here........ Brief info: I have 2 laptops...... one runs Win 7, one runs Win 8.1 Both laptops have 2 identical email accounts set up in WLM.... one POP bell.net account and one Hotmail.com account. I also have an Android tablet which has...

Good news, everyone! We continue to work on our support community here at WindowsForum.com. Please expect more updates in the coming month. March 5, 2014: Forum software was updated. March 5, 2014: Special thanks to @Pauli for his generous donation to help continue website operations. March...