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    How to use Cortana on your Surface

    Learn how to work with Link Removed on your Surface to get stuff done. Your personal digital assistant can track packages and flights, give you show times, remind you to pick up groceries, schedule meetings, and even send email messages for you. Link Removed Cortana is your virtual assistant...
  2. K

    Windows 10 windows search and high cpu

    hi, windows search has 2 tasks that eats 40% of my cpu. can i put this service in non automatic mode, or completely disable it without any bad effect? Or should i wait? i have win 10 64bit. maybe some blocking with other software? thanks
  3. Beemer

    Windows 7 How to use Search to list MP3 and FLAC files together?

    I have tried unsuccessfully to use the Windows 7 Search (and advanced search) facility to list music files. What I want is to list MP3 and FLAC files with the same filename on the same search results. I can of course see each type with separate searches but not both together. Hope someone can...
  4. mingming

    Windows 10 Clicking on 'Search the web and Windows' does not work

    Hello guys. I installed Windows 10 a few weeks ago and generally paid no attention to it as I was busy playing videogames. I checked to see what I could do just yesterday and I am pretty frustrated as when I click on Search the web and Windows, nothing shows us and it's just that the default...
  5. J

    Windows 7 Search feature only shows documents

    Used to be that I could access programs and other stuff when I did a search, now I just get documents and pictures. I've been fighting a virus and I must have screwed it up but I don't know how to change it back.
  6. News

    Windows 10 in China

    China is a global epicenter for innovation and as we shared back in March at Link Removed, we’re excited to be working with leading hardware and software companies in China to develop ground-breaking devices and consumer experiences for Windows 10. In China, hundreds of millions of PCs operate...
  7. fuzzytrick

    Windows 8 Delete computer history logs.

    Ok, I'm pretty sure this haven't been posted on the forum so I'll do it myself. Starting off, I want to say that I play San Andreas Multi Player on a very big server. My problem started when I was taken for testing if I used cheat codes. The procedure is pretty annoying, because an authorized...
  8. L

    Windows 7 Can I search comments in excell?

    Is there a way to search for text in comments in Excell? tia las
  9. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Updates today, can open Start Menu?

    Hi That's supposed to say Can't open Start Menu. I got some forced updates today, not to the new version of TP, and now I can't open the start menu, or type in the search windows on the Task Bar? I created a system image yesterday but I thought that I'd see if anyone has any experience with...
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    Azure Search 101 - Getting started with Azure Search with Liam Cavanagh | Azure Friday

    Scott talks to Azure Search Program Manager Liam Cavanagh. Azure offers Search-as-a-service for web and mobile apps! You can scale out easily and tune indices just the way your users want it. Liam explains how the REST API for Azure Search works and how easy it is to plug into an app. You could...
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    How Cortana Comes to Life in Windows 10

    Hello! I’m Link Removed, the Group Program Manager for Cortana and Search on the Windows PC, Phone and Tablet Group. Over the past few months, we’ve shared details about some of the features we think you’ll love in Windows 10 like Continuum, universal apps and of course Cortana. I’m proud to...
  12. MikeHawthorne

    Windows 10 Just realised that there is a search icon not just a search bar...

    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...
  13. News

    Cortana Expands The Boundaries Of Search, But Will It Eventually Eat It Too?

    Digital assistant has become a key part of Microsoft's competitive strategy. Continue reading...
  14. Mike

    January 2015 Website Updates and Changes

    Hope you are having a good new year! Here is the latest news to report: The forum software has been upgraded (in fact - it has been upgraded several times since the last changes were posted, but specifically, it is at the latest version now) An update to the WindowsForum.com mobile app for...
  15. L

    Windows 8 windows explorer won't search

    hello everyone , for some reason windows explorer's search tool stopped working. here's a folder before I attempted to search and here's what happens after I try to search for something literally , NOTHING HAPPENS It won't search =,( please help =,(
  16. MikeHawthorne

    Anyone feel that searching the net is harder than it used to be?

    Hi Recently I've become more and more disturbed by how many idiotic responses I get when I search for things. It seems that I used to be able to zero in on what I wanted quickly. Now I seem to get responses that have absolutely nothing to do with what I searched for. I arrive at a page that...
  17. kemical

    Windows 10 Hiding unwanted Taskbar buttons

    Recently Davehc and I had a brief discussion about the removal of the Search/Task view buttons and David found an app created for this purpose called: Win10TaskBarCleaner http://www.techgainer.com/remove-windows-10s-annoying-taskbar-search-task-view-buttons/ Randy (Trouble) also mentioned to me...
  18. M

    Windows 7 Google Toolbar search history

    I installed Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer as it has word and phrase search history but it stores only words and not phrases and divides phrases in to words and stores only the last words searched. How can i make it to store all past phrases and also the new phrases and how i can select...
  19. P

    Click on hyperlink

    Is there a script to click on link. I want to use it in outlook. I created a rule to search for a specific word in body of email. If outlook finds that word the script has to click on it.
  20. Drew

    Windows 10 New Action Centre

    1. Would open AC & Maintenance would show nothing. Occasionally it would but, most time, nothing, none of the normal, usual info. Had noticed this behavior over the last couple of days. This evening... 2. Asking for Action Centre in Start menu Search produced TWO listings. A faint grey...
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