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I am having a lot of difficulties with the Store Applications that were installed by Microsoft. Windows 10 performance always becomes severely degraded whenever applications begin transferring information via a non-existing internet connection and/or repeatably fail to update for reasons to...

Hey guys, it has been a while since I posted. I was having some terrible issues with my Windows 10 install. I had some terrible issues with updates breaking my activation. I would go from 14393.1066 to 15063.0 or 15063.250 and my activation would tell me it either couldn't reach the activation...

Overview The Creators Update is packed with new features for app developers and end users that are designed to delight developers who can offer their end users a rich experience. User transition & data migration Users are encouraged to download the store version of their desktop apps. If...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Anniversary SDK Preview to be used in conjunction with Windows 10 Insider Preview (Build 14965 or greater). The Preview SDK is a pre-release and cannot be used in a production environment. Please only install the SDK on your test machine. The Preview SDK Build...

Friend of the Gallery, Abhijit Jana, recently posted a couple tips for those of you Kinect v2 Dev's moving to Windows 10. Running Kinect for Windows applications on Windows 10 – Things you should verify Running a Kinect v2 device and a Kinect for Windows application on Windows 10 is not...

One thing (option) the Update offers is showing Store APPs on the Taskbar. Fair enough &... Please, note: IF this is chosen, The Switcher Bar is, still, there, so they are, in effect, in 2 locations. However, the functionality is not identical @ each. Handy as it is having them on the...

Dear all, I can not run the Windows Store apps after I updated my new laptop from Win 8 to 8.1. None of the Metro apps can be executed anymore. Each app will begin the run process, but the Metro UI returns after couple of seconds after the execution attempt. I do not get any error messages. I...

There are those I’ve met who think my life is something akin to the classic comedy Groundhog Day. No, I don’t wake up to the musical stylings of Sonny and Cher each morning, but month after month after month, the second Tuesday rolls around and I’m involved in releasing...

From some of what one reads it seems some people are looking for an antidote to the Windows 8 Start screen & its Tiles and ways to avoid Store APPs. Appears they are looking for silver bullets to slay the dragon. Fear not good Folks... it can all be not the bane of your existence through one...

Any chance of a Windows 8 development forum being here? Whether it's for general desktop development, Windows 8 store app development (XAML/HTML5/JavaScript/CSS)?

Now Windows 8 has been released fully into the wild the number of apps to be found in the store has risen considerably. There are now literally thousands to choose from with some being better than others. If you have a favourite or know of a particularly useful app, which is free, please post...