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in File Explorer in a separate folder: create 22 folders and 23 txt files name each txt file with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character !#$%&(),.'-;@[]^_`{}~+= name each folder with a single valid non-alphanumeric ascii character '-!#$%&(),;@[]^_`{}~+= . is not valid for folders I...

Hi all, new to this forum, i just got a surface 3, love it. I just upgraded it to windows 10 from windows 8. this update sucks, battery life is quarter of what it was. When i unplugged it this morning it was at 100%, it sat for 2 hours without being used and the battery dropped to 75%. Anybody...

I have a copy of Windows 7 Pro that i want to upgrade to Windows 10 but before upgrading i was thinking about slipstreaming updates into Windows 7 using Win toolkit. Then installing Windows 7 Pro with included updates and upgrading to Windows 10 from there. The reason i say this is because i...

In this Data Exposed episode Scott welcomes Ron Matchoro, a Senior Program Manager on the SQL Security team, to talk about a new Threat Detection feature on Azure SQL Database, which is about to be released for Preview. SQL Database Threat Detection provides a new layer of security, which...

In September 2016, Microsoft Ignite is headed to Atlanta, Georgia. Link Removed now and get ready for— 1,000+ hours of content, 700+ sessions, and a multitude of networking opportunities Insights and roadmaps from industry leaders Deep dives and live demos on the products you use every day...

In this episode, Robert is joined by Link Removed, who shows us how to integrate Cortana into apps. Among the topics Nick covers and shows are voice commands, speech recognition and synthesis, background voice commands and continuous dictation. Resources: Link Removed Nick's Demos Link...

Scott talks to Karan Batta about how to use Azure Batch for large scale Rendering Workflows. Karan uses a plugin for Autodesk Maya 2015 that lets you utilize the raw power and scale of Azure to speed up your scene renders using Azure Batch. Link Removed Link Removed

Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management on the Windows Azure IaaS team meets up AGAIN with the man, the myth, the legend - Jeffrey Snover and this time talks about DSC and ARM templates. Don't forget - we're always looking for Suggestions and Questions here in the comments section OR via...

Hi, I am having the same problem with a couple of Acer Z1-601. Have any of these things worked for anyone. I am losing the will to live with each cycle of updates and failures taking hours to complete! It would be good to know if anyone has had success. Also, is it likely that the windows 10...

OK, not quite 7 on today's show, but close enough! On today's episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes the always awesome Tom LaRock. Tom is Head Geek (what an awesome title!) at Solarwinds, an infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools company where he focuses on the database aspect of all...

In this episode, Robert is joined by Dan Taylor, Angelos Petropoulos and Charles Willis to explore some of the enhancements to the diagnostic tooling in Visual Studio 2015. You'll see how these tools are now brought into the debugging process to make them easier to discover and use [01:20], what...

I can't help but believe that Microsoft took WEI (Windows Experience Index) out of Windows to appease to brick & mortar stores like 'BB' that couldn't fool their customers anymore when they tried to sell inferior quality PC's as though they were of better quality. What do you think? 1.) Why...

Hi I've never used Virtual Machine before but I decided that I should get a handle on how it works. I'm trying to create a virtual machine with Ubuntu in it. I followed the instructions in this video step by step... ...and I have VM installed and running. Link Removed The problem comes...

Let's Begin with a few things: WINDOWS XP: This OS may be efficient but is quickly becoming obsolete due to windows 8, but Windows 7 is even MORE efficient and has a LOT more support!, it's faster and more reliable in the long run as long as you keep it current!!, if you own an old PC, and it...

There is suppose to be a "secret" feature in Windows 8 Power Management scheme called "Memory Power Management", this new section introduced in Windows 8 allows you to change a lot of advanced settings related to memory. It can be accessed by the "WIN+R" key combination and typing in...

Bart De Smet is back and he's going to go deep into improvements made to Rx 2.0 RC (so, Rx 2.0 getting close to coming out of the oven!). As you'd expect, Bart and company have been very busy since Rx 2.0 Beta - lots of performance and reliability improvements and some heavy work in how Rx...

After watching this walkthru of Windows 8, I will NOT be buying it or installing it on my computer. I absolutely HATE Windows 8. Watch it for yourself..... Why Windows 8 Scares Me - YouTube

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Hello, On this October Update Tuesday, we are releasing the 11th volume of the Security Intelligence Report, Link Removed which puts zero-day vulnerabilities into context against other global threats. We are also releasing eight security updates so please read on for details. A new method of...

I recently published a commentary/news video listed here about Windows 8 boot times. People have been arguing ever since. One guy even claims he hasn't updated his computer ever since installing Windows 7 to improve his boot time. Too bad he has missed out on stability and reliability...