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Microsoft has quietly moved Copilot Vision on Windows from a voice‑first curiosity into a practical, multimodal assistant: Insiders can now type about what Copilot sees and get text replies in the same chat pane, with the ability to flip to voice mid‑conversation — a staged Copilot app update...

Microsoft has quietly given Copilot on Windows a practical new ability: Vision can now accept typed inputs and return typed outputs, letting you share one or more app windows or a desktop region and type questions about what Copilot sees, with replies appearing in the same Copilot chat pane...

Microsoft has begun rolling out a major update to the Copilot app on Windows that brings Vision with text‑in, text‑out to Windows Insiders — letting users type questions about whatever they share on screen and receive text replies in the same Copilot chat window, while retaining the ability to...

I am using a computer that currently has windows 10 IoT LTSC 2021 installed, but i've noticed that all f-keys on any keyboard plugged in do not respond to function lock. I've tried this on multiple keyboards that i have confirmed to work, but i cant do things like pause background media, change...

Windows 11 Insiders can now insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) with two simple keyboard combos — Win + - for an en dash and Win + Shift + - for an em dash — a small, practical change that removes a long-standing friction point for writers, editors, and anyone who types punctuation...

Windows 11’s typing ergonomics just got a small but decisive polish: Insiders can now insert an en dash (–) and an em dash (—) with single memorable keystrokes — and that change is already shipping in recent Dev and Beta channel preview builds. This is the kind of tiny usability fix that saves...

KDE’s blunt assessment—that Microsoft’s Copilot hardware key is “dumb”—is more than a snarky one-liner: it marks a coordinated, practical response from a major open‑source desktop project to a vendor-driven hardware change that has irritated users across platforms. KDE developers have moved from...

Windows 11 continues to attract millions of users with its new design, productivity boosters, and deep integration across the Microsoft ecosystem. Quietly beneath the familiar surface, however, lies a series of lesser-known features that, once discovered, many users report they can’t imagine...

In a world obsessed with major overhauls and shiny new features, it’s the incremental steps—the subtle but strategic tweaks—that often reveal a company’s real direction. Microsoft’s rollout of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5570 to the Dev Channel stands as a definitive example. This...

Not content with letting you paint your desktop in weird pastel hues or chasing you down with AI-powered widgets, Microsoft is now ready to add a little more, shall we say, color, to your conversations—by letting you toggle off the profanity filter for voice typing in Windows 11. That’s right...

In the ever-evolving landscape of Windows 11, Microsoft has announced a delightful new addition to the taskbar system tray that's set to inject a dash of fun into your daily computing routine. This update, still under testing, aims to make it easier for users to express themselves through...

Hi,for an unknown reason I am now experiencing problems with my keyboard under Windows 10 as follows: the a and the n keys print na the w key prints *w the m and the b keys return to the beginning of the line the l key does nothing The problem is the same when I use the virtual keyboard...

So as you can see when I type a word it creates a suggestion for an image as a representation of the word however I don't like this as I'm forever hitting the wrong button accidentally and after typing a lengthy sentence I then have to prat about removing the images. Does anyone know what this...

I am playing a Microsoft game and every time I go away for a few min the screen would turn off but then the PC hangs when I move the mouse or from keyboard. So I am trying to edit the power plan so that it won't do that anymore with the below request but it is not working. POWERCFG...

Three or four times a day the keyboard stops working for about 5 minutes. I can't enter text or use any of the keys. I can't open Task Manager with ctrl-alt-delete to investigate. The mouse still works. I can use it to close or open programs, shutdown etc. Does anyone have a suggestion on what...

Hi, So I'm trying to record my keyboard inputs while playing a game that runs in DOSBox. The keyboard visualizer seems to work fine but DOSBox "sucks" the inputs in when it's focused and so it does nothing while I'm actually playing. Based on threads I've posted on other forums, this runs into...

How is programming for touch development on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) different from mouse and keyboard development in Windows Forms? This post will cover some of the subtle differences between the two and how to use the most advanced tools for building smooth touch experiences. Link...

Scrolling is one of the oldest interactions on the web. Long before we had pull-to-refresh or infinite-loading lists, the humble scrollbar solved the web’s original scaling problem: how can we interact with content that’s stretched beyond the available viewport...

hi, i need a virtual keyboard that you can paste into that has a delay. so each character gets typed in after a few milliseconds or so. is there any software out there that will do this?

With Windows 10, you have the productivity of a PC in your pocket. Link Removed enables you to connect a Windows mobile device to any external display with the new Link Removed, USB-C, or Miracast. Once connected, you can interact with Windows 10 apps on that display while using your mobile...