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Hello everyone, in have two keyboards, and i am able two detect them as unique and map different key codes to it. The only problem i have is that i cannot create new virtual keys (eg. VK_XXX). I know that i could use unused keycodes but thats not the point. I want to have a general solution. Is...

Here's an odd one. On a Windows 10 laptop (build 19042), a webpage at one particular web host suddenly misbehaves in an elementary way: a simple PHP login form which posts to itself fails entirely to post the user's data input---once Submit is clicked, the form repopulates with the browser's...

Hello I have a software that executes an action on long pressed left mouse button (long click). I want to use it on a touchscreen but long press sends either a single click or right mouse button (if enabled). I spent a week reading but found almost nothing. Can someone help or point in the...

Hello all. I have no programing knowledge at all. Yea, i have taken a single intro class to java but that dos not go well and that was years ago. First, ill explain what o do have and it works. In excel, i jave in column A1:A95 names of common materials such as aisi 1020 steel, alm 7025 t6...

For some apps (especially games) it is not uncommon for the app to get into a state where it needs to restart – perhaps after a license update, after installing downloadable content, its caches have become corrupt or unwieldy, or for any other reason where the app needs to refresh state from...

The Composition APIs come with a robust animation engine that provides quick and fluid motion running in a separate process from your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. This ensures a consistent 60 frames per second when running your app on an IoT device as well as on a screaming gaming...

Today, the Windows 10 Creators Update began rolling out to over 400 million Windows 10 devices. With the Creators Update, we’re upgrading Microsoft Edge with dozens of new features and under-the-hood improvements to make the best browser on Windows 10 faster, leaner, and more capable than ever...

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Hi Lenovo's clever hack to bring VR to every game This looks interesting to me, I'd love to be able to play some games that I do play in stereo and have my head movement control the view. One is Rise of Flight, a very realistic WWI flight sim. In this game you sit in the cockpit of an...

The Composition APIs come with a robust animation engine that provides quick and fluid motion running in a separate process from your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. This provides a consistent 60 frames per second when running your app on an IoT device as well as on a screaming gaming...

In Windows 10 version 1511, we announced a number of improvements to our collection of Enterprise Mode tools, designed to help customers upgrade more easily to Internet Explorer 11. These tools include a new v.2 Enterprise Mode XML schema, which is designed to be simpler, cleaner, more scalable...

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Hey guys i'm trying to clean up and remove programs installed i have a couple questions 1) do i need ALL of these (img below) 2) if not what do i keep 3) i noticed when i remove programs not everything is removed. things like app data docs and all that. is there a good program that will help to...

Hi Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 10 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything! After looking through this it doesn't seem to show the option to not lose anything the way that I thought it...

My office pals are constantly creating lenghy file names and folders that surpass windows limits, which is causing problems when I perform or restore backups. Is there a way to just stop windows from letting a user write or copy a file which exceeds the limits imposed by the OS itself?. I´ve...

Hello. I am new to this forum. Have posted this to a Visual C++ forum too. They suggest I try a Windows forum. I have a small app created with Visual C++ running on Windows 7 Pro. It runs fine when executed from within the V++ IDE. It runs fine if I simply double-click on the .exe file. I...

I really don't like the default logins for my windows 8.1 computer, as in I select a user from a list and it pops up a new screen and you enter the password then login. I would much prefer you type in the username, and then type the password. I am wondering if there is someway to do that through...

I have my Windows 8.1 computer set to turn off the display after 30 minutes, and go to sleep after 2 hours. A key press or mouse movement after either before or after it goes to sleep opens the screen normally. However, after a much longer time, overnight for example, an application (Cool...

Hi I saw this article, if it's true I'm all in to start beta testing it. http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/threshold-be-called-windows-9-ship-april-2015 I can't imagine that they wouldn't want to have a real beta testing, if they are going to make major changes and call it a new OS. I'm...

Hello Folks, Haven't been around here for a while, but must say the face-lift looks neat and sexy! I have a question, but am unable to really place it in a particular forum (or category) since it is sort a windows/office/computing question. So, please feel free to move it to the appropriate...