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How is it that a toaster works for decades and cost 20 bucks but a forced Windows software on purchase of computer does not make it through a full week without a stupid update that change absolutely nothing except slowing down the new computer? When are you going to stop harassing your base with...

Hello everyone. I know this is an open question, but some quick background. First, prior to retiring, I was in tech and development for 30 years, so not afraid of new tech. I tried Zoho One a couple of years ago, but didn't have the time to really dig into it or justify the cost. Now I have...

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I cannot access my Microsoft account even though I updated my password a month ago and logged in successfully using it the same day. I'm being sent a form that wants the information that I used when I set up my account. It was included with this laptop and I upgraded to Office 365 and pay a...

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There has been a recent change in the Amazon search. Now the product that you're interested in briefly flashes at the top of the screen and then vanishes to way down the list. This makes finding your product much more difficult. How can I fix this?

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Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2) Note that in part 1 of the WinAppSDK Blog Series you implemented the visual layer of the DrumPad using WinUI 3 controls. However, if you click on any buttons, nothing happens, because we have not defined any actions, which we will do...

Hi, As I have been getting on well with my installation of Linux Ubtuntu 20.04 on a SSD I installed it to a few months back, I decided to delete the partition I was using it from on a HDD and extend the partition for saved data to utilised the entire HDD. However rather than simply extend the...

Hi, I just installed virtual box from the ubuntu repository as part of the snap store selection however when I go to open up an old saved .vdi virtual box file it won't let me select it, its as if it wont recognise that file type in the directory in which it is stored, has VB changed in the...

I tried to log on yesterday (6-17). and the Forum website was doing a crazy flickering back and forth and would not load. I tried different browsers and even my android phone with the same result. Anyhow, all back to normal now. Glad it was just temporary. Wonder what happened? Anyone else...

I believe that the best results of speech recognition in my application requires that the constraints enabled must be different depending upon the specific context of the application. There are points in time when the recognizer will return the highest quality results from specific Grammar...

So I'm trying a little (actually big) experiment. I'm switching over to all Microsoft services and products; Edge, email, music, Office, and apps. Does anyone have any tips or recommendations? Or some good websites that are dedicated to being all in on Microsoft, maybe some aspirin to use as I...

When adding a hyper link to a post I've noticed that the link is not highlighted enough. The one I just did looks like the regular text. I actually had to search for my hyper link in that thread. How is the OP and anybody for that matter supposed to see the hyper link? This is something you guys...

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If you are into creating sweet UI, then you’re definitely going to want to dig into the new Visual Layer with Windows.UI.Composition. The Windows.UI.Composition namespace allows Universal Windows Platform (UWP) developers to use a new Visual Layer that will get them closer to the metal...

I see that people have freezing problems after installing but but the update freezes at 84% and not finished installng

Is it possible to switch off sound messages for a particular application ? thanks for reactions To you all : I found the sollution :redface: so no need to spend your time on this. Thanks

I am getting to the age where I am forgetting passwords or logins sometimes to easily. Writing them down is not a great option because of lousy handwriting. Is there a way I could automatically save what I change, when I make a change so that I have a current dated backup or something like...