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The Windows Mixed Reality Portal has hardware requirement checks, causing some grief amongst developers. Here’s a quick tip on how to get around those checks.
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Microsoft’s music streaming app, Groove Music, will soon get updated with a few new, and highly requested, features – like visualizations.
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Microsoft is still A/B testing features in Story Remix but I managed to unlock an internal control panel allowing a peek at what may be coming soon. Or later.
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Microsoft introduced Hyper-V Quick Create — the one-page virtual machine creation wizard — back in January. But hidden away in recent Insider builds are bits tied to an upcoming addition called Online Gallery.
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Hidden inside Windows 10 “Redstone 3” build 16184 are Shoulder Taps, a My People feature that lets you send payloads of loud, animated fun to your contacts. MSN Messenger fans: rejoice! Winks are back and are better than ever.
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Over the weekend, I put together a little tool that scans Windows files for PNG images containing useless Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) metadata. Surprise: Windows is full of it.
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I revisited the My People experience in Windows 10 Redstone 3 (build 16170) over the weekend, corrected a glitch, and resolved the instability. Surprise: It’s a bit awkward to use. But it does work.
So, let’s pick up where we left off.
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Hidden inside today’s Redstone 3 build is a postponed feature we’ve all been waiting for: My People. The bad news? It’s not ready for prime time yet.
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Some readers had questions about how a new Creators Update feature called Dynamic Lock works. Naturally, I took it apart to find out.
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Earlier in the month, I warned Windows 10 users to stay away from Desktop Bridge-powered apps due to the risk of crashing their machine and potentially entering an endless boot loop. Today, that alarm has been squelched, via a cumulative update that we… Continue reading Desktop Bridge-Powered Apps Are Safe To Use Now