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Win 10 up and running? Talk about your post-install experiences with it.
Kromm
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1.) Ran Windows Update every few hours today. Noticed I got Windows Defender updates FOUR times today. Wow. A lot of last minute security patching there.
2.) Edge Browser sucks. The moment you hit a page with Ads on it, then it crawls. There are no extensions yet, so no Adblocking, and it handles the ads really badly to boot on top of that. Conclusion? Stay away from Edge. MS loses the browser battle again.
2.) Edge Browser sucks. The moment you hit a page with Ads on it, then it crawls. There are no extensions yet, so no Adblocking, and it handles the ads really badly to boot on top of that. Conclusion? Stay away from Edge. MS loses the browser battle again.
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Agree about Edge installed Firefox and that is running fine,
Only small problem is slight screen flicker but i will soon fix that later,
Installed bitdefender free and no problems.
I have a problem with the Store nothing will download from it. it's giving error 0x80070002. I have tried several apps including ones I own.
Only dabbled with edge as I tend to use Chrome (or Safari on my MacBook) but it seemed a lot quicker than IE at least.
Linking up to gmail seemed to work ok and the calendar and mail apps look quite slick. Cortana seems to have been set up ok but not currently got a mic connected to my desktop so not tried talking to it yet.
As for Cortana, do you mean that it doesn't run period, or that it doesn't seem to hear you when you speak to it?
Cortana was apparently only enabled in the US in some previous builds. But that restriction should be gone now.
A couple of other things: if I ask Cortana a question, the answer is in text, rather than her saying something. If I want to speak my question, I have to click the microphone icon each time.
Try the phrase "Hey Cortana Do You Speak?"
I guessed at that, but just tried it and lo and behold it makes Cortana talk back to you. IF your volume is up.
As far as I can tell the search bar IS the same place as the Cortana area where you type. They are one and the same.
Windows 8 had a version of the same, except on their separate Start Screen. You just start typing (in this case in that blank) and the search happens.
For example, I have an App called Flipboard installed. If I type "F" then "L", etc. I'll start to see various things spelled similarly until it's narrowed down to just the Flipboard app.
Similarly, in my downloads directory I have a PDF file that's a tech manual for my Microwave Oven. "Kenmore 72163259301.pdf". If I start typing "Kenmore", then Cortana finds the file quite easily enough.
ICYI I've discovered a free application called HostsMan to block the ads until there's an extension available.
Edge LOOKS nice. For a few minutes.
Then go to a page with lots of ads. Edge turns into a nightmare. It goes beyond simply not having a way to block the ads--their presence actually makes it draw the pages REALLLLLLLLLY SLOOOOOOOOOW.
So blocking them with this HOSTSMan might help. I guess I have to try it. But it makes me worry about MSes priorities here, because beyond not having real extensions on Day 1 (a bad idea) and beyond a philosophy that maybe favors the people planting ads, the mere fact that it made the PC CRAWL, and they didn't hash that out in testing, makes me worry.
Type Cortana into the start menu box and you will see 'Cortana settings' Go in there and make sure 'Let Cortana respond to "Hey Cortana" is selected....You will then be taken through the voice recognition bits.
Just make a free Hotmail account. That's all you need.
Or I guess they've renamed it to "Microsoft Live" now. Same thing. Outlook (the free web version), Hotmail, Live (which they used to use for their Skype alternative, before they took over Skype)... they're all the same now I believe.
I will try that trick about getting Cortana to speak. Having seen the news item with Rory Cellan Jones, I did try "Cortana sing to me" and she gave me a few bars of Danny Boy
... or take 2 minutes to setup a Microsoft account.
Let me tell you something that's REALLY hilarious.
It must sense where we are (via the location settings) and tweak the response.
Because while YOU got "Danny Boy", I am currently sitting in New York right now, and the same "Hey Cortana Sing To Me" sang "Home On The Range". A little off-key too. It was amusing.
I wonder what the French get? Frère Jacques, perhaps?
It's not working properly on my laptop either.......Looks like the new store might be having problems.
Anyone???
'You are my sunshine' and Frere Jacques' amongst others......Keep asking and she'll do the whole concert....:D
Go here and associate your 365 account with a Live account https://signup.live.com/signup?sf=1&id=38936&ru=https%3a%2f%2faccount.live.com%2f%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0&tw=0&fs=0&kv=0&cb=&cbcxt=&wp=SAPI&wa=wsignin1.0&wreply=https%3a%2f%2faccount.live.com%2f%3fwa%3dwsignin1.0&bk=1438253361&uiflavor=web&uaid=eed174ff98a044f78a2b4a38025900d0&mkt=EN-GB&lc=2057&lic=1
I can't believe MS haven't fixed this, I had them in the office last week as we are planning a 365 migration and I started at them in disbelief when they told me this.
For those of you that are having issues with Cortana and are logging in using a MS Live account you need to do the following, I had the same issue on one of the Insider builds on my Desktop (worked fine on the laptop):
Go to Settings - Time and Languages - speech - in there somewhere there should be a option to download a speech language pack.
I upgraded my desktop issues what so ever, now have a upgraded build and a insider build dual booting. What is more impressive is this PC is 9 years old and it runs Win 10 absolutely perfectly no wonder sales of desktops have flatlined. Laptop is running as well without any issues and I will probably keep that on a insider build.
Yeah, I just found out you can request by name.
"Hey Cortana Sing You Are My Sunshine" worked, for example.
I suppose she's limited to the public domain of course.
Yup. If you ask "Hey Cortana, sing Happy Birthday" guess what happens?
If you guessed she sings the famous song... you'd be incorrect. It's not public domain. She sings an alternate version.
Try 'Tell me a Joke' if you are really bored....;-)
Also Outlook stopped working with iCloud, calendar and contacts, would not load as windows had made the user file read only, fixed.
Mind it is only day one!