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thats good news
![]() for mine i only started to notice when the keyboard failed when using my, Edge/IE browser. the keyboard was ok with my other browser. then the mouse became erratic. since ive sorted the issue, all is now fine and working. |
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People generally accept limitations if they are there fom the start, it getting harder when they reduce choice later. Things like this certainly appeared on the horizon when Windows 8 arrived.
![]() I suspect that those of us who are keen on spouting such hyperbole probably don't even use Cortana, preferring to Google things by hand, whereas searching the Internet using Cortana is mostly useful hands-free; You ask it the capital of Honduras and it says, "Tegucigalpa", and who cares if it used Google or Bing in that instance, right? |
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I observed here when Windows 8 arrived that rather than give standard control stuff to do things, F1(the help access) told me to type a command in the combined search in order to then open a control panel object.
That was part of the same thing, pushing combined search, also in order to foist Bing onto all of us. |
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I've had a 'mind of its own' problem that happens with the cursor every so often every day. It started happening ever since I started using an external wireless mouse with Windows 8,
also, check out the device manager. expand the mouse option and right/click it to uninstall the drivers. after the uninstall action, reboot. windows will reinstall them again. hope this helps. |
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try checking the batteries. they are maybe past their best. its worth trying a change of batteries, as this is a small change.
also, check out the device manager. expand the mouse option and right/click it to uninstall the drivers. after the uninstall action, reboot. windows will reinstall them again. hope this helps. |
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I have spanking new batteries in and it still happens sometimes. I'm used to it happening anyway. I may find out why it's happening sometime in the future but for now, I'll just wait for its little 'tantrums' to stop when they happen. If I uninstall the mouse driver, how can I reboot Windows using the cursor? The driver needs to be installed for the cursor to move.
In worst case, simply hold power button down until pc shuts down, and then restart pc. |
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Unplug the mouse, and replug it in. The pc will detect the hardware change and reinstall the driver.
In worst case, simply hold power button down until pc shuts down, and then restart pc. |
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Windows 7 does indeed have a much better USB recording level than Windows 8.1 and 10. I forgot that I had an old laptop with 7 on and thought I'd test it out. You can easily be heard at 50% and yet this is way too low for 8.1 and 10.
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Windows 7 does indeed have a much better USB recording level than Windows 8.1 and 10. I forgot that I had an old laptop with 7 on and thought I'd test it out. You can easily be heard at 50% and yet this is way too low for 8.1 and 10.
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Is it actuall a Windows or a driver issue. You cannot assume it is necessarily Windows.
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Is it actuall a Windows or a driver issue. You cannot assume it is necessarily Windows.
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp https://www.netmarketshare.com/opera...10&qpcustomd=0 It would be very interesting to compare the USB microphone recording level of 7, 8/8.1 and 10 on systems that had the same hardware and exactly the same programs installed. The recording level in 10 is okay, but the sensitivity could do with being upped though. |
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Apple locks its people to a single search engine and no one complains but MS does it and you might as well end the world, but given you can use a metric crapton of other browsers it aint exactly the end of the world.
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I don't think Apple does - although do limit the selection to just a few on iOS Safari (Google, Yahoo, Bing and DuckDuckGo. Anyway it's not a big deal as Cortana is an optional feature and not an essential. As you say, plenty of browsers available.
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Siri uses Bing. No choice.
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Windows 7 does indeed have a much better USB recording level than Windows 8.1 and 10. I forgot that I had an old laptop with 7 on and thought I'd test it out. You can easily be heard at 50% and yet this is way too low for 8.1 and 10.
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Is it actuall a Windows or a driver issue. You cannot assume it is necessarily Windows.
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I completely forgot to say in the above post that I was using the Windows 10 upgrade (Media Creation Tool) when experimenting with the microphone. I was actually talking about the upgrade when making that post but completely forgot to mention it. I can't see a clean install being much different though. I dunno, I might be surprised. So yes, the upgrade might be the problem.
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You are missing my point - Windows 10 is not responsible for 3rd party drivers. So Windoiws 10 may be fine but that the drivers from the manufacturer are at fault. Have you checked that you are using the latest sound/mic drivers from their website etc.
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Okay, I've chosen the driver for the microphone in Device Manager that was from 2014 and the spark/static noises can't be heard, or you have to really listen closely to hear them. If I see any more black screens, I'll just install the older/previous graphics driver which worked absolutely fine. These drivers that Windows 10 is getting for me seem buggy.
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On July 29th the Get Windows 10 app that facilitates the easy upgrade to Windows 10 will be disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide. Just as it took time to ramp up and roll out the Get Windows 10 app, it will take time to ramp it down.
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On July 29th the Get Windows 10 app that facilitates the easy upgrade to Windows 10 will be disabled and eventually removed from PCs worldwide. Just as it took time to ramp up and roll out the Get Windows 10 app, it will take time to ramp it down.
Nah - bookies would never give such stupid odds on anything !
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For those who were wondering, the Windows 10 upgrade will not be free after July 29th:
http://www.alphr.com/microsoft/10033...s-a-cash-value |
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