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Is Windows 10 a reprise of Windows Vista?

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Kevin

I remember Windows Vista; in fact I still have a laptop that came installed with Windows Vista. What comes to mind first about that experience is that my disk drive became corrupted multiple times and I had to re-install the … Continue reading →

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Hey Cortana, start control panel

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Kevin

How Windows 10 meets expectations I wrote an article about how I was looking forward to Windows 10. As I get experience with Windows 10 I plan to put in this article just how well it stands up against expectations. … Continue reading →

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Surface Pro 3 backup

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Kevin

I didn’t have a backup of my Surface Pro 3, so when it because unusable, my only option was to do a Refresh, which uninstalled all my applications, and trashed all my settings, product registrations, 100 Windows Update installations, email … Continue reading →

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Take two tablets…

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Kevin

In my continuing quest to find the perfect device, I bought a Surface 3 Pro (I5, 128 GB) today at Best Buy, along with the Type keyboard and a sleeve. My venerable XPS Dell laptop from January 2008 has been … Continue reading →

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Fix for OneDrive Application Error Event ID 1000

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Kevin

This started happening sometime in the last week and a half. I couldn’t turn on the Windows 8.1 option to make all files available offline. There was this message: "you can’t turn on this setting while Onedrive is being set … Continue reading →

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Fixing Windows 8

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Kevin

I guess my only real complaint about Windows 8 is that it isn’t finished, not even close. I currently have a desktop running Windows 7, a laptop running Windows 8.1, a tablet running Windows 8.1 and a tablet running Windows … Continue reading →

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Surface v. Surface 2

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Kevin

I’ve been somewhat of a fan of the Microsoft Surface RT tablet computer. What I like about it is its productivity features, a big screen, nice keyboard available, Microsoft Office built in, and the ability to plug in USB peripherals. … Continue reading →

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