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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2018 11:35:39 GMT
It's your job to get everything perfect. There is only a need for conversation if anything goes wrong. This, of course, will be your fault no matter what it is and who caused it That's it precisely. |
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Post by Paul on Jun 29, 2018 19:46:28 GMT
Haven't had too much trouble since installing build 1803. I have noticed that the volume won't work with a Bluetooth speaker device now. I have to use the volume level in Spotify to adjust. I only use it for background music but still a pain.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 29, 2018 21:02:37 GMT
Have you clicked on the speaker icon in the system tray, then the up arrow? It usually gives you a choice of what volume it controls.
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Post by Paul on Jul 3, 2018 19:08:55 GMT
Yeah, I've tried that. One option gives speakers/headphone(Realtek) and outputs only from laptop.The other outputs at full volume into Wireless speaker. I checked the Microsoft forum and It's a known issue with no fix as of yet AFAIK.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 14, 2018 11:42:02 GMT
Microsoft has been moaned at by Windows Insider Program members trialling the next major update. It includes popups, again. These (un)helpful little chappies appear if you should be traitorous enough to attempt to install the Firefox, or Chrome, browsers.
Text in the pop-up claims that "you've already got the best browser, Edge" which is a "faster, safer" browser for the Windows 10 operating system. You can, it appears, turn the prompt off, but the fact that its there in the first place is what's annoying people.
The latest word is that, unlike some of the other new features in the prototype being tested by Insiders, the warnings will not now be rolled out to the larger population of Windows 10 users in the next update.
Well done Insiders.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 14, 2018 11:57:11 GMT
That's good to know.
I find it hard to understand why users want a different browser on Windows 10 these days, though. I use Edge all the time at home and work and rarely have any problems with it. We install Chrome at work for those who want it, but Firefox?
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Post by Slinger on Sept 14, 2018 12:31:37 GMT
I use Chrome almost exclusively (I have got other browsers installed, a hangover from my site-building days when it was useful to be able to test new code for compatibility on the spot) because it syncs across all of my devices, including, obviously my Chromebook but also my Nook, phone, tablets, etc.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 3, 2018 8:49:53 GMT
Update 1809 (actually October despite the name) came through and applied to my Surface ok. Here's the full changelog. |
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Post by Slinger on Oct 3, 2018 14:56:53 GMT
I'm only went to 1803 yesterdAY. I'm now being offered 1809 so it's good to know it was painless for you, Martin.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 3, 2018 17:06:55 GMT
The updates are quite subtle, despite the changelog being rather large.
I like Your Phone, better integration for Android phones.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 3, 2018 17:16:32 GMT
The update has wiped out my custom theme, even though it was saved. I've had to rebuild it and resave it. Other than that it doesn't seem to have done much damage.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 3, 2018 17:21:27 GMT
I have a custom wallpaper and it left that alone. Did you have a full-on theme? Not saved?
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Post by Slinger on Oct 3, 2018 18:39:25 GMT
I have custom wallpaper and I'd changed the colour scheme for the ribbons on active and inactive windows, and a few other things. It was all saved as a custom theme, which vanished.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 3, 2018 20:05:21 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Oct 4, 2018 5:36:36 GMT
I spoke too soon. It was delayed by one restart for me. It wiped my profile including Windows Hello face recognition, wallpaper and all taskbar icons, as well as all remembered passwords.
I'm not worried about restoring them all myself, it's the tons of staff and students who will come to us because "they've lost Outlook" etc.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 4, 2018 13:10:25 GMT
What can the rest of us do to protect ourselves ?
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Post by MartinT on Oct 4, 2018 13:16:29 GMT
It seems that the problem may be caused by a Group Policy setting that deletes old profiles, very useful on a busy network. The Windows Update may not be checking profile dates correctly. I've disabled that setting now.
However, Paul getting the issue makes me hesitate as he surely is not on an Active Directory network?
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Post by Slinger on Oct 4, 2018 14:49:50 GMT
I'm wondering if it's anything to do with the new File Explorer dark theme. It seems to be causing some users problems by not applying properly. If the update is trying to apply the new dark theme by default, to "show it off" and finding it to be broken perhaps that may be causing other, associated, problems too. The trouble is, I never took any notice of what was applied because I was too busy trying to get back what had been deleted.
The Group Policy that deletes user profiles that have not been used for a specific number of days is not configured on my machine. Is that the one you were talking about, Martin?
The third option is to say "Oh well, it's Micro$oft, what do you expect?" Then shrug one's shoulders, and carry on as usual.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 4, 2018 14:56:02 GMT
Yes, that's the one, Paul.
Reddit is full of people whose profiles have been wiped. This is a SNAFU by Microsoft, for sure.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 4, 2018 15:00:37 GMT
You'd think they might have noticed something that major when they were beta testing the update. Oh. Wait. How silly of me. Miscro$oft users ARE their beta-testers.  |
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