Recent content by Funky Cricket

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    Voice dictation into OneNote?

    whaaaat, what a great way to use text to speech in a note.. thanks for the tip!
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    Win a $50 Microsoft Store Gift Card (plus get 10% off Lara Croft: Rise of the Tomb Raider)

    If I got it, either more games or 12 more months of xbox live.
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    Win a Lumia 950 XL from Windows Central!

    I would love one! I can just pay for month to month on ATT. Still hoping VZ and MS start playing nice....
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    Win a Lumia 950 or Lumia 950 XL in the Windows Central Fa-la-la-liday Contest!

    950 XL. If the device was free, I could convince my wife to let me try a GSM carrier off contract. Verizon is our current provider as they have the best coverage in the boonies here. ATT is so-so at best, but pre-pay I could see if it was worth moving her over to once we pay off her phone.
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    Would you honestly buy another Microsoft Mobile?

    I didn't read all the pages, full discloser. I would. I have not upgraded my 938 as I wait to see if VZ will get a new MS device. My wife has a Samsung Galaxy S6, and it's pretty nice hardware, I have to admit, but my phone is over 2 years old, which is ancient in phone time. I miss a few...
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    Why do Apple fans have great multitasking on iOS9

    It just looks like more webOS copies from 6 years ago. I haven't seen much innovated since then in a UX. Hardware has come light years, but the UX's are still trying to catch up with webOS and the dev teams put together way back in the future and it was the future having had palm and windows...
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    HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade hasn't shown up yet, why is that?

    Re: HP Stream 7 and Windows 10 upgrade program I have not seen that on any of my PC's yet. It is just home versions that are getting the notifications at this time?
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    Is Spotify really this bad or do I just need a new phone?

    why do I put up with it? my wife's LG (smaller and older, lucid 2 I think) is also at the end of 2 year contract, her phone barely works, mine works the same as it did 2 years ago, that is why I put up with it. I never had to dink around, or ROM my phone for it to work. I charge it every night...
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    Is Spotify really this bad or do I just need a new phone?

    I use it ALL the time in with a free account. It's slow to load, I can load games faster. But once open it plays fine with no issues, but slow to change radio stations or playlists, but nothing I can't live with. (L928)
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    Can an older computer handle the Windows 10 upgrade?

    Re: Upgrading to Windows 10 on old computer It will run it, just not well. I have mine on a Dell OptiPlex 390? first Gen Core i5, 6 GB of ram and it's still a bit pokey. Could be the slow HDD in it.. If you expect to use it as your primary, you won't be happy. Modern browsers alone will use 2...
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    Download sizes for windows 10 builds!!!

    Just curious. If you live where you can't easily get cheap data, I can understand wanting to do a tech build to know the product and get to be on the front edge of the technology, but if you can't afford the regular build updates, why do it? The updates are more frequent and can be larger due to...
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    Will installing windows 10 by ISO wipe the other drives ?

    It's the same to boot from the ISO as if you were booting from windows Vista, 7, or 8 disk. you can upgrade your existing installation install new, create new partitions, repair etc.. If this is not something you have done before, I wouldn't recommend doing it on a primary machine with Windows...
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    Will installing windows 10 by ISO wipe the other drives ?

    You better know what you are doing with installing windows or you may wipe out the wrong drives, etc. Run backups first.
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    Why is my printer not being detected by Surface Pro 3?

    Install the HP driver software, then plug in the printer per the directions provided by HP. Let us know if this works.
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    Why is my Start Menu and Cortana not opening on Build 10074 after working once or twice per reboot?

    I was having the same issue before the most recent updates to 10074. I haven't had it since, but I haven't spend much time on my test box as I've been traveling for work.