Category: Microsoft

Microsoft? How did you think that Windows 11 was ready for release?

trparky October 12, 2021 0

Seriously Microsoft? Many of the features that we’ve had in Windows for three decades are missing. The list below is just a brief list of features that are missing.

A clock on the taskbar of secondary monitors.
The ability to resize the taskbar.
The ability to drag a file onto a taskbar icon.
And this is broken… autohide taskbars on secondary monitors is broken. You can drag your mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen all you want, and the taskbar will not show up.

Seriously Microsoft? How did you think that Windows 11 was ready for release?

Windows 10 Diagnostic Data

trparky January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 0

OK so I did some deep diving into the app Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer that’s part of the new Windows 10 Fast Ring Build that was released recently and to be honest, it was an eye-opening experience. If I am using the app correctly (and I most likely am) there is a toggle that will …

Windows 10 Telemetry

trparky October 29, 2016 1

I know that many of you may have read stuff about Windows 10’s telemetry and that Microsoft is using it to spy on their users. Every little thing that you do on your Windows machine is being tracked, collected, and sent to Microsoft. Every keystroke, every mouse movement, every word you say to Cortana is …

Microsoft OneDrive vs. Google Drive

trparky September 30, 2016 1

And the winner is… Microsoft OneDrive. Yes, I know… I have been critical of Microsoft and in a lot of cases they deserve it but when it comes to Microsoft OneDrive vs. Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive wins. The syncing of data between PCs using Microsoft OneDrive is far more stable, accurate, and faster than Google …

The Death of Windows Mobile

trparky September 30, 2016 0

Paul Thurrott just released an article of his time at Microsoft Ignite and he brought up several key points in his article involving Windows Mobile during the developer conference. Windows 10 Mobile is only for businesses. This was stressed repeatedly in different ways. There’s no consumer play here at all, and that is not changing …

Is this the end of a Microsoft dominated world?

trparky May 30, 2015 0

Here I am, and I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but I am seriously looking at the Mac as a future for my computing needs. Why? Well, I don’t like the way that Microsoft is going so if I were to switch to the Mac I really wouldn’t have that much trouble finding software …

Windows 10… everything that Windows 8 should have been from the beginning.

trparky October 3, 2014 0

I finally got my hands on the preview of Windows 10 and I have it installed in a virtual machine for testing purposes. At first glance, Windows 10 is everything that Windows 8 should’ve been from the beginning. If Windows 8 was what Windows 10 is today, it wouldn’t have been nearly as hated as …

Windows 8.1 Update 1… it’s not that bad (REALLY!), Part 2

trparky July 1, 2014 0

Here I am, July 1st. Still running Windows 8.1 Update 1. Yep, still running it and I haven’t at all thought about going back to Windows 7. I even bought a ModernUI app from the Windows Store! Very cool. Now, there have been a few bugs that I have seen come up while using Windows …

Windows 8.1 Update 1… it’s not that bad (REALLY!)

trparky June 11, 2014 4

Another Windows 8.1 blog post… crap, you’re going to be hating on it again. Aren’t you? No, not this time. So I had to reload my computer’s operating system because things were getting “glitchy.” At the time I was running Windows 7. And by “glitchy” I mean things wouldn’t work correctly for no good reason. …

Is an XBOX division sell-off in the future for Microsoft?

trparky May 6, 2014 1

Bill Gates, Microsoft’s newly appointed “technical advisor,” has reignited the perennial debate about whether Microsoft should sell off its Xbox and Bing businesses. For years, analysts and investors have leaned on Microsoft to sell off the loss-making Xbox division. With new CEO Satya Nadella saying that the company should focus on its core markets, rumors …