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How to use Tapatalk to post images in the Windows Central forums
Every week we do a fun photography contest in the Windows Central forums. Each week we go with a different theme and get so many good entries into the contest. But without fail we also have a handful...
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How to download and play Onigiri, Xbox One's first MMORPG
The Xbox One launched in Japan at the beginning of September this year. There it has struggled to against competition from the more popular Playstation 4 and declining interest in consoles from...
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How to change the default search engine on Surface Pro 3 with Internet Explorer
By default, entering a search on the Internet Explorer navigation bar on the Surface Pro 3 gives you Bing results. What if you want to use a different search provider? For example, maybe you want Yahoo...
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How to change the language on Windows Phone 8.1
Have you ever held a Windows Phone device 8.1 with a language you didn't understand? Perhaps you purchased a device overseas, or someone accidentally changed your settings. I tried setting up a new...
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How to choose and use an external hard drive for your Xbox One
It's a new year, and Xbox One owners have likely picked up quite a few new games during the holiday season – perhaps even some of my favorite games of 2014. Some new-gen games take up lots of storage...
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All the Microsoft Band help and how-to videos you'll ever need in one place!
While the Microsoft Band has been one of the harder products to get hold of in recent times, there's a good chance this past week has seen a whole bunch of new owners. That's because the Band went back...
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How to add your Starbucks Card to your Microsoft Band
Despite there being no official app for Windows Phone, you are able to pay for your Starbucks beverages using your Microsoft Band. In fact, Microsoft even throws you a $5 gift card when you buy your...
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Know where your Country Variant Lumia comes from for OS updates #LumiaDenim
The Lumia Denim update is hitting more devices each day, and a big chunk of those are country variants often marked as CV. Country variants are non-carrier phones, but even though they are SIM...
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Guide: How to get and play Puyo Puyo Tetris for Xbox One
In early December, the Xbox One got its first Japanese exclusive retail game: Puyo Puyo Tetris from Sega. That same month, Ubisoft plopped out another boring, generic Tetris game as a downloadable Xbox...
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World at Arms: Windows Phone and Windows 8 Achievement Guide
Over the weekend, we published a guide to importing Puyo Puyo Tetris for Xbox One. That guide stirred up old feelings in yours truly, as I wrote strategy guides for years before becoming a gaming...
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How to manually switch Wifi between 2.4 and 5GHz bands on the Surface Pro 3
With Microsoft's recent firmware update for the Surface Pro 3, among the new bits and pieces was a new Marvell Wifi driver that lets you switch between 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands on the fly. For those of us...
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How to install Windows 10 Technical Preview
It's been only a few days since Microsoft talked about what's next with Windows 10, and slightly ahead of schedule a brand new release of the Technical Preview has been pushed out. Now that you have...
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How to enable Hey Cortana on Windows 10 Preview and other cool shortcuts
If you are on the brand new build of the Windows 10 January Technical Preview and you are also in the US with US English enabled, you are lucky enough to have Cortana too. Cortana is Microsoft's...
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How to disable Cortana from the task bar in Windows 10 Preview
One of the prominent new features in the task bar in the Windows 10 Technical Preview is the Cortana search box to the right of the Start button. It's a really great tool to have close at hand, but, it...
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Here's how to enable the Spartan Edge rendering engine for IE11 in Windows 10
When it comes to web browsers, Windows 10 gets a little complicated. Internet Explorer 11 is the default browser for now, but later Spartan takes over as it has the new Edge rendering engine (but it...
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How to manually enable tablet mode in the Windows 10 preview
Continuum is Microsoft's fancy new way of switching between tablet and desktop mode in Windows 10 as and when the need arises, but what if you want to play around with tablet mode on your desktop PC?...
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Use this shortcut to quickly launch the Windows 10 Feedback App on your phone
The Windows 10 Technical Preview for phone is now available, at least for some people. One of the most important things about using this early release is giving feedback back to Microsoft. After all,...
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Windows 10 for phone lets you expand notifications in the Action Center
One of the more useful tricks in Windows 10 for phones is the ability to expand notifications in the Action Center.When you get a list of emails or alerts, only a snippet is previewed, often cutting...
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How to roll back from Windows 10 Preview to Windows Phone 8.1
It has been a week since Windows 10 Preview for phone was released and you've probably realized that it is far from being finished. While you had fun checking out the Preview, you want to go back to a...
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How to use Quick Read on the Microsoft Band
The latest Microsoft Band update released earlier this week added some new features and functionality. One of those things is the new Quick Read function. It's another option to scan incoming texts,...
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