Category Archives: Windows

Windows… for developers and users

How to create a sending group in Outlook

Sometime it is useful to create a mailing list because you often need to send the same email always to some people. In Outlook it is easy to create a group in your contacts and then use it when you … Continua a leggere

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How to update Adobe Premiere/Photoshop to a minor release

It may happen that stating an Adobe desktop program, it notifies that there is an update. However even though you agree to install it, that notification continue to appear every time … If you look at the program version you … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Arte e Bellezza, Fotografie, Pensieri&Parole, Review e test, Tecnologia, Windows | Lascia un commento

Windows 10 – What to do if keypad and keyboard get disabled and how to disable the embedded touch mouse everytime an external one is used

Unfortunately it may happen that both the keyboard and the mouse become inactive on your PC. It happened to me some days ago, possibly because I accidentally pressed some keys on the keyboard (I do not know what that sequence … Continua a leggere

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Trasformare una presentazione PowerPoint in un video

Talvolta può essere conveniente effettuare un video da una presentazione Power Point, magari per pubblicarla su YouTube o Vimeo, inserendo anche dei propri commenti vocali per ciascuna slide. L’operazione è assai agevole e le istruzioni dettagliate si possono trovare agevolmente … Continua a leggere

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How to extend your network in a remote area /Come estendere la propria rete in un’area assai distante

NOTE for Italians – Se preferisci leggere questo post tradotto in italiano, utilizzando le funzionalità di Google Translator, premi questo link. Of course, before equipping yourself with the networking devices needed to build a long-distance WiFi connection, it’s important to … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Tecnologia, Windows | 6 commenti

Tips & tricks to solve possible problems related to Windows 10 (e.g. File Explorer does not refresh automatically anymore)

Windows 10 is a wonderful operating system … but it may happens some times that it gives you some headaches! In this post I will insert some tips & tricks related to issues I experimented using it and that I … Continua a leggere

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Microsoft Phone Companion: another very useful app that is going to be dismissed? NO, it is now embedded in the Photos app!!

PS: I had to rewrite that post because now I realize that features that were provided by the Microsoft Phone Companion are now included in the Photos app as you can see in the screenshots in the following!! 🙂 Therefore, as … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Fotografie, Review e test, Smartphone OS, Tecnologia, Windows | 1 commento

Drawing UML 2.5 diagrams with Visio 2016 (even with the Standard edition)

There are several ways to draw UML diagrams and Microsoft Visio 2016 is one of those! On the contrary with Visio you can manage as you like every UML diagram using the drag&drop feature it provides. As stated in Microsoft … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Tecnologia, Windows | 3 commenti

Navigazione in incognito/privata da Edge, Chrome ed Internet Explorer

Talvolta può risultare molto utile impostare il proprio browser per effettuare una navigazione su Internet in incognito, con finestra privata o anonima, come taluni browser usano indicare questa medesima funzionalità. Su tratta di una navigazione che non tiene conto delle registrazioni precedenti … Continua a leggere

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Protetto: ASP.NET Core, WebSocket support and Web Server Kestrel

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Pubblicato in Java, Review e test, Tecnologia, Windows | Inserisci la tua password per visualizzare i commenti.

TIMVISION e RaiPlay: quali sono gli Smart TV idonei e quali sono le modalità alternative per poterne usufruire anche su “vecchi” TV (e. g. Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick, PC con display/TV connesso via HDMI, dongle Wi-Fi o tramite continuum)

Non tutti sanno che chi ha un abbonamento alla linea fissa con TIM (e.g. TIM SMART, TIM CONNECT) ha la possibilità di utilizzare TIMVISION compresa nel prezzo e quindi senza alcun costo aggiuntivo! … ma forse sono ancor più  quelli … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Smartphone OS, Tecnologia, Windows | 17 commenti

How to install an app you purchased and that is no more available for buying in the MS Store (e.g. Adobe Photoshop Express 15)

In the following I will explain how to install on a new PC (or even in the same old one, if you did an OS restore) an app that you purchased some time ago and that you cannot find anymore searching in … Continua a leggere

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Le Progressive Web App (PWA): il futuro è già qui?

A Progressive Web App is an app that can provide additional features based on the device support, including offline capabilities, push notifications and almost native app look and speed, and local caching of resources. In questo post analizzerò questa “nuova” metodologia di … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Java, Review e test, Smartphone OS, Tecnologia, Windows | 4 commenti

How to check if your PC support a wireless display

You need to run on a Command Promp / PowerShell window, the following command: At the bottom there should be a line with:

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How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10

From the Microsoft Store you can download and install the Debian/GNU Linux app. It contains also the shell of Ubuntu and other distributions. As stressed in the  app description, before you install that app you have to enable the WSL (Windows … Continua a leggere

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How to report an error in Bing maps site or in Microsoft Maps app

It may happen that the name of a street you know well is not correctly written on a Bing Maps site or in the Microsoft Maps app.The displayed map is the same if you are on the Maps app or in the … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Smartphone OS, Windows | 3 commenti

How to make work a program that is not cooperating with Windows 10: compatibility mode installation

It may happen that an old program did not cooperate well with Windows 10. However there are several possible trials you can do to try to make it work anyway! First of all be sure you are installing the latest … Continua a leggere

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How to remove all carriage return from a text file

Sometime you may want to remove all the return  (CR LF characters) from a text file, for example a .csv file. This can be done in many ways but an easy one is the following, using the free Notepad++ editor that can … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Just for fun!, Review e test, Windows | Lascia un commento

How to start OneDrive manually

I already wrote some posts about OneDrive and its new functionalities available by default to all Windows 10 users, and maybe you could be interested in some of them (How to configure OneDrive in Windows 10; Windows 10 Fall Creator: nuova funzionalità … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Tecnologia, Windows | 6 commenti

How to record the screen in Windows 10 for free … with the Xbox app

To record the screen and make some tutorial, in the past I used several free applications and I wrote also some posts about that. For example CamStudio was suggested in the Nice tools (for free) post and the Microsoft Expression … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Smartphone OS, Tecnologia, Windows | 2 commenti

Corsi gratuiti online: piattaforme MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)

MOOC sta per Massive  Open Online Courses e fa riferimento a piattaforme/siti che forniscono corsi sul web. Generalmente gratuiti, sono pensati per una formazione a distanza che coinvolga un gran numero di partecipanti: talvolta rilasciano attestati di partecipazione ed anche … Continua a leggere

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How to get GPS coordinates of a point from Microsoft Maps app

Sometime it useful to get the GPS coordinates of a point on a map or to find a place knowing them. In this post we will see how to do using the Maps app available for free in all Windows … Continua a leggere

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Fetch files available on your PC from OneDrive site

I already wrote a post on the new useful files on-demand feature (ex place-holder) since the Windows 10 Fall Creator OneDrive. In the current post I will give some information about a furthermore new feature now available in OneDrive, that … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Aziendali, Review e test, Windows | 3 commenti

How to let an app be displayed in mirror mode, so that you can see through a mirror (i.e. HUD) the image in the “right” way

How is it possible to let an app be displayed in mirror mode, so that you can see through a mirror (i.e. HUD) the image in the “right” way? It would be nice if you could set some option in Window 10/Windows 10 Mobile, … Continua a leggere

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How to let Outlook 2016 be opened when you click on a new email notification from the Notification Center

By default, when you click on a new email notification from the Notification Center, that email is opened using the Mail app. However, if you have Outlook 2016 locally installed, you may want to use it instead. Changing that behavior … Continua a leggere

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Bots sample with speech recognition and synthesis

Some posts ago I wrote about the Microsoft Bot Framework, giving some useful links. Among others, there were the following, related to bots examples with Cortana, speech recognition and synthesis … there are not so many references online: Build a speech-enabled bot … Continua a leggere

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Protetto: Come estendere la pagina delle Timbrature Online in modo che mostri il monte-ore settimanale

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Possible solution for error: “The operation system is not presently configured to run this application”

It happened to me that error when I tried to run Skype for Business possibly after some Windows update. I see that there is also a Microsoft support page on that issue and it is said that this error is … Continua a leggere

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Windows 10 Fall Creator: nuova funzionalità di Files on-demand (ex placeholder) in OneDrive [anche per OneDrive for Business e documenti su SharePoint]

Tra tutte le novità  introdotte dalla nuova versione autunnale di Windows 10 (Fall Creator Update) sicuramente una di quelle di maggior rilievo, a mio parere, è la ricomparsa della possibilità di avere file su richiesta (Files on-Demand) in OneDrive (anche … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Tecnologia, Windows | 4 commenti

How to format an HD not visible in Windows 10’s File Explorer

Sometime it may happens that you want to use an HD recovered from some other PC, possibly a not Windows one (e.g. Linux). When you connect it via USB port using a Hard Disk Docking Station, it may happens that … Continua a leggere

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Family useful features available for Microsoft accounts: for children, weekly activities report, limit screen time, sites/apps/games block and smartphone localization

I already wrote a post related to the Family Calendar, that is a calendar shared among family members. Another interesting feature available in the Family section of a Microsoft account, are related to activity of children, such as limiting screen time, … Continua a leggere

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Family useful features available for Microsoft/Google accounts: “Family Calendar” and more

There are several interesting features in any Microsoft account, that you can use whenever you use any Windows 10 device (PC/tablet/smartphone) or even other platforms, for example if you use some Microsoft apps (e.g. Outlook as a client for your … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Review e test, Smartphone OS, Windows | 5 commenti

How to connect a Microsoft Framework Bot to a Microsoft channel (e.g. Cortana, Skype)

In a previous post I spoke about connecting a Bot with a third party channel (i.e. Facebook Messenger). Connecting a Bot to Microsoft’s specific channels is even easier because you do not need to create/add specific tokens. In his post … Continua a leggere

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How to connect a Microsoft Framework Bot to a third party channel (i.e. Facebook Messenger)

In Bot Framework Portal left menu  (How-To guides -> Connect to channels), there is a specific section related to the connection of a bot to a channel and, after Microsoft ones (e.g. Bing, Cortana, Skype for Business, Direct Line, Microsoft Teams, … Continua a leggere

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How to delete a wrong word inserted by mistake in the custom dictionary in Windows 10 Mobile

It may happen that, for mistake, you add (using the suggestion bar available in Windows 10 Mobile while you are writing) a not correctly written word: how can you delete it from the custom dictionary in order it will not … Continua a leggere

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How to add a certificate in Windows 10 possibly required to use Skype for Business

Sometime to use Skype for Business in an intranet there is the need to install a firm certificate: it may even happens that Skype for Business works when your PC is connected to Internet (if you have required the proper … Continua a leggere

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What to do if a the performance of a Windows app starts to decrease

Sometime it happens that the performance of an app decreases (or it starts to work not properly): this may happens with some resources consuming apps like the Facebook one. Every app has a reserved memory where it can store locally data and … Continua a leggere

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Why your iCloud email, configured in your email client, do not work anymore since 15/6/2017

Some months ago (exactly since 15/6/2017) all my email clients I configured in my Windows PCs and smartphones started to have problems in accessing only an iCloud email … while the same account continued to work properly only on an … Continua a leggere

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How to create a sample Bot application, test it with the bot emulator and then publish it in Azure

I am trying the Microsoft BOT Framework and here you can find my first experiences. First I followed the instructions available in Create a bot with the Bot Builder SDK for .NET and in the following you can find some notes … Continua a leggere

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Blackstar ID CORE Stereo 40 V2 useful links and information

I bought the Blackstar ID:CORE Stereo 40 V2 amplifier for my guitar: it seems to be good … but may be some more information is needed. Note that sometimes Blackstar have special offers  giving you free delivery and a free … Continua a leggere

Pubblicato in Musica, Review e test, Windows | 5 commenti