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Windows 10 – Cortana and search stopped working – build 10041

  When I first installed Windows 10, Cortana was working   I didn’t jump into using it right away but later came back to find that it no longer functioned at all. “Are you mad bro” comes to mind.   I would like to avoid a clean install to get this working but seem that […]

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Windows 10 Windows Updates using P2P Technology

Hey Folks, It seems that Windows 10 has the capability of downloading Windows updates using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol. Seems like a smart move to deliver their software to end users. After all we are all connected these days. The new option that allows Windows 10 users to enable this feature that will speed up downloads due […]

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X1 Error Code: RDK-03004 – Unable to Connect to XFINITY

An issue with my Comcast issued X1 Set-Top Box prevented my family and I from watching TV last night.  We are shown the error code RDK-03004. We had called Comcast support phone line and after waiting for 45 min’s got no help at all.  They just wanted to schedule a tech to come out to our […]

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Cut Sugar From Your Diet

I love sugar as much as the next gal/guy however too much of a good thing isn’t so good. Here are some reasons why we should all cut back on the use of sugars in our daily diets. 1. Sugar isn’t food – It offers your body calories but has a low nutritional value and […]

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Get Windows 10 Technical Preview – March Update

Yes its close, very close so why not get to testing out the latest version of Windows 10 build 10041. Keep in mind that this is an early build of Windows 10 so issues may exist; however I’ve not run into many worth mentioning   The download links can be found here Product key: NKJFK-GPHP7-G8C3J-P6JXR-HQRJR  

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Office 365: Directory Synchronization Isssues

Yes!  In Office 365 at last and now synchronizations are failing The followin message is shown in the forefront identity manager: stopped-server-down And with the event id of 655 the following message is shown: Failed credential provisioning ping. Error: Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.ServerDownException: Failed even after 5 retries. Action: ProvisionCredentials, Exception: Unable to communicate with the Windows Azure […]