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Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 13 Feb

Yes, it's me. Before I start my day, I thought I would let you know I'm still among the living. I've been working so hard this year, I gave Microsoft a meltdown. I started seeing things and complained loudly to AI, who told me...

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Verbiage - similar to garbage?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381837) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Aug

I’ve had an email from Microsoft about changes to their Services Agreement. I read the summary page and came across the word ‘verbiage’ several times. At least twice, it mentions ‘adding verbiage’ which I didn’t think sounded a...

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Programming Annoyances

DE @DaddyEvil (174290) • United States 20 Jul

When I switched laptops this last time, I had to switch because my screen on my Win10 laptop got damaged somehow... The top left corner started turning a shimmery black and that black color started creeping down my screen......

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Microsoft shutting down in Pakistan

MeMoneyAndLove @abhi_bangal (7679) • Ahmednagar, India 6 Jul

It's learnt that Microsoft has decided to end its operations in Pakistan. This can be considered a big blow to Pakistan as a big tech giant is leaving the country for the good. The US company operated in the neighboring country...

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Technology Is Cool But

Some Witch @somewitch (1470) 26 Feb 25

There have been a couple of things that have been bugging me lately. First of all, WordPad has been deprecated by Microsoft. WordPad used to be my favorite text editing software, I relied on it heavily for myLot drafts. I'm using...

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Is your daily life affected?

MeMoneyAndLove @abhi_bangal (7679) • Ahmednagar, India 19 Jul 24

CrowdStrike outage has affected Microsoft systems worldwide. It's termed as the biggest IT outage in history. It has affected services like banks, flights and broadcasters as well. Are you in any way affected?

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Trojan Attack

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 14 Jul 24

The other day, a nasty Slcoker Ransom Trojan locked my laptop. It demanded that I call a number and give the Microsoft technicians remote control of my laptop so they could fix it for me, I'm sure at an exorbitant price. I...

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Do you like those extra features that send you unsolicited notifications?

Fleur @Fleura (34943) • United Kingdom 26 Oct 23

I’m not sure if I’m describing the things I mean correctly, but for example on my phone Google photos sends me regular prompts to ‘remember’ things from a year ago or whenever. I can see this might have a certain appeal, when it...

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Computers!

Anne Daughtry @Redmadness (28) • Eugene, Oregon 13 Apr 23

I walked into my office/studio this morning, and my computer was off. I didn't turn it off, but.... when I turned it on, it informed me I needed to connect to more Microsoft services. I have as few as I can get away with. We...

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Internet Trouble Anyone??

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 13 Mar 23

Things have been weird on my computer lately. Microsoft wants me to load Windows 11. I have not heard much good about it so I am trying to stay on Windows 10. After the last time I refused to change over, I have no internet. I...

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Technological Advancement

Richard Owiti @MakOwiti (73) • Nairobi, Kenya 16 Jan 23

With the advent and improvement in technology and ICT,do workers feel threatened that their jobs are slowly being replaced by the machines? Traditional jobs are now being done by computers and robots. One day we will wake up and...

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Cortana

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 3 Apr 22

I guess that Cortana is like Siri on Apple's iOS devices but is the Microsoft equivalent. She came on my HP computer back in 2019. It originated in the Microsoft Halo video game series and was available in 2014-2015. She came out...

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Hacked

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Mar 22

Yesterday I was getting ready to give you the health report when alarms went off on my laptop and I needed to call Microsoft. This was NOT a scam. I was hacked. The technician walked me through the computer and I, not him,...

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Dear Cortana

celticeagle @celticeagle (189820) • Boise, Idaho 11 Feb 22

I love Microsoft. (I have never had an Apple product though so maybe I am missing out. I don't know) My new HP computer that I have had for nearly three years has Cortana on it. (The voice that answers questions and so...

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Update #2 - 5/3/21

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 3 May 21

I was using Microsoft Edge without a problem, as I posted earlier, when all of a sudden at 7:10 am it froze up. I had to turn off the computer in order to unfreeze it. So apparently a new browser is not the total answer for my...

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You Can't Make This Stuff Up...Seriously

Jim Bauer @porwest (112780) • United States 2 Jan 21

I was just checking in on my email to see if someone from here on MyLot responded to me about where she disappeared to, and happened along a fresh email from the Microsoft Support Team. I'm old school. I still use Hotmail for my...

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Windows 10

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 30 Nov 19

I finally took the plunge and ordered Windows 10 for my computer. As you probably know, Microsoft will discontinue supporting anything but Windows 10 after January 1, 2010. I had Windows 7 on my laptop. I bit the bullet and...

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November 20 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 20 Nov 19

Future Teachers of America Day Universal Children's Day 1820 - An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America. Herman Melville's Moby...

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Bill Gates and Pluto

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 16 Nov 19

Microsoft's Bill Gates is now the richest person in the world. He is reported to be worth $110 billion. Amazon's Jeff Bezos is worth $108.7 billion. Part of the reason that Bill Gates has taken over Bezos is that the Pentagon...

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September 14 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 14 Sep 19

National Cream Filled Donut Day National Iguana Awareness Day 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. 2000 - Windows releases Windows ME. 1947 - Sam Neil is born. He...

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