ptd163 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) I have tried uninstalling with install_wim_tweak. .... If you talking about removing packages from .wim I haven't done that yet. Yes that's what I'm saying and I used Win Toolkit. It worked without issue for me. I have uninstalled Cortana finally.I'll have to write up what I done perhaps another post. Going to image back and see if it works again. Yes, please do. I have not figured out a way to completely uninstall Cortana from an online system and would like to know how. Edited August 23, 2015 by ptd163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 The top paid and top grossing app from the Microsoft Store, is surprising: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-grossing/apps/pc At the time of this post, it is a $6 program that lets you open and create .zip, .rar and .7z files! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptd163 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) The top paid and top grossing app from the Microsoft Store, is surprising:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/top-grossing/apps/pcAt the time of this post, it is a $6 program that lets you open and create .zip, .rar and .7z files! It's as if the presence of the store made people forget the internet exists. Most of the paid apps in the store are just scams of what is actually free software. Most notably, 7-zip. I don't care though. Let the sheeple keep throwing away their money. Edited August 25, 2015 by ptd163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 it is a $6 program that lets you open and create .zip, .rar and .7z files! Wow, really? Someone's figured out how to do that? The way technology marches on is amazing. Next thing you know someone will figure out how to play music and videos while you work on other things! And it potentially will only cost a few bucks!!! -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptd163 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Although your definition of few is a little warped, funny you should mention that Noel. Edited August 25, 2015 by ptd163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 So, how do I turn that emoji into my avatar so that I can label it "Windows 10"? Microsoft explains the poop in Windows --JorgeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Hit the view links on this page to see some PNG files rendered from several fonts supporting Unicode glyph 1F4A9. http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F4A9/fontsupport.htm Or you could enter your own Unicode 1F4A9 symbol using Segoe UI Emoji and a large point size in, say, Word, then screen grab, crop, save as PNG, upload to your profile... Good luck! -Noel Edited August 25, 2015 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formfiller Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The store is like a timewarp to the early 90s, back when a shareware file archiver was seen as a reveleation. Even the "register me" nag-screens are back. The only difference is that DOS and Windows 3.1 haven't phoned back your keylogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The store is like a timewarp to the early 90s, back when a shareware file archiver was seen as a reveleation. Even the "register me" nag-screens are back. The only difference is that DOS and Windows 3.1 haven't phoned back your keylogs.The "original" article is extremely interesting:http://fourhourworkweek.com/2012/04/22/how-to-build-an-app-empire-can-you-create-the-next-instagram/and clearly shows how (though perfectly understandable from the singular point of view of Mr. Chad Mureta) the business work, I have never seen all together in a same article so much advice (as said most probably very valid from the single "appreneur" point of view) clashing with - well - in one word, decency. Even when let alone any moral standpoint, it is obvious how the whole app environment (if a sufficient number of people follow those advices) is doomed to some point at the end of a converging spiral, as nothing "new" is ever invented, everything is copied or "inspired" by something else, quality of the product is in the hands of third party (low cost) developers, and all apps look like the other ones (and also do exactly the same things, only very slightly differently) jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 That was a 2012 article. Doom has been proven. Not to mention that even if one conceived the most innovative, best App idea in the world that no one ever thought of, it would have to run on a 3 x 5 inch screen, where nothing serious is possible. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formfiller Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Not to mention that even if one conceived the most innovative, best App idea in the world that no one ever thought of, it would have to run on a 3 x 5 inch screen, where nothing serious is possible. -Noel I have great news for you! With Microsoft© Windows™ Universal Apps™ technology you can run apps on your desktop computer! Experience the power of Mobile Document Scanner© and TouchRetouch© on your full HD screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 ... meanwhile on Facebook .... http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/mo-friends-mo-problems-might-have-to-defriend-joey-with-the-jet-ski-bankruptcyhttp://venturebeat.com/2015/08/04/facebook-patents-technology-to-help-lenders-discriminate-against-borrowers-based-on-social-connections/ You'd better make sure that "friends" (on Facebook) are "solid" when it comes to credit, hmmm , wait, if all my friends (in real life) are well off, maybe I don't really need to apply for credit at the bank and I could have them lend me the money I need instead ... jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formfiller Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 The store is like a timewarp to the early 90s, back when a shareware file archiver was seen as a reveleation. Even the "register me" nag-screens are back. The only difference is that DOS and Windows 3.1 haven't phoned back your keylogs.The "original" article is extremely interesting:http://fourhourworkweek.com/2012/04/22/how-to-build-an-app-empire-can-you-create-the-next-instagram/and clearly shows how (though perfectly understandable from the singular point of view of Mr. Chad Mureta) the business work, I have never seen all together in a same article so much advice (as said most probably very valid from the single "appreneur" point of view) clashing with - well - in one word, decency. Even when let alone any moral standpoint, it is obvious how the whole app environment (if a sufficient number of people follow those advices) is doomed to some point at the end of a converging spiral, as nothing "new" is ever invented, everything is copied or "inspired" by something else, quality of the product is in the hands of third party (low cost) developers, and all apps look like the other ones (and also do exactly the same things, only very slightly differently) jaclaz You should read this discussion of his book as a follow-up. Quite funny and weird. I wonder who "Eddie" truly is. http://www.amazon.com/review/RO45EXXWIYNB/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg1?ie=UTF8&asin=111810787X&cdForum=Fx7RYQ6OHIZT3X&cdPage=1&cdThread=TxKJ5AW9FF2ANJ&store=books#wasThisHelpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) ... <--- You mean like this? Good luck! -Noel --JorgeA P.S. Will edit the avatar within 24 hours... Edited August 26, 2015 by JorgeA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 You should read this discussion of his book as a follow-up. Quite funny and weird. I wonder who "Eddie" truly is. http://www.amazon.com/review/RO45EXXWIYNB/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg1?ie=UTF8&asin=111810787X&cdForum=Fx7RYQ6OHIZT3X&cdPage=1&cdThread=TxKJ5AW9FF2ANJ&store=books#wasThisHelpful Yep, thanks , very funny (though still sad ). And now, on other news:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/24/we-need-geneva-convention-for-the-internet-says-new-un-privacy-chief and:http://www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/08/24/did-apple-lie-about-your-privacy/ (just to show how the main issue is ubiquitous and not necessarily related to the good MS guys) On top of all this, we have now an IMHO interesting article that confirms most of my suspects about ads and their effectiveness (or lack thereof): Separating advertising’s wheat and chaff Advertising used to be simple. You knew what it was, and where it came from.Whether it was an ad you heard on the radio, saw in a magazine or spotted on a billboard, you knew it came straight from the advertiser through that medium. The only intermediary was an advertising agency, if the advertiser bothered with one.Advertising also wasn’t personal. Two reasons for that.First, it couldn’t be. A billboard was for everybody who drove past it. A TV ad was for everybody watching the show. Yes, there was targeting, but it was always to populations, not to individuals.Second, the whole idea behind advertising was to send one message to lots of people, whether or not the people seeing or hearing the ad would ever use the product. The fact that lots of sports-watchers don’t drink beer or drive trucks was beside the point, which was making the brand familiar to everybody.In their landmark study, “The Waste in Advertising is the Part that Works” (Journal of Advertising Research, December, 2004, pp. 375-390), Tim Ambler and E. Ann Hollier say brand advertising does more than signal a product message; it also gives evidence that the parent company has worth and substance, because it can afford to spend the money. So branding was about sending a strong economic signal along with a strong creative signal.Plain old brand advertising also paid for the media we enjoyed. Still does, in fact.But advertising today is now also digital. That fact makes advertising much more data-driven, tracking-based and personal. Nearly all the buzz and science in advertising today flies around the data-driven, tracking-based stuff, which now comprises a massive industry that would have CMOs, the press and publishers all assume that the best advertising is the most targeted, the most real-time, the most data-driven, the most personal. And that old-fashioned brand advertising is hopelessly retro.In terms of actual value to the marketplace, however, the old-fashioned stuff is wheat and the new-fashioned stuff is chaff. https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2015/08/12/separating-advertisings-wheat-and-chaff/ jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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