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Windows 10 Tip: Export your Minecraft creations to Remix3D.com
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The Minecraft Team recently released the Better Together Update, designed to unify the console, mobile and Windows 10 PC versions of the game under one single Minecraft, which includes cross-platform play, infinite worlds, the community Marketplace and servers. And for Windows 10 PC players, integration with Paint 3D and Remix3D.com makes it easy to export and share 3D creations and inspire others. Today, we’re going to show you how to get started creating your very own 3D content in Windows! Start by opening a new creative world, or an existing creative world. If you are not using a creative world, you will need to enter creative mode by opening the in-game m…
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Cuphead available today for Windows 10 and Xbox One
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You can get the all-cartoon Magical Wondergame, on Xbox One and Windows 10 as an Xbox Play Anywhere title (buy once to play on both console and PC)! We are a mixed bag of emotions to be able to bring you something we only dreamt of creating since we were kids. Get Cuphead on Windows 10 Cuphead is a side-scrolling action platformer with a heavy focus on boss battles. Traverse the interactive overworlds to help Cuphead and Mugman repay their debt to the devil on a bet they shouldn’t have made. This game was hand crafted using painstaking methods straight from the golden age of animation to capture the aesthetic of classic Disney and Fleischer Studios cartoons. …
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Play Forza Motorsport 7 four days early with today’s release of the Ultimate Edition
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In addition to early access to Forza Motorsport 7, Ultimate Edition owners receive the Forza Motorsport 7 Car Pass, VIP membership and cars, and both the Hoonigan and Fate of the Furious car packs. Download the free Xbox One demos from the Windows Store! In Forza Motorsport 7, players on the Xbox One family of devices will experience racing at silky smooth 60 frames per second, HDR (Xbox One S and Windows 10 PCs), and 4K on Windows 10 PCs while collecting over 700 Forzavista™ cars, including the largest assortment of Ferraris, Porsches, and Lamborghinis in any racing game. With over 30 world-famous environments and tracks featuring dynamic weather and race cond…
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This Week on Windows: Hit Refresh, Ignite, Halo Wars 2, Excel and more
by Guest Elana Pidgeon- 0 replies
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We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! In case you missed it, read all about the news from Ignite, and check out our Windows 10 Tip how you can work better together with Microsoft Excel. In case you missed it: Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store: GAMES Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition & Awakening the Nightmare Expansion The explosive, real-time strategy of Halo Wars 2: Complete Edition ($59.99) is here and includes Halo Wars 2, Halo Wars 2 Season Pass and the Awakening the Nightmare expansion released today (included with Complete Edition, or $19.99 Standalone), delivering new blur cinematics and five campaign mission…
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17004 for PC (Skip Ahead)
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17004 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring who have opted in to Skip Ahead only. Insiders who joined Skip Ahead will continue to receive builds from the RS_PRERELEASE branch which has transitioned to RS4 which is the release that will come after the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (RS3). Because we are just beginning development for RS4, Insiders shouldn’t expect to see a lot of big changes or new features just yet. Our focus remains getting the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update ready for release! Insiders will notice that the build numbers have jumped ahead again but this time to 1…
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299 for PC
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16299 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we are releasing new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes. You’ll notice that this build continues to include a bunch of good bug fixes Insiders will enjoy. General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC We fixed an issue some Insiders were experiencing where after u…
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Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare now available on Windows 10 PC and Xbox One
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The hotly anticipated arrival of Halo Wars 2’s new expansion is finally here and with it, a new opportunity to take one of humanity’s oldest adversaries: The Flood. Awakening the Nightmare is a brand-new full expansion for Halo Wars 2, featuring new campaign missions played from a Banished perspective, two new multiplayer leaders, two new multiplayer maps, and Terminus Firefight – a unique new cooperative mode where players build both bases and armies to defend and survive against an onslaught of enemy forces. With the release of the new expansion and several months of updates to Halo Wars 2 since launch, the Ultimate Edition of the game will be replaced with Halo Wars…
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Windows 10 Tip: Work better together with Microsoft Excel
by Guest Elana Pidgeon- 0 replies
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Did you know Microsoft Excel can now help you work together better than ever before? Excel recently got an update with more ways to collaborate with other people, to make group projects for school or co-authoring reports in the office even easier. If you’re working on a spreadsheet, you can now see where others are editing in the same workbook. Simply click on one of the profiles above the tool bar to see that person’s latest changes in real time! In case you missed it, check out our tips for using Word, PowerPoint and OneNote: Have a great week! The post Windows 10 Tip: Work better together with Microsoft Excel appeared first on Windows Experience Bl…
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Faster releases for a faster world – First semi-annual release of Windows Server
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September is always an exciting month for those of us at Microsoft who work in the Windows Server business. September means Ignite, which is always packed with opportunities to connect with great customers and unveil exciting announcements. And this year is no exception! Today we are excited to announce the launch of the first release of Windows Server to ship in the Semi-Annual Channel. We call it version 1709 (get it? 2017, ninth month?) and it’s a really important step in the evolution of Windows Server. With releases every six months, the Semi-Annual Channel is designed to deliver continuous innovation for customers who want to take advantage of new operating syste…
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Check out all the Microsoft 365 news shared at Ignite
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We’re at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Fla., today with more than 25,000 business customers and IT leaders from around the world. We’ve shared news spanning Microsoft’s commercial businesses – Office 365, Windows 10, Enterprise Security + Mobility and much more – with a focus on how the company is empowering people and organizations to succeed in a rapidly evolving workplace and innovate for the future. Check out more details below on how Microsoft 365 is enabling a modern workplace and empowering all workers, students, and educators with technology to be more creative, productive and secure. Advancing intelligence, management and security to empower the Modern Wo…
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Windows resources to help support your GDPR compliance
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With exactly eight months to go until the deadline, any organization that wants to do business with European Union (EU) residents will need to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to a recent report by Spiceworks, only 25 percent of organizations are prepared for this landmark regulatory requirement. At Microsoft, we are actively helping accelerate our customers’ compliance journey. Earlier this year, Brendon Lynch, our Chief Privacy Officer, announced our commitment to the principles behind GDPR and to helping organizations successfully comply with this new regulation. Today, we are sharing two new Windows resources, Accel…
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16296 for PC
by Guest Dona Sarkar- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16296 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). IMPORTANT NOTE: You will be unable to install *new*/additional language packs on this build. Pre-existing language packs (language packs you’ve installed previously) will carry over and work just fine. As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we are releasing new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes. You’ll noti…
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Project “Honolulu” technical preview is now available for download!
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This blog post was authored by Samuel Li, Principal Program Manager Lead, Windows Server. Last week we announced Project “Honolulu”, our new Windows Server management experience, and today we are excited to present the technical preview release, just in time for Ignite! We invite you to download and start using Project “Honolulu” technical preview today! Check out the deployment guide and the related documentation for more information and to quickly get up and running. For future updates, be sure to follow the Project “Honolulu” team blog. There will be a series of video walkthroughs and articles which you won’t want to miss! Here are the first two bite-size vide…
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Rise of Nations: Extended Edition out now in the Windows Store
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Calling all Real Time Strategy (RTS) fans! You might remember that last month, we announced that Rise of Nations: Extended Edition would be arriving to the Windows Store, for a special price and with features like cross-network play with Steam! That day has come—Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is now available for purchase here. For a limited time, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition will be available in the Windows Store for a promotional price of only $4.99 USD. As a reminder, Rise of Nations: Extended Edition for Windows 10 includes both the original Rise of Nations game as well as the PC Game of the Year expansion, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots. Read…
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Unlock Windows Ink with the Bamboo Ink pen
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With Windows 10, your pen or touch-enabled device arrives built-in with Windows Ink: the feature that helps you set your ideas in motion. You can easily capture your thoughts, and share and collaborate with classmates or co-workers using Windows Ink, whether you’re doodling with the sketchpad, drawing on a screen capture of your entire desktop, drawing in the Photos app, adding notes to your map, or writing and highlighting directly on webpages in Microsoft Edge. Add notes to your map in the Maps app Studies show that students who take handwritten notes instead of using a keyboard take fewer notes, but end up with a stronger understanding across the board; and, …
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This Week on Windows: Minecraft, Forza Motorsport 7 demo, Start screen tips
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We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of This Week on Windows! In case you missed it, read all about the Better Together Update for Minecraft, and check out our Windows 10 Tips on how to make Start full screen and how to set up family features on your Windows 10 PC! In case you missed it: Here’s what’s new in the Windows Store this week: Forza Motorsport 7 Demo Experience the danger and beauty of competitive racing at the limit with Forza Motorsport 7, now available as an edge-of-your-seat free demo. Check out the difference that gorgeous graphics at 60fps and true 4K resolution in HDR make to your fun. And in the process, choose from more than 700 …
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The malware attack on Windows utility CCleaner may have been more targeted and sophisticated than it seemed. In the days since the attack was announced, researchers have been poring through data from a seized command and control center, finding evidence that the attackers were using the compromise to target some of the world’s most powerful tech companies. New posts from Avast and Cisco’s Talos research group detail the findings, as first reported by Wired. At the time the server was seized, the attackers were targeting a string of internal domains with a second-stage payload, designed to collect data and provide persistent access to any infected device. …
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16294 for PC
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Hello Windows Insiders! Tonight we are rolling out Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16294 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). This build might not be available for everyone as it rolls out so just be patient. As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we are releasing new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes. You’ll notice that this build continues to include a bunch of good bug fixes Insiders will enjoy. General changes, improvement…
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Windows Server at Ignite 2017
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Microsoft Ignite 2017 is less than a week away, and your friendly neighborhood Windows Server team has put together a sumptuous buffet of learning opportunities for you. We have tons of Windows Server sessions available for your education and enjoyment. With so much on offer, it can be difficult to know where to start. Here’s a list of five sessions that will set you up for a satisfying Windows Server session binge. In recommended order: 1. Windows Server: What’s New and What’s Next Wednesday, September 27, 2017 from 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Eastern Time in OCCC West Hall E1 Erin Chapple and Chris Van Wesep will show you the roadmap and future of Windows Server, a…
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Windows 10 Creators Update is the best version of Windows 10 ever
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What makes Windows 10 Creators Update the best version of Windows 10 ever? Quality. Our dedicated focus on customer obsession – listening and responding to user and partner feedback – are key to the quality improvements in Windows 10. The top areas we consistently hear about through our feedback channels are around power, performance, and reliability. These fundamentals are key elements that users look for in a device and value because they impact their everyday use, like longer battery life, faster web browsing, streaming videos longer and device stability. Knowing these elements are important to a great user experience, we’ve continued to invest in these key areas to de…
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The Better Together Update for Minecraft is here
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Say goodbye to “Minecraft: Xbox One Edition” or “Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition” and hello to a universal “Minecraft!” This update introduces cross-platform play, essentially creating a version of Minecraft that’s consistent no matter what device you’re playing on. In the Better Together Update, we’ll also have three community server partners that will be accessible from within the game, bringing dozens of new minigames for people to play with millions of other players. Players on consoles will be able to access tons of player-made content on Marketplace for the first time – and anything unlocked from the Minecraft Store on one device will be available on all the other …
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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16291 for PC
by Guest Dona Sarkar- 0 replies
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Hello Windows Insiders! Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16291 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring only (not Skip Ahead). As we mentioned previously, we are now at the point of the development cycle for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update where our focus is now on stabilization for release to the world. This means that we are releasing new builds to Insiders more quickly and that these builds will include mostly bug fixes. You’ll notice that this build continues to include a bunch of good bug fixes Insiders will enjoy. What’s new in Build 16291 Resume from phones to PC with Cortana: Cortana users can now resume articles, news from…
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Victims around the world hit by criminals who can switch the malicious payload of emails between Locky and FakeGlobal on a whim. Being infected by one form of ransomware is bad enough, but those unfortunate to fall victim to a new cybercriminal campaign could find themselves having to pay to decrypt their files not once, but twice. While a widespread email spam campaign with the intention of distributing ransomware isn't anything new, those behind a scheme detected during September have added a twist to this tried and testing technique: rotating the ransomware payload. The two forms of ransomware distributed by this scheme are Locky - which has recently seen …
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Play Forza Motorsport 7 today with Windows 10 and Xbox One demos
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In addition to getting ready for the launch of Forza Motorsport 7 by immersing yourselves in the demos, check out our launch trailer for the most comprehensive, beautiful and authentic racing game ever made! Forza Motorsport 7 will be available as an Xbox Play Anywhere title (Xbox One and Windows 10 PC versions included with single digital purchase at no additional cost) on Sept. 29 for Ultimate Edition owners and on Oct. 3 for Deluxe and Standard edition owners. Read more about today’s news over at Xbox Wire! The post Play Forza Motorsport 7 today with Windows 10 and Xbox One demos appeared first on Windows Experience Blog. Continue reading...
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Windows 10 Tip: Set up family features on your Windows 10 PC
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Did you know you can add family members to each Windows 10 PC you sign in to with your Microsoft account faster than ever? You can manage family settings online at account.microsoft.com/family, and changes will be applied to any Windows 10 device the child signs in to. Set up a PC for people already in your Microsoft family Select the Start button, then select Settings > Accounts > Family & other people. Select their accounts to add them to this PC. The first time they sign in, they’ll need to enter the password for their Microsoft account. Add someone to your family On your Windows 10 PC, select the Start button, then select Settings >…