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   Download Windows 10 Feature Update ISO Files Directly Using Your Web Browser

   andre posted a blog entry in Windows 10 MVP Insider Blog

   Update: Microsoft is forcing users to download the ISO file using the Media Creation Tool. If you still want to download the ISO file directly, you can do so by changing the User Agent String in your web browser. This will make the browser pretend its on an operating system such as Linux or macOS, which Microsoft permits direct downloads from. If you need to download Windows 10 on an alternative operating system such as OS X (MacOS) or Linux; the Media Creation Tool or Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant will not work because those applications are executables. Previously, Microsoft provided the

   • August 3, 2016
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   • • windows 10
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       • firefox
       • edge
       • chrome
       • internet explorer
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   Disabling "Switch to Chrome" popup

   Ifanafi posted a topic in Microsoft Edge

   Enabling 'block pop-ups' in latest version of MS Edge settings DOES NOT stop its annoying "Switch to Chrome..." popup from reappearing. Please advise how to prevent / stop that annoyance. Thanks.

   • November 12, 2017
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     • ms edge
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   Chrome bookmark drop-down add/edit window?

   gogrey posted a topic in General Windows 10 Support

   How to increase the size of the Chrome bookmark drop-down add/edit window.? I find it too small in win 10.

   • January 7, 2020
   • • chrome
     • bookmarks
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   WINWORD.EXE application error: Oxc0000142

   7cbot.hk posted a topic in Install, Upgrade and Config

   having done downloads with Chrome, Mozilla , Adobe flash player, and McAlfie Scan Plus. Today I cannot open my Microsoft Office (home trial with new bought HP notebook) Word document...any expert knows this problem called application error: Oxc0000142 WINWORD.EXE unable to start correctly

   • December 31, 2017
   • 1 reply
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   Microsoft Update Catalog Now Works with Edge and Other Web Browsers

   andre posted a blog entry in Windows 10 MVP Insider Blog

   Until recently, if you wanted to download individual updates, especially if you experienced a problem installing a particular update through Windows Update; you could do it through the Microsoft Update Catalog. One minor issue though, you had to use Internet Explorer in Windows 10. Microsoft's reasoning for requiring Internet Explorer to download updates from the Update Catalog depended on a unique technology called, ActiveX Controls. ActiveX is the descendant of a 90's technology called Object Linking and Embedding, which made it easy to incorporate content from different applications. Today,

   • October 19, 2016
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   • • edge
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