Rafael Rivera
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Bellevue, WA, United States
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Microsoft is Reprocessing Store Apps to Fix Error 0x800B0100
Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows 10 users may see error 800B0100 while installing certain apps from the Store and is working on a fix. → Read More
Taking Control of Windows Feature Control With Mach2
Many months ago, I wrote a tool – Mach2 – to help me wrangle hidden features present in pre-release builds of Windows 10. Today, I’m making the tool’s sources available on GitHub. → Read More
Screen Clips Coming to Windows 10
As part of its continued shell modernization efforts, Microsoft is working on a new way to take clips of the screen in Windows 10. → Read More
New Fonts Page Coming to Settings in Windows 10 Redstone 4
Microsoft is adding font management capabilities to the Settings app in Windows 10, and with some poking around, we managed to enable them in Redstone 4 build 17074. → Read More
Dumping EEPROM via Two-Wire Interface using Windows IoT Core and Windows Runtime APIs
I used Windows IoT Core in a quick project to dump my wireless headset's electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). → Read More
Major Update to Windows Phone Internals Tool Unlocks All Lumia Phones
Windows Phone hacker René ("Heathcliff74") announced a major update to his Windows Phone Internals tool, unlocking all known Lumia devices. → Read More
Microsoft's New Game Bar Design for Redstone 4
Microsoft is reworking its Game Bar and we got a sneak peek at what's coming. Spoiler alert: It looks great. → Read More
Bluetooth "Quick Pair" Feature is Coming to Windows 10
Microsoft is working on an improved Bluetooth device pairing experience, internally called Quick Pair, as seen in a preview build of Windows 10 Redstone 4. → Read More
Hands-On With Cloud Clipboard Prototype in Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17004
Microsoft’s cloud-powered clipboard has finally materialized in a preview build of Windows 10 "Redstone 4". Well, sort of. → Read More
Windows 10 Tip: Disable the Mixed Reality Portal Hardware Checks
The Windows Mixed Reality Portal has hardware requirement checks built in, causing some grief. Here's a quick tip on how to get around those checks. → Read More
Microsoft is Adding Visualizations, Equalizer, and More to Groove Music
Microsoft’s music streaming app, Groove Music, will soon get updated with a few new, and highly requested, features – like visualizations and an equalizer. → Read More
A Glimpse of Many Possible Futures: Story Remix (2017.35063.12420.0)
Microsoft is still A/B testing Story Remix app features but I unlocked an internal control panel to turn them all on for a look at what may be coming soon. → Read More
Online Gallery Support Coming to Hyper-V Quick Create
Microsoft introduced Hyper-V Quick Create in January. But hidden away in recent Insider builds are bits tied to an upcoming addition called Online Gallery. → Read More
Shoulder Tap Internals in Redstone 3 Build 16184
Hidden inside Redstone 3 build 16184 are Shoulder Taps, a My People feature that lets you send payloads of loud, animated fun to your contacts. → Read More
Windows is Bloated, Thanks to Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform
I put together a tool that scans files for PNG images containing Adobe metadata and was surprised that Windows is host to a lot of this gunk. → Read More
Revisiting My People in Redstone 3 Build 16170
I revisited the My People experience in Windows 10 Redstone 3 (build 16170) over the weekend, corrected a glitch, and resolved the instability. Surprise: It's a bit awkward to use. But it does work. So, let’s pick up where we left off. → Read More
Sneak Peek: My People in Redstone 3 Build 16170
Hidden inside today's Redstone 3 build is a postponed feature we've all been waiting for: My People. The bad news? It's not ready for prime time yet. → Read More