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Wynona · 03 Jun 2015

linw said:

It's not everyday you come across 'indubitably'!! Great word, though.

Yup and I even spelled it right! :)

Wynona · 03 Jun 2015

linw said:

I used WMC on my 8.1 netbook attached to the TV for showing my photos and home movies. Had to look for an alternative and found Kodi. It runs fine on win 10 and is now my WMC substitute. Also found it had an advantage in that it could adjust the TV pic to remove overscan! Bonus, as my TV doesn't have this adjustment.

Lin, check out Video in Windows 10. All Apps under V!

lehnerus2000 · 03 Jun 2015

simrick said:

lehnerus2000 said:

I've never heard Cortana in any W10TP build (I'm an evil foreigner though).

"Cortana is only currently available on Windows 10 for the United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain."

A few versions back, someone suggested changing the Date & Time and Location settings (to US settings) to make Cortana work.
On my VM, changing the settings had no effect.

Wynona · 03 Jun 2015

lehnerus2000 said:

A few versions back, someone suggested changing the Date & Time and Location settings (to US settings) to make Cortana work.
On my VM, changing the settings had no effect.

In another forum I'm on someone tried that with Office 365 and it wouldn't work. I think it's the IP Address that gives you away.

lehnerus2000 · 03 Jun 2015

Wynona said:

lehnerus2000 said:

I've never heard Cortana in any W10TP build (I'm an evil foreigner though).

In another forum I'm on someone tried that with Office 365 and it wouldn't work. I think it's the IP Address that gives you away.

I agree with your hypothesis. :)

Cliff S · 03 Jun 2015

magilla said:

Has anyone tried using DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth command since the download of the Windows 10 "place-card" for your free Windows 10? my windows 8.1 pro cannot download the source files for correcting errors and I suspect that the KB associated with the freebie is somehow responsible for the errors and the inability to download the system files needed to correct problems. I had no problems on 6/1 but have problems now that cannot be corrected (Windows 8.1). Just wanted to know if anyone else has had this experience.

Do you mean these two: telemetry.ASM-WindowsDefault.json & utc.app.json ? Go to this thread for more info.

Kari · 04 Jun 2015

lehnerus2000 said:

A few versions back, someone suggested changing the Date & Time and Location settings (to US settings) to make Cortana work.
On my VM, changing the settings had no effect.

For Cortana to work you need to have the following:

Windows display language and the set region need to match. For instance if Windows is in US English, the region has to be set to USA, using UK English Windows the location has to be set to United Kingdom, using French Windows the location must be France and so on (Settings > Time & language > Region & Language)
Location for the device must be turned on (Settings > Privacy > Location)

Are you sure that you have used the US English install media, or could it be possible that you have used the UK English ISO? If so you need to set the location to United Kingdom.

simrick · 04 Jun 2015

Here's something of which everyone should be aware:
Windows 10 to make the Secure Boot alt-OS lock out a reality | Ars Technica

Turning off the UEFI secure boot may no longer be an option, when you buy a system with W10 installed by the manufacturer. Seems MS will leave that decision up to the system manufacturer. This will affect those of us who dual-boot.

At its WinHEC hardware conference in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft talked about the hardware requirements for Windows 10. The precise final specs are not available yet, so all this is somewhat subject to change, but right now, Microsoft says that the switch to allow Secure Boot to be turned off is now optional. Hardware can be Designed for Windows 10 and can offer no way to opt out of the Secure Boot lock down.

magilla · 04 Jun 2015

Kari said:

For Cortana to work you need to have the following:

Windows display language and the set region need to match. For instance if Windows is in US English, the region has to be set to USA, using UK English Windows the location has to be set to United Kingdom, using French Windows the location must be France and so on (Settings > Time & language > Region & Language)
Location for the device must be turned on (Settings > Privacy > Location)

Are you sure that you have used the US English install media, or could it be possible that you have used the UK English ISO? If so you need to set the location to United Kingdom.

I meet all these criteria and still no Cortana voice

z3r010 · 04 Jun 2015

magilla said:

I meet all these criteria and still no Cortana voice

She is silent for me also, I've not tried to hard to fix her though tbh.

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 10130 for PCs Insider

That is what I suspect too