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Comment MacOS Sierra multiple desktops (Score 1) 484

When using multiple desktops in MacOS Sierra (10.12.5), pressing ctrl-left-arrow to return to the previous desktop toggles the next app in rotation instead of returning to the one you had open previously. So there's always an extra mouse-click just to resume what you were doing. Annoying.

Comment Can't tell what this is actually about. (Score 1) 119

Can anyone clarify an apparent ambiguity (or error?) in the article referenced by the link in the original post? The article describes preventing Word macros from accessing Internet content, but the group policy shown in the screenshot is "Block macros from running in Office files from the Internet." That's not the same thing at all. Microsoft's suggestion to work around issues with the policy, quoted in the article, is to "ensure the file’s original location is considered trusted within the organization." That doesn't have anything to do with whether or not the macro accesses Internet content. Thanks.

Comment possible explanation (Score 2) 195

Before Microsoft pulled the upgrade, I tried to install it on four perfectly-functioning domain-connected computers. It failed every time, causing old issues (explorer.exe immediately crashing every time it starts) and new ones (start button ignores mouse clicks, Cortana fails, start panel blank). In each case, I was forced to do a clean re-install to get build 10586 to work. Since Microsoft is not explaining its reasons for pulling the upgrade, we are entitled to speculate. Here’s my guess: Restricting the upgrade to Windows Update is a way of delaying it without having to publically acknowledge pervasive problems with it. I suspect that they have temporarily stopped providing it via Windows Update as well and that they are madly trying to fix it before anyone notices the delay. Clue: the upgrade is not available via Windows Update on any of the 25 Windows 10 computers I administer, even though build 10240 was installed on them months ago.

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