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    Mike LouxEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 8:14am

    Never used Cortana on my PC mainly because it requires Bing. *shudder*

    If I install Cortana on my Android phone, will it play nice with Google Now? Or will it supplant it?

    Decisions, decisions.

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      Eric RavenscraftMike Loux
      8/02/16 9:51am

      So far Cortana hasn’t replaced a single thing on my Android phone. I don’t think it even has the ability to mess with Google Now. It just sits as its own app tucked away in my app drawer.

      Bing on the desktop is still a thing, though. Sadly.

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      Protocol-XMike Loux
      8/02/16 12:36pm

      Install pushbullet, you can send and receive as well as block specific notifications and bite them

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    Walt_CartEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 11:14am

    I’ve Tried Windows 10 for Four months and gotten shoddy driver performance from my Cintiq 21Wx ever since. Thus making Photoshop and Z-Brush less than optimal. After spending hours of personal time; trial and error testing various drivers and losing money in the process.

    Windows 10 can kiss my entire ass.

    I’m going back to 7 ultimate till 12 hits.

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      FuckItAll℞Walt_Cart
      8/02/16 11:23am

      Blame Cintiq for having shitty drivers. It’s up to them to support Windows 10, not the other way away.

      Also waiting for Windows 12 to drop? This is a joke, right, or do you have no idea how any of this works, rendering your criticism a little less poignant?

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      FuckItAll℞Walt_Cart
      8/02/16 11:25am

      P.S. People here are saying this fixes the issues.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/wacom/commen…

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    ImALeafOnTheWindEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 10:15am

    Now what these platforms need is a universal dismiss for notifications. It’s not just enough to mirror notifications if I have to also deal with - more - devices all suddenly chiming for my attention and then having to dismiss those on my windows devices, too.

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    Jamie Lynn's PeersEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 4:58pm

    When I first turned this on, my laptop was bombared with notifications, then there hasn’t been a single one since even tho I have received plenty on my phone. :(

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      WheelchairUnderMarkHarmonJamie Lynn's Peers
      8/03/16 10:27am

      Are you a Microsoft Insider? The Cortana app for android indicates that notifications are limited to Insiders since it’s still in Beta.

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      Jamie Lynn's PeersWheelchairUnderMarkHarmon
      8/03/16 1:13pm

      I thought the insider/beta was only until the anniversary update rolled out?

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    mystixaEric Ravenscraft
    8/03/16 5:50am

    Having just recently added win10 I started looking into it, as I do with all my windows installs. The privacy problems with win10 are considerable, enough to concern even a fairly moderate person like myself. The amount of data that was being sent out even while typing in notepad was negatively quite impressive.

    I have managed to nail down most of it, using obscure registy edits, service settings, and network tracing tools that an average user wouldn’t know of or try. Its clear microsoft is very interested in bulk data collection, which is being exported to servers in the u.s., Brazil, and Ireland.

    Im going to pass with giving them a handle onto all my phone data and notifications as well. Cortana seems neat. To me however its just not worth the concern that comes with having every bit of my activity sent to a third party, some of whom won’t even be bound by u.s. law.

    Im not saying ‘be afraid’. Im not saying Im afraid. Im saying its become more important of late to know where, how, and why your data is being transmitted. MS has been open that nothing more than the fact that it IS collecting data, and none of the rest.

    Other companies like Pushbullet that push for absorbing more data than I freely give them, and do much the same thing are going to get my support, even over slight convenience.

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      WheelchairUnderMarkHarmonmystixa
      8/03/16 10:24am

      I understand your concerns, however, the Windows 10 Anniversary Update enforces a new mandatory change that prevents Cortana from being disabled (even if it isn’t used). Your information and metrics will be shared with Microsoft no matter what from this point on, so you may as well make use of the notification mirroring if it’s a function that you can benefit from.

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      mystixaWheelchairUnderMarkHarmon
      8/03/16 11:31am

      They enforce a mandatory change that takes away any easily accessible button for turning it off. That does not prevent it from being disabled.

      It can be disabled, even in the anniversary update, through registry edits and/or group policy. As an added layer, the addresses are well known and ‘easily’ rerouted via firewall.

      I’m not getting used to it. There are numerous technical means at my disposal, so I will continue to limit their access to any data that I don’t explicitly wish to share.

      For others that can’t. ..they may want to put in an additional thought before adding this in.

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    fluffyeggsEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 8:20am

    Will be nice to see how well this plays out, especially for those who use an app already like Pushbullet.

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      Eric Ravenscraftfluffyeggs
      8/02/16 9:00am

      I use both and so far, I prefer Cortana for mirroring notifications (though I always used Pushbullet mostly for, you know, pushing things anyway). The actual mirroring is more or less the same, but the bonus Cortana commands from the desktop are super handy. Pushbullet doesn’t have anything like that. If I wanted to send directions from my computer to my phone with Pushbullet, I’d have to open up Google Maps on the web, search for the address manually, and then click the button to send it. With Cortana, I can just ask it out loud or type the command into the Start Menu. Pushbullet also doesn’t have any Find My Phone type features, either.

      I think Pushbullet still has its place for now, but I’d be hard-pressed to say it wins over Cortana in the areas where they overlap.

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      fluffyeggsEric Ravenscraft
      8/02/16 10:39am

      Definitely will be giving Cortana a shot. Pushbullet has a tendency to stop working after awhile for me. The bonus commands are what will probably make this the replacement for me; always a fan of simplifying processes.

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    AdamEric Ravenscraft
    8/04/16 8:22am

    From the Cortana app page: “This app is incompatible with all of your devices”. Then I can click and look at all 5 Android phones (3 different brands in there) I’ve ever owned... all of which Cortana is incompatible with : (

    I’m going to go ahead and guess it’s a country that I live in thing rather than a phone that I own thing.

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    davinpEric Ravenscraft
    8/14/16 1:16pm

    The main problem is that not all apps made for Android are available for Windows, so when you try to sync an Android app it requests to get the app.

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    dankongEric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 11:10pm

    I was really looking forward to using this... but the update seems to have killed Cortana dead.

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      Kyle1990dankong
      8/03/16 1:16am

      Just curious. Why do you think that?

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      dankongKyle1990
      8/08/16 3:49pm

      I got it working now, but when I first got the Anniversary Update, Cortana just disappeared... Wouldn’t show up in search or anywhere else. Ended up having to go into the registry and manually enable Bing Search.

      Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search and make sure BingSearchEnabled and CortanaEnabled are both set to 1

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    Toni Cipriani @ 1G2MB LE5 MA5Eric Ravenscraft
    8/02/16 9:51am

    Doesn’t help since I can’t download Cortana on Android in Canada.

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