Tag Archives: Store

Windows 10: Thunderbird from Microsoft Store

Posted on 2019-06-04 by guenni

The e-mail client Thunderbird is available on various platforms, from Linux to macOS to Windows. The Open Source community has made Thunderbird available now for Windows 10 as an app from the Microsoft Store. Advertising

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Windows 10: App History without Microsoft account?

Posted on 2018-11-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is probably able to track the Microsoft store app history, i.e. what you have loaded as an app in the store, even without a Microsoft account. This may be shown within the store's app history. Advertising

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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Windows 10: No support for Microsoft Store un- and re-install

Posted on 2018-06-21 by guenni

[German]Important information for users and administrators of Windows 10, Microsoft says in a new KB article that uninstalling the Microsoft Store in Windows 10 and reinstalling it later is not supported. Advertising

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Windows 10: Issues with WSUS and Store (V1803)

Posted on 2018-05-14 by guenni

[German]Windows 10 April Update (version 1803) probably causes issues with the Microsoft Store. And WSUS may have problems rolling out updates for Windows 10 clients. With WSUS it turns out that Microsoft has fixed something and distributed it in the … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone 8.1: App download store error 0x80070020

Posted on 2018-03-04 by guenni

[German]It seems that users of a Windows Phone 8.1 device are facing again a Microsoft store issue. It's not possible to downloads apps, because this fails with error 0x80070020. Advertising

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Windows 10: Store error 0x87AF000B

Posted on 2017-11-08 by guenni

[German]Occasionally, when users try to download apps from the Microsoft Store on Windows 10, error code 0x87AF000B is displayed. Then no more app downloads are possible. Advertising

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Windows 10: Store error 0x80080204 explained

Posted on 2017-11-06 by guenni

[German]Some users of Microsoft Windows 10 are receiving an error 0x80080204 during downloading apps from Microsoft Store. Here are a few background information and an explanation for a case in Windows Fall Creators Update. Advertising

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Windows 10: Store updates with fixes and Microsoft Store

Posted on 2017-10-21 by guenni

[German]Another small addendum to the weekend. Microsoft's developers in Redmond has been busy this week and released two updates for the store app. One update fixes the bug preventing the Store app to work, and the second update brings the … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 V1709: Store broken (wrong manifest layout)

Posted on 2017-10-19 by guenni

[German]Some users of Windows 10 (Fall Creators Update) are facing a strange issue. The store did not work anymore. After launching the app, an error message occurs, reporting a wrong layout for manifest. Addendum: An Store app update has fixed … Continue reading →

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Windows 10: New 2,000 device limit for Store?

Posted on 2017-09-10 by guenni

There is a rumor, that Windows Store device limit for Windows 10 has been increased from 10 to 2,000. Here are a few details. Advertising

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