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Windows OS, Services & Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts

This post lists the internet communication targets of the Microsoft Windows operating system, including its various services and UWP apps. This post is a part of my application network connection monitoring series, a group of articles that explain how to analyze the network traffic of any Windows or macOS app.

Solution to “Windows Cannot be Installed to this Disk”

I encountered a strange error when I moved my laptop’s hard drive to another computer to make room for an SSD. When I tried to install Windows 8 on the repurposed drive I could not see any partitions. Neither could I install Windows on the drive. I kept getting the error Windows cannot be installed […]

Where is the App Store for Windows? Why Microsoft Should Fear Developer Drain.

Selling little apps for little money is next to impossible – on Windows. It works great on another platform, though: the iPhone. Such an imbalance has consequences: Apple making it easy for developers to actually sell their programs creates a pressure that might well cause a “developer drain” on the Windows platform.

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Windows OS, Services & Apps: Network Connection Target Hosts

Solution to “Windows Cannot be Installed to this Disk”

Where is the App Store for Windows? Why Microsoft Should Fear Developer Drain.