The version of Windows on my computer was Windows 10 Professional Insider Preview.
I am getting out although I wanted to see the new stuff with the Insiders version, but became impossible to work with the desktop. Everything hung up or was so slow to load, I felt excruciating pain looking at the hung programs.
I decided to revert back using system restore and now I see that the right click on icons are behaving OK and I do have the pick list fully populated.
I am back to OS Build: 16278.1000 and version 1703.
The version of Windows on my computer is Windows 10 Professional Insider Preview.
I have faced couple of problems. I opted for the preview recently and immediately I could not do many things that were routine. I could not install the Acrobat Reader DC, a very common place task.
The more serious problem is that I am unable to get a contextual menu on the Windows 10 Professional Desktop on my Dell laptop (which happens to have other serious problems). When I right click on the desktop, this is what I see.
This is the same when I right click any of the icons on the desktop.
I tried to see if I can set to the best performance using the System Settings as shown.
Well. That does not fix the problem.
I am waiting for solutions as I continue to search.
I tried to launch Acrobat Reader DC which of course got installed (first time with Chrome) . However when I try to open Acrobat nothing happens. I uninstalled both Chrome and Acrobat Reader DC. The I tried to install just Acrobat Reader DC which was successful but it did not open. Acrobat Reader DC is DOA!
The version of Windows on my computer is Windows 10 Professional Insider Preview. Probably that explains it.
I tried another PDF reader, which in my humble opinion is a great piece of software. But, alas! with the same result. It just does not launch.
In order to orient my readers I present a screen shot.
You see this weird thing when you right click a shortcut!
You stay connected and stay informed with Infotainment systems
We are seeing enormous changes in the infotainment systems by the many vendors catering to the auto lovers. All most all auto vendors have some kind of infotainment system.
Which is better?
Probably the answer will change from year to year and from every any kind of model changes.
These are some of the recent infotainment systems line up and listed by the consumerreports.org in the order of their likeability.
Not included in the listing follows the Jaguar model that has the latest infotainment system which you will find in the conclusion of this posting taken directly from the Jaguar site.
The Standout
Fiat-Chrysler Uconnect 8.4: 70 percent very satisfied
Very Good Systems
Hyundai Blue Link: 63 percent very satisfied
BMW iDrive: 60 percent very satisfied
GM (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC) MyLink/IntelliLink: 57 percent very satisfied
Kia Uvo: 57 percent very satisfied
Audi MMI: 57 percent very satisfied
Lexus Remote Touch: 56 percent very satisfied Average Systems
Nissan NissanConnect: 54 percent very satisfied
Infiniti Infiniti Connection: 54 percent very satisfied
Volvo Sensus Connect: 52 percent very satisfied
Mercedes-Benz Comand: 51 percent very satisfied
Subaru Starlink: 50 percent very satisfied
Ford MyFord/MyLincoln Touch: 49 percent very satisfied
Mazda Mazda Connect: 49 percent very satisfied
Honda HondaLink/AcuraLink: 49 percent very satisfied
Back to the Drawing Board
Toyota Entune: 44 percent very satisfied
Cadillac Cue: 40 percent very satisfied
This is what Jaguar is pitching:
THE NEW JAGUAR XE: OFFERING ADVANCED CONNECTIVITY
- All-new Jaguar InControl® infotainment system with 8-inch touchscreen* - InControl Remote™ enables smartphone control of functions such as door unlocking and engine start - InControl Apps™ allows users to access Apple and Android smartphone apps through the vehicle touchscreen* - Optional Wi-Fi connectivity for multiple devices - Optional laser Heads-Up Display combines sharper images with compact, weight-saving design**
Voice recognition:
Voice recognition will always be a problem unless voice-training is carried out even when the user is not aware. Just a few lines of reading some text will not ensure voice-recognition even 60% of the times. Both Cortana and Siri have failed to recognize voice. AI needs lot more turbo-charging before voice recognition becomes a reality.
We saw in the previous post and here how to encrypt using the EncryptByPassPhrase() function.
We will use the same encrypted text and decrypt it using the same PassPhrase used to create it.
We use the reverse function DecryptByPassPhrase() which takes two arguments, the first is the PassPhrase and the second is the encrypted value (cyphertext). The PassPhrase generates the key for decryption.
