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James Walker

I'm a web developer and technology journalist with a particular interest in Microsoft innovations. I'm the founder of Heron Web (heron-web.com), a UK digital agency for web design and development. When I'm not working, I'm a PC gamer and passionate transport enthusiast.

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Articles by James Walker

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About to graduate? Here’s how to save your Office 365 school account files

How to keep your Office 365 files when graduating from school To save your files from a school-provided Office 365…

James Walker · June 6, 2019 · 4 min read

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How to download an archive of your Microsoft account data

How to download an archive of your Microsoft account data To download an archive of your Microsoft account data: Login…

James Walker · June 4, 2019 · 3 min read

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How to configure port forwarding on a Windows 10 PC

How to configure port forwarding on a Windows 10 PC To port forward 127.0.0.1:9000 to 192.168.0.10:80 in Windows 10: Launch…

James Walker · June 3, 2019 · 2 min read

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How to send a file over Bluetooth from a Windows 10 PC

How to send a file over Bluetooth in Windows 10 To send a file to a Bluetooth device: Ensure Bluetooth…

James Walker · May 21, 2019 · 3 min read

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How to stop Windows 10 apps from displaying personalised ads

How to reset your Windows 10 personalised ads ID To clear your Windows 10 advertising ID and disable personalised ads…

James Walker · May 16, 2019 · 2 min read

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How to enable Microsoft Translate in the Edge Dev browser

How to enable Microsoft Translate in the Edge Dev browser To enable Microsoft Translate integration in Microsoft Edge Dev (beta):…

James Walker · May 14, 2019 · 2 min read

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How to enable Reading View in Microsoft Edge Insider

How to enable Reading View in Microsoft Edge Insider To enable Reading View in Microsoft Edge Insider (experimental feature): Navigate…

James Walker · April 11, 2019 · 2 min read

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How to enable dark theme now in Microsoft Edge Insider builds

How to enable dark theme in Microsoft Edge Insider To enable dark theme in Microsoft Edge Insider (Dev and Canary)…

James Walker · April 11, 2019 · 2 min read

News

Microsoft Edge Insider will use Fluent Design for form controls (and you can enable it today)

Microsoft has now released the first public builds of its Chromium-based Edge browser remake. Although this early preview doesn’t deviate…

James Walker · April 11, 2019 · 2 min read

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How to change DVD playback region in Windows 10

How to change DVD playback region in Windows 10 To change your DVD drive’s region locking: Right-click the drive in…

James Walker · April 11, 2019 · 2 min read