Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second computer screen

Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by OkGoDoIt on Sunday January 24, 2021 @01:50PM (#25894574)

I have tried this many times over the years on plenty of different computers and have never once got it to work a single time.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by zeusk on Sunday January 24, 2021 @03:35PM (#25895672)

Next time it doesn't work for you, please file a report with Win+F (Feedback hub) and we can take a look at what's failing underneath.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by Arelius on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:30PM (#25896850)

It feels trying to get troubleshooting for Windows is like shouting into the void, so I, as well as I think many others, have long since just given up.

I for instance bought "Assure Software Support" at $99 a year to try to get support for an unrelated (usb-c dock) issue. And there seemed to be no way to actually use it, and I just gave up, resentful that I paid Microsoft a support fee.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by ggm on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:43PM (#25897400)

This. There doesn't seem to be a pricepoint which effective for getting both help, and information back inside Borgs (of all kinds) to actually effect change.

I had a problem at work with Microsoft X.509 certificate management. I even found the reasonably capable, actual decision-making person who did X.509 at a conference, and he was pretty clear: nothing I said to him there, or in any other forum was going to change pace inside the company on the problem at hand. (he did point out it affected the DoD so I was somewhat assured it was going to get fixed)

OTOH when it was pointed out how badly Microsofts TCP implementation behaved, they did make changes. So "it depends"

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by zeusk on Sunday January 24, 2021 @11:17PM (#25899038)

With feedback hub, the reports along with any diagnostics get routed to engineering teams assigned to the feature.

The only downside imo is we (engineers) cannot directly respond to a end-user feedback.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by OkGoDoIt on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:08AM (#25924545)

I’ve submitted plenty of detailed bug reports with zero response or just form replies, so I don’t waste my time shouting into the void anymore. Having an actual response that isn’t just “we appreciate your report and will have someone look into it” might help.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by archon810 on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:30PM (#25907598)

To the user, though, this feels precisely like shouting into the void.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by eznzt on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:06PM (#25896641)

There should be a better way of reporting a bug on Windows than posting it on a public forum full of spam that is only accessible from a Metro app which does not come with LTSC.

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by hoseja on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:47AM (#25902118)

Why did you hijack the shortcut for search for this, anyway?

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Re:Deskreen – Turn any device with a web browser to a second... by Arelius on Sunday January 24, 2021 @05:27PM (#25896826)

Agreed, I've never gotten it to work, or when I have, it very quickly failed, and disconnected thereafter.

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