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Questions tagged [windows-phone-8]

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What font is used on Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8?

What font is used for the interface in Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8? Is this font free to use?
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Can the People app alert me to incoming SMS messages from a Windows Phone 8 handset?

Will the People app in Windows 8 have functionality like the Message Center in OS X, allowing you to send/receive your SMS messages from a Windows 8 machine?
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Windows Phone 8 emulator hyper-v setting in BIOS

I installed Windows Phone 8 SDK, and tried setting up the emulator. But it complained about my system's virtualization setting is not enabled. I have installed Hyper-V from the "Add Programs and Features". When I go to my BIOS setting, I don't see…
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What is the difference between Windows RT and Windows Phone 8?

From what I have read it seems there are more or less three versions(?) of Windows 8: Windows 8, Windows RT, and Windows Phone 8. While the difference between Windows 8 and Windows RT is clear, I don't understand the difference between Windows RT…
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Enabling SLAT & correct Can't Start Windows Phone Emulator error

When I run Windows Phone 8 emulator first time this error is shown Can't Start Windows Phone Emulator My system is a Lenovo, with an Intel Core i5-3470s running on Win 8 Enterprise. SLAT Status check shows following: You have a SLAT capable…
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Getting a paid podcast onto Windows Phone 8

I subscribe to a podcast that I pay for, and I am given a personalized URL which I originally plugged into the Zune software and it worked great. Now I have WP8, and I am trying to get the podcast into this new system. Problem is, there is no…
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Zune desktop software doesnt detect nokia lumia 520 in windows 8 os

I bought a nokia lumia 520 recently. I have windows 7 phone SDK installed and I am trying to register the lumia 520 with microsoft. Zune software doesnt detect the device... Does anybody face this issue or any ideas?
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How can I turn on BitLocker encryption on Windows Phone 8?

Does anyone know how to turn on BitLocker encryption on Windows Phone 8? It's apparently supported but the details are a bit sketchy.
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Can't uninstall Windows Phone SDK 8 on Windows 8

When I go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features and click to uninstall "Windows Phone SDK 8.0", the only option I get is "Change". When I click "Change", it says "An error occurred while trying to uninstall Windows Phone SDK 8.0. It may have…
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Office 365 Account with Windows Phone 8.1

A few months ago, I started transitioning from using Google gmail, calendar, etc. to using a purchased Office 365 for small business premium account. I thought that I'd give Windows Phone 8.1 a try and got a cheap one to try out. I'm already a bit…
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Enabling multi touch on Windows Phone 8 emulator using Wacom Intuos Pro

Using the tablet with the emulator I am able to select and click. Two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom does not seem to register. I can confirm that these gestures work on the Windows 8 start screen and e.g. in Chrome.
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microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter has been replaced by

Microsoft virtual wifi miniport adapter has been replaced by Microsoft Wi-Fi direct Virtual adapter in Windows 8; I think. I created hosted network using netsh wlan show drivers netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=TEST key=12345678 netsh…
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install Windows Phone 8 app to more than three devices without store

I am developing an app which should be used in an company, internally only (about 100 installations). I found out that I can install the app to the phone directly (without store) only if I register the phone as development phone. Since I can only…
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DHCP error while WinPhone8 emulator is starting

I had a Windows 8 PC with a perfectly working WinPhone8 emulator. A few days ago my OS broke and our IT guys reinstalled Windows 8 in identical configuration. I installed the WinPhone SDK and tried to run the emulator without success (with message…
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Is there any way I can mirror the display from a Windows Phone 8 device for a presentation?

Is there any way I can mirror the display from a Windows Phone 8 device for a presentation? Either with a VGA adapter cable, or using software running on a laptop connected to the device via USB (similar software exists for BlackBerry and…
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