Windows 10: Using Win10 shortcut to switch active program

The two programs I use most often are Outlook and Firefox, and I often need to switch between them. I don't want both programs displayed on the same screen. When I was using Win7 there was no difference whether I switched with my mouse or with the keyboard. Now however switching with the alt+tab keyboard shortcut takes me to an overwhelming number of thumbnails that I don't want to deal with, or sometimes a long list instead. Can I not use the shortcut without all the clutter?

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E72 - Problems after updating to 52.005. No shortcut icons (Active is ON), cannot switch mode

Updated to the new firmware version 52.002 the other day. (Norwegian)

Alt the program shortcuts on the desktop are gone, even though "Active" screen is turned on.

If I try to switch mode from business to personal, nothing happens, stays on business.

If I try to edit the business mode and select "Open" on program short cuts to edit the list,
nothing happens...

Updated to the new firmware version 52.002 the other day. (Norwegian)



Alt the program shortcuts on the desktop are gone, even though "Active" screen is turned on.

If I try to switch mode from business to personal, nothing happens, stays on business.

If I try to edit the business mode and select "Open" on program short cuts to edit the list,
nothing happens...



Harald

 

Activation options for Win10 with instant clones

We have a secure (no internet access) lab environment setup to test and validate a VMWare VDI deployment of Win10 clients.

Our issue is activation of the Win10 clients as they require re-activation every time we logoff and back on because we are using instant clones.

Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to resolve this? Here are the options we are considering and issues as we understand them:

• Setup a KMS server
  • Requires a Volume license, which is doable
  • Documentation says we must have a minimum of 25 hosts, we don' have that in our lab
• Use our MSDN account
  • No support for Win10 KMS license
  • No support for MKS activation
• Manually activate each time
  • Gonna spend a lot of time on the phone
  • Win10 has no grace period so machines are crippled w/o activation

Anyone have a thought or suggestions? I'm hoping I missed something.

Thanks

 

A question for Win10 users.

I want to do an upgrade as well, but I don't want to upgrade my Windows 7 key as I have a Windows 10 key too. I'm worried the Win7 key will become a Win10 key if I just upgrade.

With that said, so far the upgrades I've seen have worked out nicely. Some people have had minor issues, like tablet mode being activated on first launch, but generally it seems to work ok. At work they use a CAD program with an ancient CAD engine (really, really ancient), and even that just works. The real reason I want to upgrade is because then I get to keep the keyboard shortcuts I've associated with programs in the Start meny, in Windows 10 you have to add the shortcuts to the desktop if you want to make keyboard shortcuts.