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Jen Gentleman 🌺

@JenMsft

I work on the Windows engineering team at Microsoft and help with feedback for Start menu, Settings, taskbar, input + more

 Seattle, WA
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Joined August 2015
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I'm the life of parties
A guy standing off in a corner at a party with a drink, thinking to himself while watching everyone else dance. "They don't know - if you hold CTRL it will stop the processes in Task Manager from moving around

ALT A guy standing off in a corner at a party with a drink, thinking to himself while watching everyone else dance. "They don't know - if you hold CTRL it will stop the processes in Task Manager from moving around

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Happy Halloween 👻
A four panel comic, with a ghost trying to scare someone. Boo! The ghost says. No reaction BOO. The ghost says again. No reaction. BOOO. The ghost keeps trying. No success. Finally the ghost says, "You took down production". "AHHHH" the man turns and screams

ALT A four panel comic, with a ghost trying to scare someone. Boo! The ghost says. No reaction BOO. The ghost says again. No reaction. BOOO. The ghost keeps trying. No success. Finally the ghost says, "You took down production". "AHHHH" the man turns and screams

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Heavy Rain - a game about one man's fight to recover missing JSON files
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Check for updates now if you're running Beta or Experimental builds, #WindowsInsiders Let us know how things go 😊
Windows Insider Program (@windowsinsider) profile pictureWindows Insider Program
@windowsinsiderOct 30
No tricks, just treats! New Windows 11 Insider Preview builds today: Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-10-30-2026 Experimental: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-10-3… Beta (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Beta26H1-10-30-20… Experimental (26H1): aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Experimental (Future Platforms): aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-10…
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Earl Grey. Hot.
Holding up a mug of earl grey tea, tea bag floating merrily in the dark water. The mug happens to be an aperture science mug

ALT Holding up a mug of earl grey tea, tea bag floating merrily in the dark water. The mug happens to be an aperture science mug

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It's a little thing, but I love the animations of the preview windows when sliding my mouse back and forth over open apps on the taskbar - I'm happy this work is rolling out to more people now 😊
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With yesterday's update, if you're curious (it's been rolling out for Insiders for longer) support.microsoft.com/en-us/…
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And yes, I probably should have included a video so you could see it, but I'm lazy - consider it something to look forward to, it's quite noticeable once you have it
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can open a volume mixer in Windows 11 by pressing WIN + CTRL + V
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(along with a variety of other ways)
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There's something incredibly entertaining about the fact I'm too still when I work, so the light shuts off
looking at the stained glass door of my office. it's bright outside in the hallway, while I sit in darkness

ALT looking at the stained glass door of my office. it's bright outside in the hallway, while I sit in darkness

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That's one way to get people not to interrupt me while I'm working :P
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"Huh, I guess she's not in" (whispers, she's there sitting in the dark like the gremlin she is)
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Brute force hacker
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For those who need it - it's an old video of my cat Biscuit as a kitten, before he became the 16 lb monster he is today. He's pawing repeatedly at the password field of my laptop, while windows hello says "I don't know him"
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When Phil Collins sang I can feel it coming in the air tonight" he probably meant Monday
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There's a video that's been going around of a utility that forces you to take breaks because a cat walks across your screen - but who needs that when you have the real thing 😛
a close up of my cat Biscuit as he determinedly gets between me and my monitors

ALT a close up of my cat Biscuit as he determinedly gets between me and my monitors

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Check for updates now if you're running Beta or Experimental, #WindowsInsiders! Let us know how things go 😊
Windows Insider Program (@windowsinsider) profile pictureWindows Insider Program
@windowsinsiderOct 23
New builds today across all channels! Beta: aka.ms/WIP-Beta-10-23-2026 Exp: aka.ms/WIP-Experimental-10-2… Beta 26H1: aka.ms/WIP-Beta26H1-10-23-20… Exp 26H1:aka.ms/WIP-Experimental26H1-… Exp Future Platforms: aka.ms/WIP-ExperimentalFP-10…
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Hug ops to everyone that's been dealing with PHP
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In addition to this - for those that are on the receiving end of screenshots and want to copy out the error code, in Windows 11 you can press WIN + Shift + T to extract text on screen
⚠️ Mister Johnson ⚠️ (@mrjhnsn) profile picture⚠️ Mister Johnson ⚠️
@mrjhnsnOct 21
Dear Users, PLEASE INCLUDE A FUCKING SCREENSHOT OF YOUR ERROR/ISSUE IN YOUR FIRST SUPPORT REQUEST. Signed, Every IT person on Earth.
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Video game lines that stick with you: “Had to be me; somebody else might have gotten it wrong.”
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Thank you for all the story telling, BioWare 🙏
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