Ewan Dalton

I'm a watch collector, car fan, musician. Ex-MSFT now consulting to help partners achieve more in strategy, GTM and co-selling. Writer at

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@windowsinsider FWIW, 26220.8062 has bricked my PC - stuck on loading (black screen / circular icon). Going to WinRE and recovering to a previous point eventually gets the system up but as soon as it's offered the update again and tries to apply it... 💥 I've listed in Feedback Hub

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@British_Airways Thanks Cody. Maybe I'll wait until after the flight just in case there's anything else to add 😆

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

Don't bother flying @British_Airways #ClubEurope. Arrived at Lanzarote for return flight to LGW, queued for 45 mins to check-in (only 2 lanes, no prioritisation in action). Denied Fast Track security with a shrug, and the only lounge was full.

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@BBCNews @BBCBreakfast The Microsoft logo changed well over a decade ago...

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

#strongandstable #maga #tariffs

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@Spacemen3333 @AskVirginMoney I had the same thing - but was able to download transactions to a CSV file so at least could check things that way...

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@AskVirginMoney I'm trying to look at transactions in all my accounts (M Plus Current, Savings and M Account Business) and both app and website are timing out and showing no transactions. U ok hun?

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@GWRHelp Thanks ... I've reported this several times over several years and was told the feedback would be passed on ... But nothing changed. Are you able to confirm if the feedback has been acknowledged by the developers and is there a plan to fix it?

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@GWRHelp - will you PLEASE get your Android app devs to stop randomly logging users out and allow credentials caching or biometric login etc? About 1/3 times at a ticket barrier I need to manually log in again 😡 look at your reviews! https://t.co/k13YdJoJnh

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@jessphillips Are they actually trying to throw the election? Oh wait, maybe @Conservatives HQ placed a bet on how badly they'd lose...

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@eileenb Cats, dog, Steve...

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@HMRCcustomers 2 weeks ago

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@HMRCcustomers - when your online chat says "Our advisers are not available to discuss your query at the moment" and the only options offered are to *write a letter* or wait on hold for hours on the phone... is there an email option at least? Is this 2024 or 1924?

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@HMRCcustomers Is there any way I can get confirmation that's what's happening? After waiting for ages on hold I spoke to someone who couldn't say anything more than "it's probably a security check, they'll write to you" - which hasn't happened.

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@HMRCcustomers Thanks - 6 weeks to respond + 8 weeks for security checks = 3 months. If I owed HMRC £5K would I get 3 months to pay it...?

What's frustrating is that there's no info - where's my letter saying "we're doing some security checks" or any other response to my query?

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@HMRCcustomers hi Sofia - it's tax refunds for Self Assessment I'm looking to get info on. I submitted a return in April that shows me due a substantial tax refund and so far it only shows as Pending online and haven't been able to find out why or when it will be paid. Thanks, Ewan

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

#2 FWIW, I already did the phone option. After an hour on hold, I was eventually told that they would write to me. That was 2 weeks ago.

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@msonenote I'd love to have a profile type function, where I could have a "work" instance with certain notebooks open, and a separate "home" instance with others. It would make navigation and searching much easier

[Ewan Dalton @ewand]

@sainsburys Is there anything you can do to help manage the crazy traffic at Calcot? My wife has been stuck in the car park for nearly 2 hours and hardly moved. @IKEAUK and @McDonaldsUK customers and poor traffic management is snarling up the whole junction!