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There's some relatively good news for Windows users worldwide: Microsoft has finally deemed the Windows 11 24H2 update fit for general consumption. The point release will now be automatically downloaded on all eligible Windows 11 Home and Pro PCs, with the exception of network-managed devices and those with pending...
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Another day means another Windows update, and this time it comes with a warning from Microsoft. You may have noticed a new folder in your root C:\ folder after applying the latest cumulative update for April 2025. Furthermore, you may have been tempted to delete it after discovering that it's an empty folder. Word to...
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Fans of local computer accounts everywhere, rejoice, for when a door closes, another one opens. Windows 11 hackers have found yet another way to bypass the installer's Microsoft account requirement, nary a moment after the company disabled the previous one.
We've all been there. Between Edge's incessant prompting...
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Support for Windows 10 is ending on October 14 for consumers, and Microsoft won't be backing away from this deadline. Microsoft has reiterated that every Windows user with hardware that doesn't meet the minimum requirements of Windows 11 should upgrade their PCs or purchase a compatible device. According to Microsoft...
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Yesterday, Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.3671 (KB5055622), which contains a new feature that allows users to select how their taskbars will display app icons.
This new feature shrinks down icons when multiple apps are open to accomodate more apps on the taskbar. However, this option is...
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Are you having trouble installing Microsoft's Patch Tuesday update for March? You're not alone. The newest update is reportedly brimming with issues running the gamut from minor annoyances, like running into installation errors, to show-stopping blue screen of death (BSOD) crashes that will make you want to yank your...
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You've probably done it yourself: you need to know how hard a given application is hitting your CPU, so you pull up Windows' Task Manager to check the CPU utilization. For a casual inquiry, this is fine, but for anything approaching scientific rigor, you need to be using a third-party application because Windows' Task...
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Up until very recently, Microsoft detailed how you could go about installing Windows 11 on an older PC that does not meet the operating system's hardware requirements, and specifically the TPM 2.0 requirement. It recommended against going that route, but for those who were adventurous—and comfortable mucking around...
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It's been four years and four months since Microsoft released Windows 11 to the wild. In the time since, it hasn't exactly ingratiated itself with a majority of users, especially those who are still clinging to Windows 10, but it has been able to capture more than a third of the overall Windows PC market. It also just...
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We're just a few weeks into 2025, or as Microsoft recently called it, the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh." The comment came in a blog post in which Microsoft made a pitch to rid yourself of your crusty old Windows 10 (or earlier) system and purchase a new PC that supports and runs Windows 11. So color us a little...
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Microsoft wants people and organizations to pick up a new PC in 2025, referring to it as “the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh.” To try and entice users to make the jump to its latest operating system, it’s highlighting the benefits available in the latest crop of Copilot+ PCs. Although it’s also reminding those who...
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Just in case you thought Windows 11 24H2's issues were over, here's the latest headache from the good folks at Microsoft. It turns out that physical installation media (meaning CDs and flash drives) created for Windows 11 24H2 that also includes security updates from between October 8th and November 12th could result...
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You're almost assuredly familiar with the hassle, because you probably use Windows, and you probably use another browser besides Microsoft's Edge on Windows. That's just going by statistics. Most Windows users use something besides Edge, and a huge majority of those users are on Google's Chrome.
Microsoft wants to...
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Apple users who venture outside the company’s ecosystem suffer from a less than stellar experience. Microsoft has worked over the years to make things a little easier for Windows PC users with iPhones. It provides the Phone Link app on PCs alongside the Link to Windows app for iPhone, which allows the devices to at...
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Microsoft has struggled to come up with uses for all the fancy AI acceleration hardware in today's laptops. Even machines with Copilot+ branding have offered little in the way of AI extras, but that's slowly changing. After releasing the AI-powered Recall feature on Snapdragon Windows laptops in November, you can now...
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With the latest update to Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft noted that users running Windows 11 24H2 are susceptible to some annoying issues. However, it appears as if this isn’t the only game from the publisher that’s having problems on Microsoft’s latest operating system. Microsoft has acknowledged in a bulletin that...
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Microsoft has released its controversial Windows 11 Recall feature for Copilot+ PC owners, in preview form. The news comes after the tech giant announced earlier this month that it was delaying the release of Recall in order to “refine the experience” ahead of the preview release.
For those who may not be familiar...
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It's Election Day in the United States and, following mad dashes to the polling booths, it will take some time to determine the results. In the meantime, however, when it comes to two other popular candidates—Windows 11 and Windows 10—we have some figures to share, though you'll have to decide for yourself which one...
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Did you recently get served the big update to Windows 11 24H2? The upgrade, which would have been called a Service Pack once upon a time, comes along with the new Copilot AI features as well as the usual stack of OS add-ons. Unfortunately for some, it also brought along a less-welcome partner: blue screens of...
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Microsoft got in on the ground floor of the current AI hype, releasing the first Copilot PC features in 2023. Its decision to roll out Copilot while the technology is still developing has led to a lot of changes, and the latest update is the biggest yet. In fact, Microsoft claims its new Copilot is more...
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Microsoft announced it has begun a phased roll out of its Windows 11 2024 update, otherwise known as Windows 11 24H2, which the company describes as a "full operating system (OS) swap" containing brand new foundational elements to help usher in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) experiences. Being that's a major...
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A new optional Windows Update Preview is apparently causing some percentage of users to lose access to their PCs. This is because the update is making the machines enter a "boot loop", where the system attempts to start, fails, restarts, and then starts over, with no way to resolve the problem without secondary boot...
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