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Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues on RGB Lighting Devices
Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting.…
New Windows zero-day flaw could give hackers deep access to your PC — how to stay safe
Plus, a fake USB device attack with similar flaws…
Windows 10 users are getting locked out of new Microsoft 365 features in a bid to push for Windows 11
Will it convince people to upgrade?…
Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port
Developer Justin Marshall recently ported Word for Windows 1.1a to modern Windows systems. The open-source conversion draws on the source code of the original program, which Micros…
GeForce Now exploit unlocks full Windows desktop access
GeForce Now can apparently do much more than simply stream a selection of supported games using the AV1 codec. Two modders known as "Zortos" and "dpadGuy" have...…
Windows 11’s Weather app uses 5x more RAM than macOS. That’s over 1GB
Windows 11 uses an unnecessary amount of RAM. A specific example now shows just what a massive memory hog Windows 11 really is – in a direct comparison with macOS.…
How to change up Windows 11’s Widgets panel—or disable it altogether
Windows 11's default widgets display the weather, stock market prices, and more. You can customize them, or you can turn them off entirely.…
OneDrive Photos snuck onto Windows 11 PCs, and it can’t be uninstalled yet
Microsoft accidentally rolled out its new OneDrive Photos app on more Windows 11 PCs than intended. Unfortunately, removal isn't clean.…
Linux has better Windows game compatibility at this stage than Windows does, and Proton is why
It's true.…
Windows 11's RAM-hogging, advert-laden Weather app is the poster child for everything that's wrong with the operating system
Worried about the RAM crisis? Microsoft isn't, if Windows 11's Weather app is anything to go by.…
This overlooked Windows feature makes multitasking so much easier
Use Snap Layouts to keep your work organized and make better use of your screen. By pressing Win + Z on your Window’s desktop you can make it much easier to arrange apps for writin…
Windows 11's built-in weather app hogs more than 1.2 gigabytes of RAM just to tell the forecast — memory-sucking web wrapper filled with ads masquerades as an actual application
5x more memory consumption than macOS.…
Windows 11 is broken — and Microsoft is fixing the wrong things
Is it time for Windows 12, and could it fall into the same traps?…
Here's how to format a USB drive on Windows
Formatting a USB drive on Windows is a little more involved than you might think, but you should know how to do it for several reasons.…
Windows launchers do something the Start menu can't, and I finally understand why power users swear by them
Unleash the potential of Windows launchers and experience a faster, more efficient way to manage your operating system, settings, and search.…
Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
A new report shows Windows 11's built-in Weather app can consume more than 1 GB of RAM. By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS uses roughly five times less memory under…
I used KDE Plasma for a month and realized Windows 11 is still years behind on the features that matter
KDE Plasma fixes Windows 11's rigid design and lack of essential features like customizable taskbars and advanced file management tools.…
x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11
The Computer History Museum made the Word 1.1a source code publicly available in 2014, now it has been ported to 64-bit Windows.…
Windows hasn't properly shut down when you click shut down since 2012, and it explains a decade of weird bugs
Most users won't miss this troublesome feature causing it anyway…
Skip the $199 price tag — Windows 11 Pro is $11.23 today only
Pro tools, personal savings.…
Windows 11's Weather app reportedly uses 5x more RAM than macOS's Weather app, with ads to boot
Hopefully, Windows K2 will fix it.…
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port
Port of Microsoft Word 1.1a to x64 with extra features for research purposes. - jmarshall23/msword…
Microsoft accidentally rolled out a OneDrive app to everyone's PCs, and there's no simple way to fix it
Microsoft didn't mean to spread the app as far as it did.…
4 operating systems that owe nothing to Windows, Linux, or Unix
These operating systems are incredibly unique and pull as little as possible from the big players, but they're mostly a novelty…
Wine 11.15 Released With Wayland Fixes, Fix For A 20 Year Old MSXML3 Bug
Making its debut this Saturday rather than the usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment, Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enab…
Windows 11 26H2 is a small update with big quality-of-life improvements, expected around October 2026
Many of the features aimed at power users and IT teams, like Point-in-Time Restore and Cloud Rebuild, have already started rolling out through cumulative updates rather than...…
My outdated Windows 10 PC was headed for the recycling bin until Proxmox gave it a second life
This dinosaur machine now runs my LLMs inside an LXC…
I read Microsoft's Windows 11 'quality' progress report - and the subtext says it all
Microsoft's latest progress report details much-needed Windows 11 improvements in reliability, performance, stability, and usability. But here's what else I see.…
Exclusive: Turbo VPN releases emergency Windows update after TechRadar uncovers persistent IP leaks
Despite issuing a patch earlier this week, the app continued leaking IPv6 addresses across all protocols until a second update was deployed today…
I cleaned up my Windows 11 context menu with one free app, and Microsoft should've built this in
My right-click menu is no longer a nightmare.…