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Tag: operating systems

Turns out that the earliest versions of Windows 7 took longer to load depending on your choice of desktop wallpaper

Turns out that the…

There used to be a time when you’d log in to your Windows 7 machine, and have enough time…
Microsoft Recall finally launches for AI PC users, along with some other new features, almost one year after Copilot+ was announced

Microsoft Recall finally launches…

At the end of May, it will be exactly one year since Microsoft announced its Copilot+ AI PC initiative,…
Don’t delete that mysterious ‘inetpub’ Windows folder, says Microsoft, as it’s supposedly important for system security

Don’t delete that mysterious…

The internet was mystified earlier this month by… okay, let me start this again. Very specific parts of the…
The Windows 95 start-up sound and the Minecraft soundtrack have been added to the US Library of Congress list of nationally significant recordings

The Windows 95 start-up…

Just listen to that short clip above. Go on, I’ll wait. That, my friends, is the sound that began…
Holy smokes, something that might actually be useful is coming to Copilot on Windows

Holy smokes, something that…

Forgive me for being surprised by this after the last two years of REM sleep-inducing AI updates and betas,…
‘When a widespread outage affects devices from starting properly, Microsoft can broadly deploy targeted remediation’: MS introduces ‘quick machine recovery’ for Windows 11

‘When a widespread outage…

As part of the latest Windows Insider Preview build, Microsoft has announced that it’s testing a feature called ‘quick…
Microsoft announces changes to the Blue Screen of Death as rumours of an ominous Black Screen of Death stalk the land

Microsoft announces changes to…

The infamous Blue Screen of Death feels like it’s always there, waiting. The scourge of PC gamers and IT…
After years of complaints about Windows Task Manager displaying CPU utilization incorrectly, a fix is finally on its way

After years of complaints…

With the latest Windows Release Preview, Microsoft is fixing a problem that has persisted for years: Its Task Manager…
You might mock Microsoft’s new emoji button in Windows 11 but as someone that’s explained how to quickly access emojis and special characters too many times, I get it

You might mock Microsoft’s…

PC Gamer’s staff recently had an intense debate about whether a solitary thumbs up emoji was passive aggressive or…
Valve’s monthly survey reveals that almost 45% of Steam users on PC are still using Windows 10 even with the sword of Damocles hanging over them

Valve’s monthly survey reveals…

You won’t hear any lectures from me, as I know how hard it is to let go of tech…