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‘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…
About darn time: Microsoft says it has fixed the annoying lag in Windows Explorer when working with cloud-based files

About darn time: Microsoft…

Change often happens very slowly and in the case of Windows Explorer being all sluggish and laggy when dealing…
If you installed Windows 11 with certain security updates and a USB stick, you may not get any more security updates warns Microsoft

If you installed Windows…

With the public launch of Windows version 24H2 last year came a security issue that was only ‘resolved’ this…
Microsoft nixes details of its Windows 11 TPM 2

Microsoft nixes details of…

Sticking the latest version of Windows onto an old PC is a great way of making it feel up…
A debloating wizard has managed to get Windows 11 running on just 184 MB of RAM, and it looks like it can actually run apps

A debloating wizard has…

Sometimes less is more. That seems to be the guiding philosophy of NTDev, a developer that we’ve previously seen…
Windows 11 24H2 is the unwanted holiday gift that keeps on giving thanks to Auto HDR game crashes, audio device woes, odd bouts of stuttering and more

Windows 11 24H2 is…

Microsoft’s 24H2 update for Windows 11 has been rolling out in fits and starts, which seems appropriate—as some users,…