Tag: operating systems

Copilot can now help you find settings in the latest Windows Insider build, which is fine by me—as long as it doesn’t touch anything

Copilot can now help…

When I first tested Copilot many moons ago, I wasn’t particularly impressed. Chief among my complaints was its lack…
Masters of timing, Microsoft: Just one day from Windows 10 EOL and apparently the official Media Creation Tool isn’t working

Masters of timing, Microsoft:…

It’s approximately *checks watch* one day until Windows 10 ostensibly gets the chop, so it’s a good job the…
Windows 10’s greatest achievement was not being Windows 8, and I think we can all be thankful for that

Windows 10’s greatest achievement…

Windows 10 is dead. Well, nearly anyway. The much-beloved operating system reaches its EOL on October 14, meaning that…
Rufus is a free tool that gets rid of most of Windows 11’s installation nonsense and I’ll show you exactly how to use it

Rufus is a free…

Ah, good old Rufus. Where would we be without you? Well, it seems the answer is a world with…
Microsoft is planning to make it harder than ever to install Windows without an internet connection and a Microsoft account

Microsoft is planning to…

The latest Insider Preview build of Windows 11 includes a rather ominous update. Ominous, that is, for anyone who…
Time is nearly up for Windows 10—but is your Windows 10 PC screwed?

Time is nearly up…

Reading the news about Windows 10’s imminent demise on your Windows 10 PC? You might be wondering what will…
Google and Qualcomm are prepping ‘desktop’ Android to enable ‘mobile and PC’ in one device, but should Windows and x86 be afraid?

Google and Qualcomm are…

So, Google and Qualcomm are bigging up what’s basically a desktop version of the former’s Android OS for smartphones…
If Microsoft wins this UK court case it might spell the end of second-hand Windows licenses

If Microsoft wins this…

Microsoft and the software reseller ValueLicensing have been going at each other for a while now, but the outcome…
Former MS engineer Dave Plummer admits he accidentally coded Pinball to run ‘at like, 5,000 frames per second’ on Windows NT

Former MS engineer Dave…

I’m not sure why I played so much Pinball on my Windows machine as a child. Nor am I…
Microsoft has blown the dust off the source code for a version of Bill Gates’ first-ever operating system

Microsoft has blown the…

In recent years, software giant Microsoft has been releasing the source code for some of its oldest operating systems…