Tag: operating systems

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,…
Thanks to Microsoft adding all those extra features to Notepad, it now unfortunately sports one more: An exploitation vulnerability with a high security rating

Thanks to Microsoft adding…

For over four decades, Windows Notepad has been the basic text editor of choice for many a discerning PC…
‘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…
CachyOS isn’t joining new Linux gaming distro collab, says it doesn’t think a ‘collective with strings attached’ is necessary

CachyOS isn’t joining new…

Just a few days ago I reported that a bunch of different Linux gaming distros have teamed up to…
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…