Tag: operating systems

We used to be a society (with a good Windows Task Manager icon)

We used to be…

Microsoft has delivered some blows to Task Manager in recent times. As noted last week by PC Gamer’s Andy…
Windows ‘really does suck for some people’: Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer explains how he would fix the popular OS

Windows ‘really does suck…

“Windows Sucks” is the cold open to former Microsoft Engineer turned tech YouTuber, Dave Plummer’s latest video. As tongue-in-cheek…
Windows 10 might be a goner but there are still some ancient icon relics inside Windows 11 that date all the way back to Windows 95

Windows 10 might be…

Windows 10 may be essentially an ex-operating system, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft has relinquished its appetite for really…
Windows 11 25H2 has borked the mouse and keyboard controls in the Windows Recovery Environment, because what would a major update be without a fresh batch of bugs

Windows 11 25H2 has…

Should your Windows machine run into major difficulties, you may find yourself staring at a blue screen. No, not…
Microsoft says it’s making ‘every Windows 11 PC an AI PC’ with a dizzying array of Copilot upgrades, including voice activation

Microsoft says it’s making…

Microsoft has released a blog update detailing a raft of upcoming upgrades to Copilot, including the addition of voice…
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…