Tag: operating systems

Windows 11 just isn’t enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling

Windows 11 just isn’t…

Microsoft must be wringing its hands in frustration as it tries to get users to move on from Windows…
Windows 3

Windows 3.1 included a…

Every so often, a wonderful thing happens: someone young enough to have missed out on using computers in the…
Windows is rolling out the ability to handle all app updates from just your OS, but with limited support right now

Windows is rolling out…

Good news, an actually good Windows update is here. But it likely won’t be useful for a while. Still,…
The ultimate bloatware removal tool now works on any version of Windows 11

The ultimate bloatware removal…

For the most part, Windows 11 isn't a bad operating system, even if its adoption rate is slower than…
Brace yourselves: Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows 11’s Start menu

Brace yourselves: Microsoft wants…

Good news everyone: first spotted by The Verge, a recent Windows Insider blog post revealed that the beta channel…
To stay safe in Windows 10 from next October commercial customers have to pay $61, then ‘double every consecutive year for a maximum of three years’

To stay safe in…

Update: Microsoft has been in touch to clarify that “this week’s news from Microsoft on Windows 10 ESU pricing…
The father of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, says the reason why Windows has a rep for bugs and blue screens isn’t down to bad code but bad memory

The father of the…

OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and…
A keyboard sticker can turn your new laptop into an AI PC. Probably…

A keyboard sticker can…

Microsoft's Copilot AI functionality recently got some upgrades, allowing it do complete a wide range of OS grunt work…
The disk ‘Format’ dialog in Windows was only meant to be a temporary solution but it’s still chugging along, 30 years later

The disk ‘Format’ dialog…

Just imagine that you're a software developer and you've got an enormous list of tasks to do. One of…
Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it’s still slower than Windows 10 and consumes more RAM

Hooray, Microsoft is making…

Windows 11 adoption has been slow for many different reasons, from hardware constraints to people just not wanting to…