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Windows 11's new security feature 'wrecks' frame rates for some gamers

By Darren Allan Published

Some gamers are up in arms, while others believe that this security feature is a must-have for keeping their PC safe.

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Windows 11's antivirus is telling users it's turned off — but it's a bug

By Darren Allan Published

Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.

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Windows 11 will finally stop nagging you to back up your files to OneDrive

By David Nield Published

Not into OneDrive backups? You can now permanently dismiss the nagging reminder and get some peace.

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Windows 11 update packs some much-wanted features — and very-much unwanted bugs

By Darren Allan Published

Miss Microsoft's old-style chunky white mouse pointer? A weird Windows 11 bug turns the cursor retro — and it's messing with wallpapers too.

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PowerToys has another smart new feature — let's hope it comes to Windows 11

By Darren Allan Published

Microsoft is busy improving Windows 11, and there's an obvious easy win it's missing: porting over smart PowerToys features.

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Microsoft's leaked vision of Windows built around AI is still a worry

By Darren Allan Published

Remember Microsoft's vision of Windows built around AI? That recent leak has been raked over — and fresh details of 'Copilot OS' make me more nervous about the future.

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Microsoft's latest move to pay people to use Edge smacks of desperation

By Darren Allan Published

An app has been spotted that makes Bing your default search, and some users see it as another reason to leave Windows 11.

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Redditor explains how Windows 11 can end up stripping out your GPU driver

By Darren Allan Published

Windows 11 removed the driver for an Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti laptop graphics card, and you can blame Eco mode.

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Microsoft's investigating reports of games crashing after Windows 11 update

By Darren Allan Published

Microsoft is investigating reports of a nasty bug that breaks some PC games following the latest Windows 11 update.

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Windows 11 is finally getting a much-needed change to privacy settings

By Darren Allan Published

Microsoft is finally changing app permissions to make sense for all software.

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