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Windows 11 reinstallations should be easier, thanks to this new feature

By Isaiah Williams Published

Windows 11 reinstallations will be available via the cloud, which includes appropriate drivers and doesn't require a USB drive.

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How I think Microsoft's campaign to fix Windows 11 is going so far

By Darren Allan Published

What Microsoft has done in its first quarter of curing the ills of Windows 11 — and what other medicine should be administered.

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Copilot ad shows how marketing can undermine the effort to fix Windows 11

By Darren Allan Published

Microsoft needs to stop this kind of cringe marketing to change perceptions around Windows 11.

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Windows 11 update fixes file that was a black hole eating your drive space

By Darren Allan Published

If your drive space has been mysteriously disappearing of late, the problem could be Capability Access Manager.

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Microsoft just made a huge Linux move that developers and container fans everywhere will love

By Craig Hale Published

You can now finally run Linux containers in Windows – without third-party tools.

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Want Notepad to be like it was in the Windows XP era? Meet TinyRetroPad

By Darren Allan Published

Want Notepad to be like it was in the Windows XP era — except even leaner? TinyRetroPad is here.

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Microsoft fires shots at MacBook Neo, but that battle is an uphill struggle

By Darren Allan Published

'But it's Windows. You run the risk that any or every monthly update will break something': Microsoft fires shots at MacBook Neo, but the internet fires back.

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Windows 11's File Explorer finally gets the update it deserves

By Isaiah Williams Published

Windows 11's File Explorer is finally getting a speed improvement via Microsoft's latest update, but I can only hope a future update doesn't undo it.

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Microsoft extends Windows 10 support for another year to October 2027

By Darren Allan Published

Worried that you run out of extended support for Windows 10 in a few months? Don't panic — Microsoft is now covering consumers to October 2027.

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Some Surface devices just got big price cuts — but also big RAM cuts, too

By Darren Allan Published

Microsoft has dropped the RAM to 8GB with new entry-level models, prompting questions over whether that's enough memory.

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