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Microsoft is Now Trying Windows 11 Reverse Psychology Nagware!
Microsoft wants us all to make the transition to Windows 11. The only problem they have is a lot of people would rather downgrade to Windows XP than make the move to their latest operating system. – Yep, it’s hard to deny (even as an exceptionally early adopter) that Microsoft…
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Bare-Boned But Surprisingly Solid ‘tiny11’ Windows 11 Installer Gets Released
While there is a lot of both fair and unfair criticism surrounding Windows 11, it’s hard to deny one key point. Namely, in terms of requirements, the operating system is unusually terse in what it both needs and wants from your hardware and system configuration. TPM 2.0? I daresay hardly…
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Microsoft is Upping its Windows 11 Nagware with a New Confusing Pop-Up!
I was a relatively early adopter of the Windows 11 operating system and, despite the huge amount of criticism it has received over the last year (both rightly and wrongly), I’ve never personally had any issues with it. Well, except for the fact that Microsoft now seems to want to…
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Microsoft is Allegedly Now Strong-Arming the Windows 11 22H2 Update
The Windows 11 22H2 was released on September 30th last year and, overall, it seemed to create a hell of a lot more problems with the operating system than it solved. While I could do a deep dive down the rabbit hole of all the confirmed and unconfirmed issues it…
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Microsoft to End the Sale of Consumer Windows 10 Licenses on Jan 31st!
It’s been confirmed for around a year now that Windows 10 will officially enter its end of life on October 14th 2025. – Yep, put simply, those of you still on the operating system have under two years of security patches and updates left before Microsoft finally decides to put…
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Be Aware Folks! – Microsoft is Ending Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 Support Next Week!
While both the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 userbase is now quite significantly diminished, there are still a fairly significant number of people still utilising the operating systems. Yes, while the figure might be less than 15%, if you are still residing on one of those platforms then you need…
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Major Windows 11 Updates Rumoured for Release in March AND May 2023!
Officially speaking, Microsoft has now predominantly transitioned to only releasing one major update for its operating systems per year. And this is something that is probably not an overly bad thing considering that these updates do seem to typically create a hell of a lot more problems than they ever…
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Microsoft Quietly Release Windows 10 Update to “Help” You onto Windows 11 Faster
It’s been just over a year since the release of Windows 11 and so far the operating system has predominantly proven itself to be an utter failure with consumers. – The reasons for this are varied, but it typically comes down to two key points: Firstly, many don’t feel the…
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Windows 11 Update Finally Fixes Game Performance Bug
The release of the Windows 11 22H2 update has predominantly brought way more problems to the operating system than it ever supposedly solved. One of the notable and most persistent of these was a bug which, in certain games, would result in significantly reduced levels of performance. – Now, admittedly,…
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Microsoft Removes Windows 11 22H2 Update Block As Printer Bug Gets (Probably) Fixed
Despite being released for over a year now, the consumer transition rate to Windows 11 has been sluggish at best. In fact, most estimates suggest that only 15-16% of people have so far made the move from prior Windows platforms clearly indicating that while Windows 11 is new, it’s not…
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Microsoft Finally Confirms Windows 11 22H2 Update IS Causing Gaming Problems
I think it would be fair to say that despite being available for over a year now, Windows 11 hasn’t proven to be particularly popular with the PC gaming community. – A factor certainly not helped following the recent release of its first major update (22H2) which so far seems…
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AMD Firmly Denies that Windows 11 Affects Ryzen 7000 Gaming Performance
Following the release of Windows 11 a little over a year ago, while the operating system has undoubtedly had its share of problems, one of the most consistent subjects when it comes to processors is that AMD Ryzen CPUs supposedly perform notably worse after making the transition from Windows 10.…
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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch As Windows 10 Update Breaks OneDrive
It’s hardly any secret that the recent 2022 update to Windows 11 has predominantly seemed to cause way more problems than it was supposedly set to solve (click here for more info). In regards to Windows 10, however, with that also recently receiving an update, that one seemed to have…
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Windows 11 2022 Update Has ANOTHER New Bug – USB Removal Errors
Thankfully, modern Windows operating systems are a lot more forgiving when it comes to removing USB storage devices. Once upon a time, to prevent any potential risk of data corruption (which was very real and exceptionally common), you had to manually ‘eject’ a USB device (Safely Remove Hardware) through the…
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Microsoft “PC Manager” Tool Released in Beta for Windows 10 & 11
While Windows 10 and 11 both offer a number of solid tools to help you (hopefully) keep your system in tip-top condition, one of the biggest problems for the more casual user is that they are, typically speaking, fairly well hidden. – Following a Twitter post by user ‘@ALumia_Italia‘, however,…
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