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You might mock Microsoft's new emoji button in Windows 11 but as someone that's explained how to quickly access emojis and special characters too many times, I get it
By Jacob Ridley published
News Case in point: Two of my colleagues just learned about this handy shortcut from reading the draft for this article.

Valve's monthly survey reveals that almost 45% of Steam users on PC are still using Windows 10 even with the sword of Damocles hanging over them
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Proof at last it's not just you.

About darn time: Microsoft says it has fixed the annoying lag in Windows Explorer when working with cloud-based files
By Nick Evanson published
news It's been my biggest bugbear with OneDrive for ruddy ages.

Here's Linux running inside a PDF, running inside a browser, running on a Windows PC
By Jacob Fox published
News Linux-ception.

If you installed Windows 11 with certain security updates and a USB stick, you may not get any more security updates warns Microsoft
By James Bentley published
News The fix is to reinstall Windows 11 with different security updates.

9 Windows 11 settings we recommend changing
By Tyler Colp last updated
Optimize Make your PC life a little nicer.

Microsoft nixes details of its Windows 11 TPM 2.0 security bypass though there are still other ways of getting the latest OS on 'unsupported' hardware
By Jeremy Laird published
News BTW, Windows 10 support is ending shortly, too.

Windows 10 Pro vs Home: what's the difference?
By Ryan Fisher last updated
Ask PC Gamer Here's the full breakdown of the features you get from Windows 10 Home and Pro.
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