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Microsoft's word-soup has made Windows 11 updates noticeably quicker via the 'parallel processing of component manifests' complementing 'the parallel hydration of newly serviced components using reverse and forward differentials'
By Nick Evanson published
news In plain speak: it's making better use of your PC's hardware, and it's really working for me.
Microsoft softens language about killing off the Control Panel, but it's still clearly gonna kill off the Control Panel
By Ted Litchfield published
And you know what? For once I'm not outraged with the Windows UI "innovation" of the moment.
I was shocked to find out the Windows 10 desktop background wasn't computer generated, but a picture of lasers being shot through an actual window
By Ted Litchfield published
news My appreciation for a desktop background I immediately switched out has grown exponentially.
Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling
By Chris Szewczyk published
News It's not winning the hearts and minds.
If the Windows 'update and shut down' option restarts your PC instead, it's not just you
By Tyler Wilde published
news You aren't losing it, you really did tell Windows to shut down.
Brace yourselves: Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows 11's Start menu
By Ted Litchfield published
news That's cool, I don't see enough of those things.
The new Windows update made me think I'd installed malware, but it was just Microsoft's latest attempt to try and fool me into using Bing
By Rich Stanton published
news This should be illegal.
Do you hate being forced to reboot your PC every time a new Windows update drops? If so, there's a welcome change in the works.
By Chris Szewczyk published
News Hot patching is coming to Windows.
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