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Microsoft was apparently so embarrassed by Windows 98's infamous on-stage Blue Screen of Death it built a new testing room on campus to ensure it would never happen again
By Wes Fenlon published
News Talk about a powerful faux pas.

A bizarre bug in the latest Windows 11 update allows endless copies of Task Manager to run in the background and can even impact system performance
By Jeremy Laird published
News Task Manager is super handy, but who needs umpteen copies running?

A YouTuber claims they've had two Windows 11 local account and hardware bypass videos taken down because of supposedly 'harmful or dangerous content'
By James Bentley published
News Maybe it's time to try Linux.

Windows 10 might be a goner but there are still some ancient icon relics inside Windows 11 that date all the way back to Windows 95
By Jeremy Laird published
News Four score and 20 operating systems ago...

Windows 11 25H2 has borked the mouse and keyboard controls in the Windows Recovery Environment, because what would a major update be without a fresh batch of bugs
By Andy Edser last updated
News Update: It's been fixed. Hoorah!

Microsoft says it's making 'every Windows 11 PC an AI PC' with a dizzying array of Copilot upgrades, including voice activation
By Andy Edser published
News 'All with your permission and built upon the security of Windows 11.'

These are the last few Windows 10 zero-day security updates you'll see without signing up to extended coverage
By Jacob Fox last updated
News Time to get upgrading.

Copilot can now help you find settings in the latest Windows Insider build, which is fine by me—as long as it doesn't touch anything
By Andy Edser published
News Look with your eyes, not with your hands, as my mother used to say.
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