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Microsoft has fixed the only Windows bug I've ever liked: the Vista startup sound 'unexpectedly' playing on Win 11 machines
By James Bentley published
Instead of nostalgia, I get sadness.

Happy birthday, Windows 10—one of Microsoft's most popular operating systems ever reaches its 10-year milestone, just three months before it gets hoofed off to OS heaven
By Nick Evanson published
News Will Windows 11 ever make it to being 11 years old? Probably not.

Microsoft rolls out 'experimental' AI mode for the Edge browser you can ask to spy on all your internetting and lend a helping hand. Yikes!
By Jeremy Laird published
news But it's optional, for now. Phew!

Microsoft claims 'Windows 11 24H2 is our most reliable version of Windows yet', which would be a welcome change
By James Bentley published
News Is it time for that update?

Microsoft's Copilot AI assistant can now optionally see your entire desktop—maybe it will be able to finally explain what Windows error code 0x8007002c means
By Jeremy Laird published
news Oh, and you can make it look like Clippy, too...

Good news for multitaskers: Microsoft is gradually rolling out taskbar scaling to squeeze in as many icons as possible in the latest Windows 11 Insider build
By Andy Edser published
News Move over, lads.

After nearly 4 years, Windows 11 is finally more popular than Windows 10
By Stevie Bonifield published
news Windows 11 has finally de-throned Windows 10.

When Microsoft finally pulls the plug on Windows 10 its successor will be four years old, and for three of those, it was never the OS of choice amongst Steam users
By Nick Evanson published
News Windows 11 has yet to crack 60% of any Steam Hardware Survey.
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