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Microsoft MS Paint ugly Christmas sweater

Microsoft's new Christmas sweater is an homage to the world's trustiest app, MS Paint

By Jacob Ridley

News It sadly sold out in a flash, but at least a portion of the proceeds went to Girls Who Code, a non-profit organisation.

Windows 1.0

Play around with this Windows 1.0 emulator to celebrate its 35th birthday

By Wes Fenlon

News Windows 1.0 may be old, but it still has charm.

A Windows 95 presentation

Xbox creator reveals why Microsoft never made a Windows console

By Rich Stanton

news "No gamer gives a f**k about Windows features."

Windows 10 now lets you change your monitor's refresh rate within system settings

By Jacob Ridley

News That should make things a little easier. Thanks, October 2020 Update.

Microsoft Insider Build 20226

Windows 10 will monitor your NVMe SSD to prevent catastrophic failures

By Alan Dexter

News A new feature in the latest insider build may not be great news for the more anxious readers.

Doom playing on Windows

How DirectX defined PC gaming... with help from a shotgun-toting Bill Gates

By Samuel Willetts

Origin story 25 years ago, Windows began to do what DOS didn’t and changed the face of videogame development.

Do I need a Windows 10 key?

Do I need a Windows 10 key?

By Jacob Ridley

Ask PCG Ask PC Gamer: what happens if you don't have a key and don't activate Windows 10?

Former Mac boss predicts PC makers will have to dump AMD and Intel to ‘go ARM’

By Paul Lilly

News If an ex-Apple exec is right, it's only a matter of time before PC builders kick x86 CPUs to the curb and build around ARM hardware.

Vast majority of Windows 10 users are not running the latest build, survey says

By Paul Lilly

News The May 2020 Update for Windows 10 has been out for over a month, but only a small fraction of users have upgraded.

Don’t worry if Windows says your PC is incompatible with the May 2020 Update

By Paul Lilly

News Microsoft appears to be blocking (for now) the May 2020 Update for Windows 10 on a lot of PCs, and it's the smart move.

Microsoft Windows 10 accessibility cursor options screen

Microsoft announces new accessibility features coming to Windows 10

By Jacob Ridley

News Windows 10's May 2020 Update introduces changes to text cursor, Magnifier, and Narrator.

This month's Windows security update may be the biggest ever with 99 fixes

By Paul Lilly

News Fortunately, Microsoft's massive Patch Tuesday collection for February installs quickly on modern PCs.

PlayStation DualShock 4 Controller

DS4Windows 2.0 release makes pairing a DualShock 4 to your PC easier than ever

By Corbin Davenport

News This is a big update with better performance and an enhanced interface.

We live in a Windows 10 world now

By Jarred Walton

🔟 After the travesty of Windows 8, Microsoft got back on track with Windows 10.

Cyberpunk 2077

How many background processes are running on your PC?

By Christopher Livingston

PCG Q&A The answer is probably "A lot" or "A whole lot" or "Wait, should there really be that many?"

The redemption of the Windows key

By Wes Fenlon

Once a game-crashing symbol of Microsoft's hubris, the Windows key is now one of the most useful on the keyboard.

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How messy is your desktop?

By Christopher Livingston

PCG Q&A Do you save everything to your desktop and leave it there? Or do you keep it nice and neat?

Sorry Bill Nye, but I'm not dumping my Windows PC in favor of a Chromebook

By Paul Lilly

News Bill Nye disses Windows in a new Chromebook ad, but some of the scientific arguments are flawed.

How to play Windows games in Linux

By Corbin Davenport

Windows-free The best ways to run Windows games new and old on Linux, updated for 2019.

The new Xbox app and Game Pass tested: Big improvements but a disappointing lack of mod support

By Wes Fenlon

Step up There are still bugs to work out, but it's a clean, straightforward app far better than Microsoft's last effort.