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Windows Media Player and Silverlight are losing legacy DRM services on Windows 7 and 8
By Christopher Harper published
Microsoft deprecates legacy DRM services, crippling Windows Media Player and Silverlight.
How to resolve hotkey conflicts in Windows
By Avram Piltch published
If you want to know which program owns your Prtscr key or other keyboard combo, a free utility called Spy++ can help.
How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15)
By Avram Piltch published
Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.
Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
By Christopher Harper published
Windows 11's Recall AI feature cannot be disabled despite a toggle in the current version.
Windows 11 skips past 50% market share milestone in latest Steam survey
By Mark Tyson published
It gained an impressive 3.36% of users in August to end up with 50.81% share.
Windows preview build teases searching your audio and video content
By Dallin Grimm published
References to the tool arrive through the Canary Channel.
Security researcher releases Windows Downdate tool to silently downgrade security patches
By Jeff Butts published
A tool discussed at two recent cybersecurity conferences that can silently downgrade Windows security patches has been released to the public to further research.
Microsoft backports AMD branch prediction improvement to Windows 11 23H2, update available now — more users will see Ryzen performance improvements
By Andrew E. Freedman published
Microsoft is backporting branch prediction optimizations in Windows 11 24H2 to Windows 11 23H2. With an update, you can get bumps to Zen 3, 4, and 5.
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