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How to Install Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account
By Avram Piltch last updated
By default, Windows 11 requires you to have or create an account.
Elon Musk blasts Microsoft about Windows 11’s account requirement
By Mark Tyson published
Tech CEO was tripped up by his laptop auto-connecting to a passwordless local Wi-Fi access point.
GPU‐punishing FurMark 2 Released With Cross-Platform Support for Windows, Linux
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
FurMark 2 gets plenty of QOL and technical updates with this release.
Your next Windows update may not require a reboot
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft is making Windows updates more seamless and less cumbersome to deal with
Preview version of Microsoft OS/2 was sold for $650 on eBay
By Christopher Harper published
eBay user finds and sells a "holy grail" for OS/2 collectors: a real prerelease Software Development Kit for OS/2, which Microsoft and IBM developed.
Microsoft begins forced updates to Windows 11 23H2 — targets PCs running 21H2 and 22H2
By Brandon Hill published
Microsoft will use machine learning to guide its rollout of Windows 11 23H2.
Windows 10 Installed in possible record 104 seconds
By Mark Tyson published
Windows developer and tinkerer NTDev has optimized one of his tiny10 install disks so that it could install from zilch to the Windows 10 desktop in around 100 seconds.
11 ways to increase free disk space in Windows 11 or Windows 10
By Avram Piltch published
If your storage drive is full, there are many ways to your gigabytes back.
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