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Windows XP Offline Activation Enabled With This New Tool

By Mark Tyson published 26 May 23

Windows XP rides again thanks to a new phone activation tool. Just be careful of you are considering taking this ancient OS online.

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How to Fix Windows' Worst Default Setting: Apps Preventing Shutdown

By Avram Piltch published 25 May 23

Out of the box, the operating system will wait forever for you to manually close apps before it shuts down or restarts. You can change this.

Windows 11 Moment 3 Update: Isolated x32 Apps, No RAR Support Yet

By Francisco Pires published 24 May 23

Native RAR support is coming to Windows 11, but not in this update.

Windows 11 is Gaining Native RGB Controls to Clean Up Third-Party Mess

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 24 May 23

Windows 11 is getting built-in RGB lighting control and Microsoft is already running into those pesky compatibility problems.

Windows 365 Boot Lets You Boot Directly Into the Cloud

By Ash Hill published 24 May 23

Microsoft has unveiled early access to the Windows 365 program, which lets users to boot directly into an Azure-based cloud PC interface.

How to Disable Windows Web Search and Speed Up Your PC

By Avram Piltch published 20 May 23

Stop Windows from pulling up web results when you just want files and apps.

New Tool Offers Life After Windows BSOD

By Mark Tyson published 18 May 23

A BSOD isn't necessarily the end, as you can continue after a crash with Linux if you use BugCheck2Linux.

Lightweight Windows 11 Runs Entirely in GPU's VRAM

By Zhiye Liu published 6 May 23

NTDev runs a stripped-down Windows 11 stored on his Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU.

How to Test RAM: Making Sure Bad Memory Isn't Crashing Your PC

By Zhiye Liu published 3 May 23

We take you through a few methods to test RAM to see if it's working correctly inside your computer.

Proton Slows Down RTX 4090, 4080 By 10% in Linux vs Windows 11 Gaming Benchmarks

By Aaron Klotz published 19 April 23

A new review compared the best CPU and GPU hardware against Windows and Linux, to see which operating system is the best for gaming. Turns out both are identical except for non-native applications.

Live11, Windows 11 Live Disk That Runs in RAM, Available for Download

By Avram Piltch published 15 April 23

Run Windows 11 off of a DVD or USB drive, without installing it.

Microsoft Mulling Steam Deck-Style Windows Gaming Handheld Mode

By Mark Tyson published 13 April 23

With the success of the Steam Deck and upcoming ROG Ally, Microsoft might be getting serious about a Windows 11 handheld gaming mode.

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Windows 11 to Let You Force Quit Apps From the Taskbar

By Avram Piltch published 9 April 23

Right clicking the icon and selecting End Task will soon kill misbehaving apps.

Bug Makes Windows 11 Snipping Tool Images Recoverable After Editing

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal published 23 March 23

Images cropped or edited using Windows 11's Snipping Tool or Windows 10's Snip & Sketch can be partially recovered thanks to a security flaw first discovered in Google Pixel's Markup.

Latest Windows 11 Update May Slow SSD Performance

By Mark Tyson published 20 March 23

A number of folk have complained to Microsoft about halved NVMe SSD performance after the latest Windows 11 Moments update.

Tested: Default Windows VBS Setting Slows Games Up to 10%, Even on RTX 4090

By Jarred Walton published 14 March 23

With Windows 11 (and possibly 10) now enabling VBS by default, we ran some tests to see how much it's impacting performance with the RTX 4090 on a Core i9-13900K. Here are the results of our testing.

Tiny10 Version 2303 Is Updatable, Occupies Just 5.2GB

By Mark Tyson published 13 March 23

The developer of Tiny11 has a new version of Tiny10 to de-stress older, and slower computers. This will be the last release of Tiny10.

How to Send and Receive Files via Bluetooth in Windows

By Les Pounder published 5 March 23

If you need to quickly send a file between two devices, Bluetooth is a convenient and easy to use method that omits the need for networking and USB cables.