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![Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QqtVjF69XzGbBhC8DMXjkf-320-80.jpg)
Windows 11 24H2 won't be hitting x86 PCs until 'later this year'
By Aaron Klotz published
Windows 11 24H2 won't be making its way to x86 PCs in the immediate future. A new Microsoft update suggests the update won't come for the next several months, possibly not until Q4 of this year.
![Windows NT Start Menu](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uc4AC3ymGojCDehvAYcdrV-320-80.jpg)
Windows veteran details creating Windows NT Start Menu
By Mark Tyson published
Windows development veteran Dave Plummer recently took to Twitter/X to reveal the story behind the Windows NT Start Menu branding banner, which was the first to use live rendering.
![Old PowerBook keyboard](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZwUpkSvw5jsoTBgwnR5DUP-320-80.jpg)
Developer ports Windows NT to Power Macintosh systems
By Jeff Butts published
You can use the newly released firmware and loader to test running Windows NT on your Power Macintosh.
![Windows 11](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xRFEmmwyZShi9QPsGnykjL-320-80.jpg)
Microsoft has fixed the nasty update bug causing Windows 11 boot loops
By Jeff Butts published
Microsoft has fixed a devastating bug in the Windows 11 23H2 update that forced many PCs into an endless reboot loop.
![Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QqtVjF69XzGbBhC8DMXjkf-320-80.jpg)
Windows 10 gets Copilot as part of mandatory update
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft Copilot will be pinned to the taskbar as a Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2 app with the mandatory KB5040427 update.
![Windows 10 with all registry values set to 0...can no longer run .exe files, among other oddities.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UK65K3KFBqWGNj8iQQoNqf-320-80.png)
Here's what happens when you change every registry value in Windows 10 to zero
By Christopher Harper published
It turns out that Windows 10 can still run with all of its registry values set to 0—kind of.
![A cropped photo of the first-ever copy of Windows 95 taken from the production line, by currently-retired, then-Microsoft VP Brad Silverberg.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cNCQcRTC2vM5pZXtABSCN4-320-80.jpg)
Ex-Microsoft exec unearths first-ever copy of Windows 95, in pristine condition and hidden from view since its release
By Christopher Harper published
The very first copy of Windows 95 was uncovered by one of Microsoft's ex-VPs, Brad Silverberg.
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Microsoft’s official guide to switching from a Microsoft Account to a local account in Windows has been reinstated
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft’s official guide to switching from a Microsoft Account to a local account in Windows has been reinstated. These particular instructions were scrubbed from the article back in June.
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Microsoft advertising canceled Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs
By Dallin Grimm published
Copilot+ PCs have launched without Recall, but the ads don't say so.
![Windows 11's GUI](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Aq8uBNWwVUEsnMEomPcoMM-320-80.png)
Windows 11 'Enterprise G' ISO investigated, allegedly made for Chinese government
By Roshan Ashraf Shaikh published
Youtuber 'Some Ordinary Gamers' explores an alleged Windows 11 Enterprise G ISO that it is made exclusively for the government while warning it is illegal to operate.
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