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Windows 11 Insider builds offer FAQs based on your PC's specs
By Hassam Nasir published
The latest Windows 11 Insider Build includes an FAQ list that can help you assess the performance of your PC's specifications, though it needs more depth than just the basics.

How to Find a Windows 11 or 10 Product Key
By Avram Piltch last updated
If you plan to reinstall Windows or take an existing license and use it on a new PC, you'll need the product key which is hidden on your current computer.

How to Disable Windows Web Search and Speed Up Your PC
By Avram Piltch last updated
Stop Windows from pulling up web results when you just want files and apps.

Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice
By Avram Piltch published
Many donateable PCs can’t run Windows 11. Should non-profits still be giving them away? Should they install Linux instead?

Microsoft updates Windows 11 CPU support for OEM systems to include 8th to 10th Gen Intel CPUs
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft relisted the Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen CPUs it had previously removed from the list of Windows 11-supported CPUs.

Windows 11 Task Manager update will show accurate CPU utilization
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft just released a Dev and Beta Channel that updated Task Manager to ensure that the way it calculates your CPU utilization is more accurate.

Microsoft Copilot gets its own app for the Mac
By Andrew E. Freedman published
Mac users can get access to Microsoft's AI.

Microsoft trims File Explorer's account-based content in Europe
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft is removing a couple of features from a Windows 11 24H2 Preview Build in Europe to comply with the GDPR.
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