Windows 11

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How to Install and Log In to Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account By default, Windows 11 requires you to have or create an account.
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Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice Non-profits that refurbish PCs and give them to the needy have a dilemma when it comes to Windows 11-ineligible computers. Should they give clients an insecure Windows 10 OS, turn to Linux or throw perfectly-good computers away?
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Ancient 3dfx Voodoo2 graphics card coaxed into working in modern AMD Ryzen 9 9900X-powered Windows 11 system

By Mark Tyson Published

1998 3D accelerator uses an experimental 64-bit driver from 2006, to run on a PC using an OS from 2011, powered by a processor from 2024.

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Windows update makes sign-in password icon invisible

By Jowi Morales Published

A Windows 11 Update hides the password button on the sign-in page, confusing users who need to type in their passwords.

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Gaming-first Linux distro delivers a petabyte of ISOs in one month as users avoid forced updates to Windows 11

By Mark Tyson Published

Bazzite devs boast of 'over 1 petabyte of Bazzite ISOs' downloaded in last month.

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Gamers celebrate 50% performance gains following Nvidia hotfix driver

By Aaron Klotz Published

Users on X have benchmarked Nvidia's latest 581.94 hotfix driver that fixes performance issues stemming from Microsoft's October cumulative update for Windows 11.

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Microsoft opens Full Screen Experience to all Windows gaming handhelds

By Bruno Ferreira Published

Microsoft opens Full Screen Experience to all Windows gaming handhelds

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Microsoft's new agentic AI features introduce new security risks introduced by AI, like prompt injection

By Jowi Morales Published

Microsoft just released agentic AI features to Windows 11 Insiders, but also warned them of the risks of using them on their PC.

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Microsoft's vision of "AI-native" Windows is becoming real, update introduces agents that pilfer through your files

By Hassam Nasir Published

Microsoft states that agents read files in an isolated runtime

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Top Microsoft exec's boast about Windows 'evolving into an agentic OS' provokes furious backlash over AI

By Mark Tyson Published

Microsoft Windows president faces withering criticism in response to boasts that 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'

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Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon'

By Hassam Nasir Published

It's available for testing right now.

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Windows security update triggers BitLocker recovery in some systems

By Jowi Morales Published

A Windows security update had some systems unexpectedly asking for BitLocker passwords.

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