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Ditching Windows 10? Here's how I installed Windows 11, removed AI, and stripped out unnecessary features
By Les Pounder published
Install Windows 11 on anything

These are the top free Windows tools that I use on a daily basis to boost my productivity
By Les Pounder published
You don’t need to spend any money nor commit piracy to get great software, and here is the proof!

Windows 11 is getting a built-in internet speed test feature that will take you to Bing
By Hassam Nasir published
System Tray and Quick Settings access makes quick tests convenient.

Windows 11 25H2 ISOs released after delays
By Luke James published
Microsoft's fall update is now just a download away, but support won’t be available until general availability later this year.

Nano11 compresses Windows 11 install footprint to as little as 2.8GB
By Mark Tyson published
Nano11 Builder for Windows 11 produces the smallest Windows 11 installer ISOs and finished installation sizes yet.

Early Windows 11 25H2 benchmarks confirm the update provides no performance improvements over 24H2
By Aaron Klotz published
Phoronix tests Windows 11 25H2 against 24H2, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 24.0.3 LTS. But testing shows that 25H2 has no additional optimizations under the hood, matching 24H2 in performance.

Windows 11 August 2025 security update is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear for non-admin users
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft's latest Windows update for Windows 11, Windows 10 is causing unintended UAC prompts to appear in certain cases for non-admin users.

Microsoft swats down reports of SSD failures in Windows
By Jowi Morales published
Microsoft says that the KB5063878 update did not cause the drive failures that have been widely reported on social media.
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