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Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.

Microsoft staunchly defends its new "Low Latency Profile" for Windows 11 that boosts CPU clocks for faster load times
By Hassam Nasir published
The quest to fix Windows 11 is a bumpy one.

Dell SupportAssist update is crashing PCs with constant blue screens and reboot loops
By Luke James published
SupportAssist Remediation is a background service that Dell bundles on its Windows PCs to automate system recovery and repair tasks, and a recent update is reportedly causing BSOD loops.

Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11
By Mark Tyson published
A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.

Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming
By Hassam Nasir published
32 GB is no longer being considered as overkill.

Microsoft will allow users to indefinitely pause updates in Windows 11
By Etiido Uko published
No more automatic restarts during important meetings or gaming sessions

Original Task Manager creator explains why it lies to you about CPU usage
By Jowi Morales published
Dave Plummer pops the hood on Task Manager and explains how it gets your PC's CPU usage (and why it feels off sometimes).

Microsoft's April patch puts Windows domain controllers into reboot loops
By Luke James published
Installing this month's Windows Server security update has knocked some enterprise domain controllers into continuous reboot cycles.

Veteran Microsoft engineer says original Task Manager was only 80KB so it could run smoothly on 90s computers
By Jowi Morales published
Dave Plummer used several clever techniques to ensure that Windows Task Manager will always run while cutting the performance hit on your hardware when when it's opened.
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