Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior ...

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Although Microsoft has improved File Explorer over the years, it still doesn't meet modern expectations. You can't open folders side by side, add tags to folders, pin ...

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TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...

What’s happened? Windows 11 users have a long-overdue update coming their way, and it will make using external monitors much easier. Why is this important? Typically, Windows 11 users have to adjust ...

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...

Microsoft is adding more Copilot and AI agents to Windows. Certain new AI features require a Copilot+ PC. But do Windows users really want an agentic OS? With the buzz around generative AI, Microsoft ...

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Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all ...