Microsoft Windows 11 operating system articles
Windows Microsoft was first released with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in 1985. While it was not the first system using a version of a GUI (most were mainframe computers), Apple released the Lisa Office System in 1983, but Microsoft was the first to understand …
Improvements From Top To Bottom Windows 11 has only been around a month or two and for many of you that is true. For me however, it is hard to believe that the first available release for Insiders was June 24, 2021, making it a …
Having upgraded my main gaming PC as outlined in I Finally Upgraded To Windows 11, I then set about upgrading the remaining PC which I built about six months ago and use purely for watching content on the TV. I had no reason to believe …
Desktop Search For Windows 11 One of my biggest disappointments with the release of Windows 11 was the removal of the Taskbar Search next to Cortana. I seldom used Cortana but having the ability to quickly enter any text right into the search bar made …
In-place Upgrade To Windows 11 Having written the article Five Reasons Why Windows 11 Sucks back in February you would be forgiven for asking why I bothered to install Windows 11 at all. But then, one needs to experiment and since I have five or …
Remember the sidebar gadgets from the Vista/Windows 7 era? Microsoft ended up removing the sidebar and gadgets from subsequent Windows versions because of some perceived security risks. I loved those gadgets and immediately went looking for an alternative and was fortunate to come across the …
Windows Sandbox is a terrific feature introduced into Windows 10 and 11 (Pro versions only) which allows users to test software or surf around unknown sites in a safe/secure isolated environment. Please read: Surf & Test Software Safely in Windows Sandbox But did you know …
Quick Assist is a remote access software that has been bundled with both Windows 10 and Windows 11. Quick Assist has proven to be most useful for helping users overcome issues via remotely accessing their machine for diagnostic and troubleshooting purposes. How to Use Quick …
In simple terms, drivers provide a channel of communication between hardware devices and the operating system and as such are an integral part of any computer system. When you purchase a new computer all necessary drivers – such as the chipset drivers, for example – …
This is a quick tip to show you how to change the default view in File Explorer. In Windows 10 and 11 File Explorer will open to Quick Access by default: You can still access This PC of course by simply clicking on that item …
Windows Toolbox, a popular Windows 11 script used to add the Google Play Store to the Android Subsystem, is covertly infecting users’ systems with malicious scripts, Chrome extensions, and other malware. When Microsoft announced the introduction of a feature that allows users to run Android …
Fellow author Jim Canfield touched on the issue of manufacturer’s bloatware in a recent article, Preinstalled Crapware. In this article, I’m going to take that a step further and show you how you can easily get rid of unwanted bloatware. Ever since Windows 8, Microsoft …
The expectation is that if you purchase a brand new Windows 10 laptop with good specs it will be upgradeable to Windows 11. However, that isn’t necessarily so — read on to learn why. Many retailers are currently advertising some nice laptops at tempting prices …
New Windows 11 Watermark On this site and others, there have been several comments and articles about using a workaround to install Windows 11 on unsupported devices. I am surprised at how many people were able to achieve this without any major hitches. If you …
