Microsoft Windows 11 operating system articles
Thousands, if not millions of articles have been written about Windows 11, not least because its arrival came out of the blue and surprised practically everybody who owns a PC or writes about them. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a big Windows fan, having also […]
Many of you would probably be aware that, since the very beginning, a Microsoft account has been required to install Windows 11 Home. Now, with its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22557 (on the Dev channel) Microsoft has applied the same requirement for Windows
Microsoft Defender Preview Adds New Security Recently released to Windows Insiders, and available in the Windows Store for Windows 10 and 11 even though it has not been officially released is Microsoft Defender Preview. Unlike the Microsoft Defender (formerly known as Windows Defender) already on
Most have grown accustomed to Command Prompt and, more recently, PowerShell. Windows 11 introduces a new alternative called Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is built into Windows 11 but is also available for Windows 10 as a Microsoft Store app. What Is Windows Terminal “Windows Terminal
Since Microsoft decided to render the “F8” method of accessing Safe Mode practically useless, accessing Safe Mode in Windows 10/11 has become a bit of a rigmarole and perhaps a tad convoluted for less experienced users. Here then is a little portable freeware utility that
New OS vs New Computer In a recent article I read by our own Jim Hiller, The Truth Behind Windows 11, he asks a compelling question about Windows 11 and asks readers for their thoughts. In reading some of the comments it reminded me of
It’s no secret that Microsoft deprecated quite a few options/settings in Windows 11 and users have not been happy with the results. One of the most complained about missing options is the ability to access Task Manager via the Taskbar’s right-click context menu. However, considering
EasyRE for Windows 11 (Home edition) is currently available for free, for a limited time. EasyRE (Easy Recovery Essentials) for Windows 11 is a comprehensive repair and recovery tool produced by NeoSmart Technologies. NeoSmart Technologies is well-known for its popular EasyBCD boot manager software and
This is really a learning experience for me as well as you, my dear readers. I have never really used this application before but now I want to immerse myself in it. I have the app, so why not use it and see what it’s
Check your PC’s performance rating with this portable tool Do you remember the old Windows Experience Index feature that would calculate an overall performance score for your PC? Unfortunately, this feature has now been obscured in Windows 10 and 11. It’s still there but buried
We very recently published an article theorizing that Windows 11 was released prematurely as a work in progress: Windows 11 – A Work In Progress. Now I have formed another theory involving Windows 11 and the demise of Windows 10X. Windows 10X was a new
For numerous reasons, it’s handy to be able to connect your PC to another display, in this case, a Smart TV and it’s very easy to do. You’ll need a PC running Windows 10 or 11, a Smart TV and both devices should be connected
You may have read one of the numerous reports across tech sites explaining how Microsoft has made the chore of setting a different browser (other than Edge) as the default browser in Windows 11 a lot more difficult. Setting any browser other than Edge as
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Windows 10 and 11 are creating hundreds of empty folders in the System Profile folder with a .tmp extension. The creation of these empty folders was first discovered in Windows 10 some time ago and, apparently, the behavior has been carried over to Windows 11.
