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Latest Windows 11 update is causing slow SSDs & WiFi connections, BSoD, and more The KB5023706 update for Windows 11 22H2, codenamed Moment 2, brought the usual improvements, fixes, and features to Microsoft's operating system, including a search bar in Task Manager, and a tablet-optimized task...

Survey shows nearly half the systems still not ready for Windows 11, a whole year later A year later, Lansweeper has released new data and the landscape has definitely changed somewhat in favor of Windows 11. However, it is probably not close to what Microsoft had hoped for. The percentage of CPUs ...

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For most users, Windows 11 22H2 doesn’t move the needle

Data from my informal survey shows most Windows 10 users are content with the status quo, and feel no pressure to move to Windows 11 — even with version 22H2 arriving soon.

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More than half of PCs can't upgrade to Windows 11 — report It’s likely that any machine more than a couple of years old will not be compatible with (and therefore not upgradable to) Windows 11. And PCs are even more unlikely to be compliant if they're older, lower-end machines, Gold said. [/size] h...

Microsoft will force update your PCs to Windows 10 21H2 to train its own ML Update model We started the first phase in the Windows 10, version 21H2 rollout for machine learning (ML) training. We are targeting devices on Windows 10, version 20H2 that are approaching end of servicing to update automa...

How an ad from Microsoft broke the Windows 11 Start menu and Taskbar Microsoft started pushing promotional notifications on the latest builds of Windows 11 which is currently still in Beta, perhaps showing off how you can never really escape advertising. The promo was about Microsoft flaunting Wind...

Microsoft will release Windows 11 on October 5th The free upgrade to Windows 11 will start rolling out on October 5th , but like many Windows upgrades in the past, it will be available in phases. New eligible devices will be offered the upgrade first, and then Windows 11 will become available for m...

Make way for Windows 11? Windows 10 end-of-life is October 2025 "Windows 10 Home and Pro"—no code names, no minor version numbers—is now listed as retiring on October 14, 2025. "Retiring" is a part of the Modern Lifecycle Policy and means that the retired product leaves support ...

Windows 10 News and Interests enabled for everyone in latest update Starting with last month's Windows 10 preview cumulative updates, Microsoft enabled News and Interests for all users running Windows 10 1909 and later. However, as most Windows users do not install the preview updates, many Windows...

Microsoft is starting to roll out its Windows 10 21H1 feature update. There is only a handful of new features in Windows 10 21H1 , including support for multiple Windows Hello-enabled cameras; Windows Defender Application Guard improvements, and improvements in Windows Management Instrumentation vi...

Windows Defender bug fills Windows 10 boot drive with thousands of files There are times when it is important to determine what version of Microsoft Defender is currently installed in Windows 10 so you can diagnose a problem or determine if you have the latest version installed. Unfortunately, Micr...

How to revive a Ryobi 18 volt lithium battery. Quick and easy Just drill two holes into the sides where the metal poles are and charge up battery to over 5 volts and it should now work in your Ryobi charger again. This procedure could work with other Lithium batteries also by taking them apart to l...

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Chrome users, here’s how to opt out of the Google FLoC trial Two weeks after Google launched a trial to replace run-of-the-mill online user tracking with new-fangled online user tracking, several companies and organizations have pushed back, criticizing the new technology—called FLoC—which is desig...

Windows 10 KB5001330 update fails: FPS drop, system crashes reported According to multiple reports (1, 2, 3, 4) over on the social media sites, Feedback Hub and our comments section, it looks as though there is a growing number of users unable to install the latest Windows update on their hardware....

Notepad will be updated via the Microsoft Store outside major OS updates https://i.postimg.cc/SKM0rm98/screenshot-12.png Notepad app is now updateable via the Microsoft Store outside major OS updates. Also, Microsoft is removing Notepad from the Windows Accessories folder in the Start menu. Instead...

When Windows bug fixes go bad, IT can now roll back individual changes Microsoft has announced a new enterprise-only flexibility in Windows servicing that lets IT professionals roll back individual non-security elements of an update when a change breaks something. The feature, dubbed " Known I...