Tag:Windows

Windows XP’s famous ‘FCKGW’ pirate key story revealed, as former Microsoft programmer spills the beans

Microsoft's former Windows Product Activation author says the famous pirate key may have been leaked by someone at Dell or Intel.
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Windows 11 shut down controls for your PC may soon be available on your smartphone

A Link to Windows debug log reveals Microsoft is working on giving your smartphone remote power controls for your Windows PC.
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Microsoft says RGB is responsible for recent Windows 11 and game crashes

LED software could be causing system instabilities in Windows 11, and crashing games, including Arc Raiders, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, and The Finals.
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Windows-like Task Manager comes to Apple macOS, thanks to a former Microsoft engineer

The guy who created Windows Task Manager is making a version for Apple Macs, with per-core CPU monitoring and startup app management.
Fahd Temsamani -

Microsoft finally lets you pause Windows 11 updates until the exact date you want, and more, in latest patch

Microsoft releases a big Windows 11 update focusing on the user experience, with improvements to recovery, update scheduling, and Bluetooth reliability.
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Steam Machine running Windows 11 is about as fast as SteamOS, with a few exceptions

It's now possible to run Windows 11 on the Steam Machine, and benchmarks suggest performance is broadly the same as SteamOS.
Samuel Willetts -

Valve just released the Steam Machine Windows drivers, but there’s a catch

You can now run Windows on a Steam Machine, but don't expect to run SteamOS simultaneously without additional hardware.
Samuel Willetts -

Microsoft just confirmed that this Windows 11 bug is hoarding up to 500GB of your storage

Windows 11's Capability Access Manager service is eating hundreds of gigabytes of your storage capacity over time, although not everyone is affected.
Fahd Temsamani -

I love the new Xbox logo, Microsoft – now can we bring Aero back to Windows too?

Flat logos and bland colour schemes are finally out of vogue, and it's about time. Now let's make Windows look fancy again, argues Ben Hardwidge.
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