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If you need to burn a playable DVD from a handful of home videos or make archival data discs for long-term storage, the software you choose matters more than most people think — compatibility with players, menu authoring, output quality, and reliability during the burn process are the difference between a disc that works on every living‑room player and a stack of unreadable coasters. This hands‑on feature compares three real-world options for Windows users — one paid, two free — and verifies...

Microsoft’s cloud hardware playbook took a visible step off the x86 roadmap in 2017 when the company publicly embraced ARM-based server designs — demonstrating Qualcomm’s Centriq 2400 on Project Olympus motherboards at the Open Compute Project summit and confirming Azure had ported key server components to run on ARM for internal testing and future deployment scenarios. Background Microsoft’s Project Olympus is an open, modular server reference designed to give hyperscale cloud operators...

Dead by Daylight refusing to start on a Windows PC is one of the most common, frustrating problems players face — and the quick fixes circulating on forums and help sites actually contain a reliable toolbox if you follow them carefully. The practical steps most frequently recommended are: force the game to use DirectX 11 via a Steam launch option, remove a corrupted PersistentDownloadDir folder, reset the Saved/Config data (with backups first), disable an integrated GPU on dual‑GPU systems...

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Microsoft’s president doubled down on a promise to investigate the company’s ties to Israel because a cascade of investigative reporting, a forceful United Nations inquiry, escalating employee activism, investor pressure and fresh allegations about large-scale use of Microsoft Azure by Israeli military intelligence created a reputational and legal crisis that demanded a renewed, externally supervised response. ton The immediate catalyst for the renewed pledge was a set of investigative...

Microsoft’s August cumulative packages for Windows 11 24H2 have been linked by independent testers, hardware vendors and multiple specialist outlets to a reproducible storage regression: certain SSDs (and a smaller set of HDDs) can stop responding or “vanish” from Windows during sustained, large sequential writes, with a real risk of truncated or corrupted data. Microsoft published the combined cumulative package as KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) on August 12, 2025 and says it is...

BeyondTrust’s release of the 2023 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report — framed as the 10th‑anniversary edition — is both a retrospective and a warning: the last decade of Microsoft vulnerability disclosures has delivered recurring patterns that disproportionately affect Windows Server environments, identity services, virtualization stacks, and the document/graphics processing code paths that modern enterprises depend on. The report’s stated purpose — to distill a decade of Microsoft security...

Microsoft’s August security rollups have surfaced an unexpected compatibility regression that is blocking common per‑user MSI actions with a UAC elevation gate — and university computer labs are feeling the impact hardest, where standard student accounts now hit Error 1730 when the operating system refuses to allow a secondary MSI to run without administrator consent. Background Secondary MSI installers and per‑user repairs have been a quiet but essential part of Windows application...

Microsoft’s streamlining of its gaming operations has moved from boardroom memo to daily reality at King, the studio behind Candy Crush — roughly 200 roles are reported to have been cut, and multiple independent accounts suggest remaining staff are being pushed to rely on generative AI tools as a matter of policy, with some teams allegedly replaced by the very systems they helped build. (business-standard.com, mobilegamer.biz) Background / Overview King’s Candy Crush is among the...

Employees across industries are telling researchers and reporters the same thing: learning to use artificial intelligence at work feels like another full-time job — and many are quietly overwhelmed — but an often‑overlooked resource can help shrink that curve: your professional network. Background The rush to adopt AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot and other generative systems has transformed everyday workflows, while simultaneously raising new expectations for employee digital fluency...

Not long ago, running a Windows PC without a paid third‑party antivirus felt like leaving your front door open — today, that advice is overdue for a rethink because Windows’ built‑in protections are both better and far more capable than most people realize. Background Windows has a long, sometimes messy, history with malware and with the tools used to fight it. In the early 2000s the platform’s openness and the lack of a strong native anti‑malware engine made third‑party suites essential...

Windows ships with a competent baseline of tools, but for users who prefer transparency, control, and long-term maintainability, the open-source alternatives on this How‑To Geek roster are worth considering — this article examines the nine apps the original author installs on every fresh Windows PC, verifies their core claims, explains the rationale for each pick, highlights important caveats, and offers practical guidance for safe, repeatable installs. Background / Overview The original...

Microsoft’s Release Preview push for Windows 10 Build 19045.6276 (KB5063842) is a terse but consequential update: delivered as an optional, non-security cumulative preview, it bundles a set of targeted reliability fixes while surfacing two management-facing capabilities that matter to IT teams — a network-control enhancement for Commercial ESU scenarios and the general availability signal for Windows Backup for Organizations. The package arrives as organizations enter the final phase of...

Windows 11 Pro is being promoted as a bargain and a productivity leap at the same time — with reports of deeply discounted licenses (as low as the low‑teens in some offers) circulating alongside Microsoft's steady rollout of AI enhancements to the OS, most notably a revamped Copilot with semantic file search and a redesigned home experience that aims to make finding and interacting with files, apps and recent work easier than ever. Background / Overview Microsoft has steadily folded AI into...

The MSI Cubi NUC AI 2MG quietly rewrites expectations for what a palm‑sized PC can do: it combines an Intel Core Ultra mobile CPU, Intel Arc integrated graphics, on‑board NPU acceleration, and a full complement of business‑grade I/O into a sub‑liter chassis that’s explicitly positioned as a Copilot+ capable mini PC for productivity, on‑device AI tasks, and surprisingly capable light gaming. This review synthesizes hands‑on reporting and MSI’s own product documentation to separate the...

Microsoft is quietly delivering one of macOS’s smoothest conveniences to Windows 11: a native, Handoff‑style resume capability that lets you pick up activity from an Android phone on a PC — starting with Spotify playback and built as part of the Phone Link/Link to Windows continuity stack. The feature is rolling out to Windows Insiders as a staged preview in the Dev and Beta channels, appears as a taskbar “Resume” alert, and can even trigger a one‑click Microsoft Store install of the...

Checking which Python is installed on a Windows PC shouldn’t be a chore — a couple of quick Command Prompt commands and you’ll know whether you’re running Python 3.11, 3.10, 2.7, or nothing at all. This practical guide expands on the quick tips from Windows Report and turns them into a comprehensive, step‑by‑step companion: how to check Python’s version in the Windows Command Prompt (CMD), how to interpret the output, how to troubleshoot common pitfalls, and how to manage multiple...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview cumulative — KB5064080 (OS Build 22621.5840 / 22631.5837) — is a focused, non‑security preview update that patches a string of real‑world reliability issues across File Explorer, file sharing, and the ReFS file system while also surfacing a major enterprise capability, Windows Backup for Organizations. The release is optional (a “C” or preview release) and is intended for validation in Release Preview and pilot rings before broader distribution; Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s glossy marketing often highlights the big, headline features of Windows 11, but a recent explainer that rounds up “13 features you probably didn’t know about” is a useful reminder: the OS is full of practical, time‑saving tools that rarely make the launch‑pad demo. The original list collects productivity, accessibility, and troubleshooting tricks — from copying text out of photos to using your phone as a webcam — that can shave minutes (or hours) off routine tasks. Many of those...

Microsoft is rolling one more control layer into Windows setup: starting with the September 2025 security update, eligible Windows 11 devices enrolled through modern management can automatically download and install Windows quality updates during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), with the default behavior enabled for new Enrollment Status Page (ESP) profiles in Microsoft Intune. This change promises fresher, more secure devices at first sign‑in — but it also tightens the screws on who...