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If you’re done typing a password every time Windows 11 starts, wakes, or shows the lock screen, this practical guide walks through the safe, supported ways to remove those hurdles on a personal, trusted PC — and explains the trade‑offs you need to know before doing it. The task is not a single toggle: to fully bypass the lock screen and stop password prompts you’ll typically adjust three areas — automatic sign‑in at startup, the lock screen itself, and the sign‑in requirement after sleep or...

The Jandndndndndnuary 13, 2026 Windows 11 cumulative update KB5074109 introduced a regression that can make the classic Outlook (Win32) client hang, fail to exit cleanly, and mis-handle POP/PST workflows — a problem that has prompted Microsoft to advise temporary workarounds, urged some users to uninstall the update, and pushed enterprises to weigh security vs. availability trade‑offs while a permanent fix is developed. Background / Overview Microsoft released the Windows 11 January...

Microsoft has quietly completed a major milestone for Windows on Arm: the Xbox PC app is now available on Arm-based Windows 11 machines, enabling discovery, download, and local installation of a large portion of the Xbox Game Pass and Xbox PC catalog on ARM64 devices while keeping Xbox Cloud Gaming as a seamless fallback. Background Arm-based Windows PCs have long promised compelling battery life, thin-and-light designs, and always‑connected form factors, but gaming was the most visible gap...

The nickname "Microslop" has gone from internet snark to a visible user protest, encapsulating a widening backlash against Microsoft’s aggressive integration of Copilot across Windows and recent internal cost‑cutting that removed longstanding employee information resources — a revolt that surfaced this month in a cheeky browser extension that replaces every instance of "Microsoft" with "Microslop" and in heated conversations across social media and enterprise channels. Background Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s sudden spike in search and social activity on January 23, 2026 boiled down to two overlapping storylines: an operational incident that disrupted Microsoft 365 and Outlook for large numbers of users, and a concentrated burst of AI‑centric headlines — executive soundbites, model and product launches, and a high‑profile security disclosure — that together created a media and search storm. The outage produced immediate, tangible pain for businesses and individuals; the AI headlines...

Microsoft’s cloud experienced a significant service disruption on January 22, 2026, that left Outlook, Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Purview, SharePoint Online, OneDrive and other Microsoft 3655 services degraded or intermittently unavailable for many users across North America; Microsoft reported it has “restored the affected infrastructure to a healthy state” but warned that further load balancing and traffic re‑routing are still in progress to prevent...

The ATI Radeon Xpress 200 series is a classic entry in the mid‑2000s era of integrated AMD/ATI graphics, and the reality for Windows 10 users is blunt: the chipset is legacy, official vendor support is archival, and the safest, most reliable route to a working display on modern Windows is to rely on Microsoft’s signed drivers or an OEM‑provided package rather than forcing old Catalyst installers. Practical workarounds exist for enthusiasts who need more features, but they require careful...

Remedy’s terse social-media defense this week ended one conversation and opened another: yes, Alan Wake 2 would not have existed without Epic Games Publishing — but the splintering of PC storefronts, the economics of exclusivity, and the real-world fallout for mid‑sized studios have renewed a debate that will shape how games are funded and distributed for years to come. Background Remedy Entertainment, the Finnish studio behind Max Payne, Control, and Alan Wake 2, publicly thanked Epic Games...

Microsoft’s cloud productivity stack suffered a high‑impact disruption across Microsoft 365 and Outlook in the North American region, leaving many users unable to send or receive mail, access admin portals, or complete searches in OneDrive and SharePoint during the incident window; Microsoft acknowledged the outage, moved to restore affected infrastructure and began re‑balancing traffic to alternate nodes as recovery progressed. Background / Overview The disruption that surfaced in the U.S...

Game Freak’s surprise shift from family-friendly creature collecting to a dark, technical action‑RPG is now concrete: Beast of Reincarnation unveiled extended gameplay during Microsoft’s Xbox Developer Direct and is confirmed to launch in Summer 2026 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC — with day‑one availability on Xbox Game Pass. Background Beast of Reincarnation represents the most public pivot yet for Game Freak beyond its Pokémon legacy. The studio framed the project as a...

Sony, Apple, Samsung and NVIDIA all show the same pattern: short how‑tos and clearance-style promos promise simple fixes, but practical Windows users face a tangle of Bluetooth profiles, codec limits, driver packaging shifts and lifecycle hazards that the original Born2Invest snippets only hint at — this feature pulls those pieces together, verifies the technical claims, and gives Windows-focused, practical guidance for everyday pairing, driver management, and safe downloads. Background /...

Windows Weekly’s latest episode, “Second Generation Bonobos,” landed as a dense, opinionated briefing that stitched together three near-term shifts in Microsoft’s approach: rapid-fire emergency remediation for update regressions, quieter but meaningful changes to forced OneDrive folder backup behavior, and a renewed, pragmatic push to make Windows on Arm actually useful for gaming and everyday users. review Windows Weekly’s hosts—Paul Thurrott, Leo Laporte, and Richard Campbell—treated...

With Android still evolving faster than the PC app ecosystem, a short, useful list from BGR highlights five Android-first titles that Microsoft’s desktop platform doesn’t match natively — and that matters more now that Microsoft has announced the end of the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). The BGR roundup names Textra SMS, BuzzKill Notification Manager, Podcast Republic, Hermit (Lite Apps Browser), and Web Video Cast as examples of mobile-first utilities that offer unique experiences...

A small, attention-grabbing open‑source project has recreated Windows 8’s tile‑based “Metro” experience as a userland shell foror modern Wayland compositors, delivering a full‑screen start screen, animated lock screen, on‑screen displays, wallpaper utilities and a lightweight settings app that together—if you want it to—make a Linux desktop look and behave like a decade‑old Microsoft experiment. The project is packaged as a modular shell layer with build and install scripts, explicit support...

Microsoft’s January Xbox update quietly turns a long‑rurunning Windows‑on‑Arm experiment into a practical gaming option for many users by bringing the Xbox PC app to Arm‑based Windows 11 devices and adding a real‑time Game Save Sync Indicator — changes enabled by deep, platform‑level work in Prism emulation, anti‑cheat support, and more agile GPU driver delivery across OEMs. Background Windows on Arm has promised thin, efficient laptops and handhelds for years, but gaming remained the...

Microsoft’s new PC Manager inromises a lot in three words: “Speed up your PC.” It’s free, comes from Microsoft, aand packages cleanup, process control, and basic protection into a single, frientriesdly interface — but the reality is more nuanced: the app does produce measurable cleanup and modest benchmark gains in real-world tests, yet its benefits are largely situational, its rollout and provenance raise legitimate questions, and it should be treated as a convenient first‑line maintenance...

Forza Horizon 6’s long-awaited unveiling is a clear signal that Playground Games is doubling down on spectacle: a Japan-set open world, a confirmed launch on May 19, 2026 (with early access for Premium Edition buyers), inclusion on Xbox Game Pass at day one, and a headline claim of over 550 cars at launch — the largest single roster the franchise has ever offered. Background / Overview Playground Games revealed Forza Horizon 6 during a January developer showcase, positioning the game as a...

Yesterday’s New York keynote of the Microsoft AI Tour — framed as “Becoming Frontierier” — laid out a clear, product-backed argument: the next enterprise battleground is agent-first operations, and organizations that treat AI agents as first-class, identity-bound workers will capture disproportionate value. The presentation drove home three interlocking messages — agents are now an operational imperative, Microsoft has productized an agent control plane and orchestration stack, and realizing...

Microsoft’s recent industry briefing argues that artificial intelligence has moved from promise to payment—industrial AI now delivers measurable returns when manufacturers combine governed data, cloud scale, and purpose-built AI pipelines. The company’s January 22, 2026 manufacturing post highlights a Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) finding of up to 457% projected ROI over three years, alongside customer examples from KUKA, Schneider Electric and AIdi that show speed, reduced defects...

Microsoft's cloud productivity ecosystem experienced a significant service disruption on January 22, 2026, with widespread user reports and official alerts indicating degraded or unavailable access to core Microsoft 365 services — most notably Outlook / Exchange Online, Microsoft Defender / Defender XDR, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Teams — while secondary reports raised questions about Azure reachability and whether Gmail experienced related problems at the same time. Overview The...