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Microsoft's stringent hardware requirements for Windows 11, particularly the necessity of TPM 2.0, have been a significant barrier for users with older PCs. However, recent reports indicate that some users are receiving upgrade offers to Windows 11 on systems that don't meet these requirements...

Microsoft’s five-decade journey is a masterclass in evolution—from the early dawn of MS-DOS and Windows that defined personal computing, to pioneering innovations such as Xbox, Azure cloud computing, and today’s AI-powered breakthroughs. As the company celebrates its 50th anniversary, its...

Microsoft’s 50-year journey from a scrappy startup to a global tech titan reads like a saga of bold gambles, visionary pivots, and lessons etched in both triumph and miscalculation. What began as a modest operation in Albuquerque, New Mexico—founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen—has grown into an...

HP is making waves in the AI PC arena by finally shifting from lofty promises to delivering tangible, useful features. For many of us tired of hearing about AI as the next big thing, HP’s recent moves offer a refreshing change—a clear demonstration that smart integration, real hardware...

Hello fellow forum members, I hope this post finds you well. I am currently in the process of setting up an High Performance Computing (HPC) environment on Windows, and I'm reaching out to the community for insights, best practices, and valuable tips. If you have experience in this domain or if...

I came from The Commodore Vic 20 era, told by a friend in an appliance Shop in NZ, to wait a bit a much better one was coming out soon. and it did. His brother was in Aussie and sent 2 over from his shop to my mate, Mine was second Commodore 64 turned on in NZ, my mate beat me by 5 minutes. It...

At Snapdragon Summit 2022, Qualcomm Technologies outlined its vision to advance mobile computing and revealed technology that will unlock a new generation of AR glasses. Qualcomm Technologies and Microsoft are advancing AI capabilities and transforming modern laptops with the powerful...

Anticipating that working from home – or at least, not in the office – will continue for the foreseeable future, HP has unveiled the latest ZBook Studio G8, ZBook Fury G8 and ZBook Power G8, which all run on Windows 10. The HP ZBook Studio is designed for performance workflows. Animate in...

I upgraded an old Laptop from Windows 7 to 10 64 bit. The CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz. It does not have Hyperthreading in the cores and when there are two tasks to be done it just stops until I quit one of the programs and then it can continue normally. Is there a program that can mange...

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Hi, I would like to introduce myself I am Robert Fassbender, I am retired. I use to live in Portland,Oregon. While I lived there a friend of mine help me to get started leaning about computers, afterwards I taught myself computers. I moved back to Eugene,Oregon in 2009 and have lived here since...

i recently found out that my laptop has a trojan , which came with a software i install 6 to 7 days ago . windows defender found out it but was unable to remove it.Every time it reboot it came back.I checked in task manager for startup program , there was a strang prgm csrss.exe. So. it was a...

Windows 10 is a paradox — an operating system that is ushering in the post-operating-system computing environment.That's not through any special feature in Windows 10, but rather, through the very model of the operating system itself. Microsoft has p Continue reading...

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so I fired up an old laptop with windows 8.1, because my other laptop has windows 10 and takes a day to bootup. OMG what happened to Windows 8? It has been about 6 hors and it still says completeing windows update. Up till 10 I was a loyal MS user, right back from the old MS DOS days on my XT...

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The release of the new Pascal based cards will see the end of mainstream support for 3 or 4 way SLI. Nvidia will still include profiles for benchmarking using more than two cards but that will be about it: "With the GeForce 10-series we’re investing heavily in 2-way SLI with our new High...

Well, after running Windows XP for quite some time, I knew it was time to upgrade. The hardware was 64 bit, Windows XP had a hard time keeping up with new technology, then Microsoft and Google dumped support for it, so kicking and screaming, I decided it was time for an upgrade. Although...

HI If anyone is interested you can now buy a Microsoft 4000 Natural Keyboard from Amazon for $21. The first one of these I bought cost around 100 bucks years ago. I think I paid about $25 for the last one. I love the natural keyboard, it's so much easier to type on, but it has a lot of other...

In sharp contrast to a computing environment with an emphasis on highly personalized wearables and mobile devices, the Yoga 900 Home is a computer designed for a family experience, with an emphasis on multiuser, multitouch computing. read more Continue reading...