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The recent decision by Microsoft to block the C/C++ extension for alternative Visual Studio Code (VS Code) distributions has sent ripples through the developer community, igniting debates around digital dependency, open-source ethics, and the future of independent development environments. On...

Microsoft's recent enforcement of licensing restrictions on its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) has stirred significant controversy among developers relying on open-source VS Code forks like VS Codium and commercial derivatives such as Cursor. This move, which first became...

Microsoft's recent move to restrict the use of its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) exclusively to its own official IDE and products has triggered significant concern and debate within the developer community. As of April 2025, the essential extension that provides C/C++ language...

Microsoft's recent enforcement move to block its popular C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) from working in derivative products like VS Codium and Cursor reveals complex tensions at the intersection of open source, proprietary control, and competitive AI tools. This enforcement...

Microsoft’s recent move to restrict its C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) exclusively to its first-party products has stirred significant concern and debate throughout the developer community. As of version 1.24.5 released on April 3, 2025, the extension now refuses to work on...

Here's a summary of the situation described in the article from The Register regarding Microsoft's C/C++ extension for VS Code and its impact on forks like VSCodium and Cursor: Issue: As of early April 2025, Microsoft's C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with...

Cursor, the AI coding assistant that has quietly become a developer’s secret weapon, didn’t just pop into existence and disrupt the world of software engineering overnight — although from the way it’s taken over desks and screens in Silicon Valley, you’d be forgiven for thinking it had landed...

Hi. I have an intermittant problem with my mouse cursor. When I open and/or close a window, the cursor gets duplicated, up and to the left, about 1 centimeter away from the original cursor. I checked my video and mouse drivers. They are current. I also checked the settings of the mouse pointer...

Hello, I use a KVM switch to enable my Windows 11 PC, work laptop, CCTV and Android box to share the same mouse, keyboard and monitor. The KVM I am using is: Link Removed Usually everything works smoothly, without any problems when I switch between computers. However, when in some games...

Is there an app which will make my cursor inert until I actually click it?

Hi Newbie needs HELP ! Edition Windows 10 Pro Version 21H2 Installed on ‎19/‎11/‎2020 OS build 19044.1620 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0 A week ago I purchased a very old Dell Laptop Latitude E6430 which is driving me "potty" unless I am carefully watching the...

This is a very strange issue I have been having. I just recently built a computer for my parents and the screen will turn off in the windows settings menu but only after I click more into it. It is hard to explain but this is an example of the issue. So lets say that I want to adjust the night...

I'm using an Acer, windows 10. I've tried disconnecting my mouse, reconnecting another mouse, Virus scans, lowering touchpad sensitivity and all I can think off but it keeps doing it. Whether my mouse is connected or not/ and whether my fingers are touching the touchpad or not, the cursor flies...

I like the look of the Retrosmart cursors, but they are for X11! I want to convert the cursors to Windows cursors, but I couldn't find anything doing that! Is it possible?

Recently my wireless mouse highlights a word or everything when I move the pointer to a new spot. It is driving me crazy. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling mouse, touch pad, keyboard. Changing cursor speed, size, etc. I have tried many solutions found on the internet but none work...

When I leave a browser tab open and not used for a while It freezes so that moving my cursor over anything and clicking does not cause an action. To temporarily fix this, I only need to switch to another tab and then right back to where I was. The original tab will be functional and it will have...

Recently, when I put my cursor over items it automatically selects them even though I have not clicked. How do I turn this off so that an item is only selected when I click it.

When I move my curser past the bottom right corner of my monitor screen all programs go transparent. When this happens (transparent) I can see my desktop and transparent shadow boxes where open programs were. When I move the curser back onto the screen everything goes back to normal. I've...

Hi, Am looking for a way to force the pen on my external tablet monitor to behave like the mouse using keyboard shortcuts. App in question is MS Whiteboard. Have tried uinsg "left click" as a setting in the driver, and holding down the left click on the mouse and moving the pen cursor. No joy...

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