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A widely used Windows customization tool is under renewed scrutiny after multiple community reports that Winaero Tweaker’s “Reset this page to defaults” control inside the Advanced Appearance module can write legacy font metrics directly into the Windows 11 registry, breaking modern scaling and...

Windows 10 and Windows 11 both give you multiple, fast ways to change how big apps, icons, and text appear on your main display — from a simple slider in Settings to per-app DPI overrides and advanced registry tweaks. This guide lays out step‑by‑step instructions for the common cases, explains...

Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution...

Roblox’s Shift Lock is a simple-but-powerful camera tool — when it works. For many Windows players the Shift Lock camera either refuses to engage or behaves erratically, leaving third-person movement and precision aiming unusable. The good news: most Shift Lock problems on Windows 10/11 have...

Glow’s latest incremental update, Glow 25.11, continues the project’s steady focus on polish, portability and practical diagnostics: the release adds pre‑release support for Windows 11 version 25H2, broad UI and DPI refinements to match modern Windows visuals, targeted speed optimizations...

Glow’s steady, unapologetic march toward a one-stop Windows system-information utility continued this month with reports circling of a new incremental release in the 25.x series — the expected Glow 25.11 update — bringing UI polish, performance optimizations, and deeper platform compatibility...

Microsoft’s latest Release Preview channel updates make a small but meaningful usability change: you can now choose where on-screen hardware indicators — the volume, brightness, airplane mode and virtual desktop flyouts — appear on your display, and that’s just the tip of what landed in the...

Tiling window managers aren’t a Linux-only productivity secret anymore — Windows has a healthy, maturing ecosystem of tilers that can radically change how you work, and four projects stand out right now for stability, polish, or sheer ambition. Overview Tiling window managers automatically...

Flyoobe 1.7 arrives as a decisive answer for users who want a lean, no‑AI Windows 11 from first boot: the update introduces an OOBE page that hunts down and disables Copilot and related AI integrations during setup, ships expanded debloat presets (including GitHub‑loadable profiles), improves...

ExplorerPatcher’s latest release finally restores several long-broken customizations for Windows 11 24H2 and includes a practical — if controversial — workaround that lets the utility avoid the upgrade safeguard that Microsoft introduced for 24H2 builds. The update, published as release...

Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...

The small open‑source utility ecosystem that helps people install or upgrade to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware has taken another evolutionary step: a popular requirements‑bypass project has become a fuller Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) toolkit, adding a smarter debloat/removal option and...

Amarok 3.3.1 arrives as a small version bump with outsized impact, tightening the screws on a major transition that began with the 3.3 milestone: a full move to Qt 6 and the modern KDE software stack, paired with a clear focus on scripting‑driven customization, better metadata plumbing, and...

The latest Windows 11 Preview Update, KB5060829, marks another significant milestone in Microsoft’s continuous effort to refine, enhance, and streamline the Windows 11 experience. This optional cumulative update for version 24H2, now available in broad deployment, promises an impressive list of...

Microsoft's June 2025 security update for Windows 11 version 24H2, identified as KB5060842, introduces a pivotal change: the retention period for system restore points has been reduced from 90 days to 60 days. This adjustment aims to provide users with a more predictable recovery experience...

Connecting an external display to a Windows device is a common workflow for professionals, power users, and casual users alike, enhancing productivity and enabling more dynamic workstation setups. However, behind these seamless transitions to multi-monitor environments, subtle glitches can...

When connecting an external display to a Windows device, users often expect a smooth transition: the desktop stretches or mirrors effortlessly, icons fall into place, and the familiar wallpaper elegantly expands across newfound real estate. However, a seemingly trivial yet surprisingly common...

Microsoft's June 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 introduces several noteworthy changes, including an extension of system restore point retention, critical security fixes, and a resolution for a font rendering issue affecting East Asian languages. Extended System Restore Point Retention...

Here’s a concise summary of Trayy from the Neowin article: Trayy is an open-source Windows tool (inspired by RBTray) that allows you to minimize any app—including web applications and shortcuts—to the system tray in Windows 10 and 11. It aims to reduce desktop clutter and maximize productivity...

Windows Server 2022 DPI Scaling Issues via RDP & Horizon Windows Server 2022 users have recently encountered a perplexing issue: display scaling anomalies occur whether you’re connecting via RDP or through VMware Horizon (now Omnissa). The anomaly—where visual elements appear either oversized or...