Windows IT pros now have a sharpened, easy-to-digest path to learn the latest Windows and AI tools: Microsoft’s refreshed Windows skilling snacks library curates short learning journeys—each designed to be completed in under two hours—covering device and update management, security...
Windows 11 gives you more than one way to open the Settings app — and knowing the right method for the moment can save minutes or avert a full restart when you’re troubleshooting. The platform exposes the app everywhere: Start, Taskbar, Quick Settings, File Explorer, Run and command-line tools...
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AMD's recent engineering notes and driver rollouts close several long-standing installation pain points for Windows users, but they also expose recurring process weaknesses that enthusiasts and IT pros should know before clicking "Install."
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Over the past two years, AMD has been...
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Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
Releasing Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Release Preview Channel — what you need to know (for Insiders, IT pros, and forum readers)
Today (August 29, 2025) the Windows Insider team made this year’s annual feature update — Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) — available in the Release...
Windows 11 hides a surprisingly practical productivity trick behind a single folder name: the so‑called God Mode folder — a Master Control Panel view that gathers hundreds of system settings and administrative tools into one browsable container and can dramatically speed up troubleshooting and...
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Microsoft’s Copilot is moving from meeting rooms to locker rooms, as a renewed NFL partnership elevates Windows-powered tools from simple sideline devices to full-blown, AI-augmented decision systems that promise faster insights, richer scouting, and—most provocatively—assistive playcalling...
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Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27928 to the Canary Channel, a fast-moving test drop that continues Microsoft’s phased rollout of Copilot-driven experiences, UI refinements, and a suite of stability fixes — but it also brings the usual Canary trade-offs: experimental...
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The Windows 11 Desktop in the 25H2 era is familiar territory with a careful polish: it behaves like Windows 10’s Desktop in the essentials, but Microsoft has refreshed iconography, simplified the right‑click context menus, added a daily Windows Spotlight wallpaper with a “Learn about this...
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Microsoft’s Windows Office Hours returns on August 21, 2025, as a one‑hour, chat‑based Q&A focused on accelerating Windows 11 adoption, operationalizing Zero Trust, keeping fleets up to date, and moving workloads toward cloud-native models while respecting on‑premises and hybrid constraints...
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If your Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (MWDA) is giving you trouble — blank or choppy video, no audio, frequent disconnects, or inconsistent behavior — you’re not alone. This guide walks through the practical steps Microsoft recommends plus field-proven tips, diagnostics and workarounds so...
Imagine a world where “Patch Tuesday” no longer triggers existential dread or frantic Googling of “Why did my server reboot at 3 a.m.?”—that world is fast approaching, courtesy of hotpatching for Windows Server 2025. The much-awaited feature, originally Azure-only, is now about to spill over...
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The day is finally here: Microsoft’s Recall feature, whose existence has haunted privacy forums and excited productivity nerds in equal measure since its unveiling last year, is officially going public. But don’t drop your firewalls or start joyfully screen-capturing your time sheets just...
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If you ever found yourself staring at your installation drive mid-Windows setup, wondering if there’s more to life than NTFS, congratulations: you are part of a very exclusive club—one that probably has meetings in dimly lit server rooms and speaks in disk sector hexadecimal. For over ten years...
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Hi Guys n Gals,
I currently have 16gb of this ram, CMR16GX4M2C3466C16 Link Removed , in my Gigabyte Aorus gaming 3 motherboard and i'm looking at adding another 16gb more.
The problem is because its now "old" its more expensive to buy 16gb of the same ram i currently have...
Link Removed, Windows 10 is available in 190 countries beginning today. This is a significant milestone we reached together, as more than 5 million Windows Insiders, 30% of them IT Pros, provided us with feedback and helped us build the best Windows ever.
We’re excited to begin to make Windows...
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Migrating to Windows 7 is both a business decision and a technical one, and we examine the pros and cons from a technical angle ( ZDNet UK - IT At Work )
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o wot are the pro's amd cons of using a 64bit os??
I used vista 64 a long time bk but went to xp as the drivers were hard to get but have never tried a 64bit os since!
Hi guys
I agree absolutely that in general a Clean install is usually a better approach however in the case of a Beta that might not always be a good idea.
In the case of Windows XP ===> W7 X-32 there are some drivers that Vista hasn't got yet - even though though in some cases the XP version...