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Additional coverage of this story: Copilot PC Insights Checks Windows 11 Health, but Uses Up to 1GB RAM Techgenyz highlights Copilot’s reported 800MB-to-1GB idle RAM use and clarifies that session permissions expire when the app closes or the PC restarts...

Additional coverage of this story: Copilot PC Insights Rolls Out for Windows 11 Live Device Checks The companion coverage adds Microsoft’s warning that experimental answers may be incomplete or inaccurate, plus details that access sessions end when Copilot closes or the PC restarts and that PC...

Additional coverage of this story: Windows Copilot PC Insights Rolls Out With Permission-Based Diagnostics PCWorld emphasizes on-demand permissions, revocable access, and Microsoft’s limits on using collected system data, while noting that Copilot conversation data may still be used according to...

Windows 11’s PC Insights Explains System Status, but It Is Not a Root-Cause Diagnostician Microsoft’s gradual U.S. rollout gives consenting Copilot users a conversational way to check CPU, memory, graphics, storage, battery, security, firmware, network, and connected-device information. The...

Windows 11 is taking a fresh, user-centric approach with the introduction of custom advice tailored directly to your PC’s hardware—an innovation that’s poised to redefine the relationship between operating system and user. No longer a one-size-fits-all affair, the Windows 11 24H2 update...

Microsoft’s aggressive push to modernize and demystify Windows reaches a notable milestone in the Windows 11 24H2 update, driven by the introduction of an in-app Frequently Asked Questions section within the Settings menu. This move, at first glance a subtle interface tweak, signals a strategic...

For many Windows users, Task Manager is the digital equivalent of a fire extinguisher: we reach for it only when an app freezes, a fan spins out of control, or performance inexplicably crawls. But beneath its utilitarian façade, Task Manager conceals a treasure trove of features—many of which...

I am casting about for a thorough, reliable memory test that can be left running for a while, stopped and then resumed from the address/position it was stopped at if I make my meaning clear. Case in point: I have been recommended Memtest86+ and I assume it does the job well but for obvious...

Hello Yesterday I bought a new Acer Aspire M1935. It has been working just fine until now... When it is turned on for about 5 minutes, I get a blue screen. I cannot take a screenshot of the blue screen because I cannot startup anymore! But at the top of the screen it says...