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  1. Edge Dev Adds Toggle: System Default vs Always-On Efficiency Mode (Energy Saver)

    Microsoft has quietly added a simple but consequential toggle in Microsoft Edge Dev that hands users explicit control over whether the browser’s Efficiency mode follows Windows 11’s system-level Energy Saver or stays enabled all the time—an integration that tightens the browser’s...
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  2. European DMA Drives Windows Changes: Edge Prompts End & User Control Boosted

    Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) has continued to drive significant shifts in Microsoft’s business practices—especially regarding how the Windows platform interacts with competing web browsers. In a notable move, Microsoft has announced the end of persistent Edge browser prompts for users in...
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  3. Microsoft Windows Defaults in Europe: Enhanced User Control and Software Freedom

    For years, Microsoft Edge has been at the forefront of the Windows ecosystem—not just as a browser bundled with every Windows installation, but as the subject of persistent prompts urging users to make it their default. For many, especially those outside the United States, these constant nudges...
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  4. Google Chrome Battles Microsoft Edge Over Default PDF Viewer on Windows 11

    In a strategic escalation of the ongoing browser wars, Google is now aggressively positioning Chrome as the default PDF viewer on Windows 11, seeking to challenge Microsoft Edge’s entrenched role. Observations from recent Chrome development builds confirm that Google has begun experimenting with...
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    Windows 10 Bringing back the Windows 10 option in the dual-boot menu

    Hi! I have a problem. I have installed Debian 10 on my computer as second OS next to my Win 10. After this the Debian was my default system to boot into, but I wanted my Windows as default, so I went on and made some modifications after tutorials that I can't remember, and now I couldn't boot...

  6. Windows 10 PC not starting as before

    On start up is interrupted asking to press either f1 to get in Bios to sort it out & set date/time or f2 for defaults. Whichever I choose it still does same on every star up. Can you help? Home build, Asus P5K Premium wifi Intel, Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W 2.4GHz, 2x2GB, 240-pin DIMM...
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  7. Windows 7 Program's can't install anymore; reset permissions (or confirm this is the problem)?

    Hello all -- The permissions on my Windows 7 system (Windows 7 Ultimate x64) seem to have gotten screwed up over a period of months, such that applications now struggle to install or upgrade correctly. For example, Acrobat and iTunes auto-updates no longer work because the downloaded updates...
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