In an unexpected twist that’s both nostalgic and faintly comical, Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 preview build surprised users with a boot-up serenade straight from 2006: the unmistakable chime of Windows Vista. The incident stands out as a light-hearted glitch in an era defined by polished UI...
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A wave of nostalgia swept through the Windows community last week as users reported an unexpected change in the startup sound of the latest Windows 11 test build. This surprise, uncovered in Dev Channel version 26200.5651, was not a carefully crafted homage to history but rather a slip-up that...
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Windows 11 users enrolled in the Dev and Beta Insider channels woke up to a curious bit of nostalgia this week. Amid technical notes about kernel tweaks and UI refinements, a familiar tune echoed from test machines—the unmistakable startup sound from Windows Vista. It wasn’t a prank, nor was it...
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To summarize: The recent return of the Windows Vista startup sound in Windows 11 Insider builds (specifically, Build 26200.5651) is not an intentional nostalgic feature, but rather an unintentional bug. This was officially clarified by Brandon LeBlanc, a Senior Program Manager on the Microsoft...
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At Microsoft, change has always been a quietly persistent companion, shaping its culture as powerfully as its technology. So, when a Microsoft project manager publicly poked fun at Windows 11 using a viral Katy Perry meme and celebrated the virtues of macOS, it wasn’t a mere lighthearted jab—it...
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Last October, amid the usual relentless hum of Windows updates and the low-key anxiety that comes with “will my device still work tomorrow?”, Microsoft dropped Windows 11 24H2 into the world. You know the drill: Copilot gets smarter, the file manager speaks fluent TAR and 7z, there’s a new...
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Do you ever get the feeling that, in the relentless humdrum of Week D, the most exciting thing to happen to your desktop is a blue screen of soup? Don’t worry, it’s not a new troubleshooting menu—it’s just another Wednesday episode of Windows Weekly, the internet’s favorite forum for IT...
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You’d think that after two decades, the digital skies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would hold no more surprises—but just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (or, rather, to try taking off from it), a bug as old as some Gen Zers themselves emerges, causing fans to wonder: are...
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If you’ve ever fantasized about living in the shadow of Table Mountain, surrounded by the kind of natural beauty usually reserved for desktop wallpapers, while also spending eight hours a day trying to figure out why a printer won’t connect to WiFi, then the role of IT Assistant in Cape Town may...
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If your computer has ever frozen on a kaleidoscopic blue error screen, congratulations, you’re a member of a not-so-exclusive club: the Windows 11 Bad Update Victims Society. It’s a club whose meetings are frequent—if you check your calendar, there’s probably a “day with a ‘y’ in it” circled for...
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The evolution of computers from clunky, room-bound machines to sleek, omnipresent devices in our urban landscapes has come with its own share of public bloopers. In an age where even digital billboards and charging stations have become mini-computers, unexpected glitches and notorious error...
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration took an unexpectedly humorous turn when its own AI, Copilot, took center stage to playfully roast three of the company’s most influential leaders. In a spirited reunion session, current CEO Satya Nadella and former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were...
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In a twist that brilliantly blends the worlds of basketball and technology, entrepreneur and NBA maverick Mark Cuban recently jested with Bill Gates about an unlikely trade scenario—swapping the shiny, new Windows 11 for its stalwart predecessor, Windows 10. The playful conversation, originating...
Ah, the holidays—a time for joy, reflection, and, apparently, outrageously hideous Windows-themed Christmas sweaters. If you’re coming off that festive high, buckle up because we need to discuss one of the quirkiest competitions in tech fandom this past year. Someone out there—brace yourself—has...
Imagine opening your Windows 11 weather widget expecting to find the forecast for the week, but instead, you're greeted with a reading so astronomically high that it promises to melt not just snow, but every last molecule of the Earth's surface! Well, that was the surreal "scorching" reality for...
My adult daughter is running Windows 7 SP1. She swears that whenever the computer misbehaves or otherwise does something she doesn't like, she presses CTRL-Fn and the problem goes away. I know, I know, these are both modifier keys and require another standard key to accomplish something, but...
Let me tell you the terrifying (Not really) tale of the ghost of Windows 7.
It started on a wednesday, just like this one (or a Thursday in another time zone)
A man had upgraded to the latest windows 10 and for the last week has been enjoying it for the most part.
But then update KB3081424 came...
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I heard them talking about IE10 today on TWIT and decided to try it since Skype killed IE9 and it won't browse anymore so it's either that or reinstalling Win7 for the 3rd time. I went to the MS download page and downloaded the file, iepreview.msi, but every time that I run it all it does is...