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A programmer’s deep dive into Windows 11’s behavior has given a clear, if uncomfortable, explanation for why many users say Windows 10 still feels faster: aggressive background throttling tied to window focus and power-management policies on some hardware, combined with UX regressions in File...

Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 Insider builds are shipping a new, full-screen renewal prompt aimed at lapsed Microsoft 365 subscriptions — an eye-catching SCOOBE (Second‑Chance Out‑of‑Box Experience) screen that insiders and early reports describe as a full‑screen nag to renew rather than a...

Microsoft has pushed the refreshed Message Trace for Exchange Online out of preview and into general availability for worldwide (WW) tenants, triggering a hard look at automation, reporting integrations, and long-running scripts that rely on the legacy message-tracing stack; admins must plan now...

The new Message Trace experience for Exchange Online has reached general availability and Microsoft is beginning a global rollout, but the change comes with important operational limits, a firm deprecation timeline for legacy tooling, and migration steps that every Exchange administrator should...

Microsoft has moved the revamped Message Trace experience in Exchange Online out of preview and into general availability, bringing a faster UI, new PowerShell cmdlets, extended query windows, and new operational constraints that will change how administrators automate and extract trace data...

Windows 11 24H2 Update Under the Microscope Exploring Intel CPU Performance Issues and What They Mean for You Recent reviews and early warning signals have raised eyebrows in the Windows community. Windows 11 version 24H2—Microsoft’s latest update—appears to be causing performance and...

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Ok, so im having a very intereating issue with my win 10 laptop, again, haha. No matter what wifi i connect to, i can only download at about 24.1 KBps but any other device can hit the normal rate. I have tried multiple differnt files on the laptop and dame issue. I think i either have a bug or...

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I often record programmes from on-line radio but they are marred with constant audio noises in the background consisting of pops, clicks crackles and whistles. It seems to be worse when there's processor and network activity (like when recording) and appears to change when the display changes...

Hello all, This information is intended for anyone on a budget. First off, let's take a look at the motherboard: Newegg.com - ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard This $49.95 motherboard has one SATA III port, multiple SATA II ports, and...

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Fixes an issue in which the performance of BITS is slower than expected on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This issue occurs after you configure the throttling policy in BITS to restrict the network bandwidth. More...

Fixes an issue in which custom bandwidth throttling settings revert to the default settings. This issue occurs when you update a Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Group Policy on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Link Removed

Fixes a throttling issue in which concurrent client connections that use AuthIP to a remote computer might not be established in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7. Link Removed

Hi folks, Just upgraded Vista to Win7 (install over) on ASUS F8SN. Looks good except can't install drivers for chipset. It says "ACPI x86 - based PC" no matter what. I downloaded pack from Intel (chipset 965G express). Install seems OK, but device manager still not showing system name. Reason...

Dell has released a raft of BIOS updates which should solve the underperformance/overthrottling issues that some users have been experiencing. The BIOS updates are for E4200/E4300/E5400/E5500/E6400 (including ATG and XFR models)/E6500/ Latitude and Precision M2400/M4400/M6400 notebooks and...

Hi all. I just finished a fresh install of Windows 7 64-bit on a brand new computer yesterday. Here are the specs: Asus P6T mobo nVidia GTX 275 seagate 500 gb hard drive 6gb kingston ram My problem is that my download/upload speeds have decreased significantly, on the same network that I had...

SiSoft Sandra reports it as 3.2ghz... and that's what the cpu is set to in the bios. 400x8. Windows 7 reports the CPU as running at 2.66ghz, 2664mhz. Which is right? I think what I'm asking is whether the OS is throttling the cpu back to stock settings, or merely mis-reporting the clock speed...