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Notepad was the little, unflappable workhorse of Windows for decades — and that’s exactly why the recent parade of feature upgrades, AI prompts, and subscription nudges has driven many users to abandon it in favor of alternatives like Notepad++. A good number of Windows enthusiasts and tech...

Microsoft’s shelved dual‑screen phone OS — the long‑rumored Andromeda — has finally been pulled into the daylight: a leaked build has been packaged into a flashable image and made runnable on the original Surface Duo, giving enthusiasts the first hands‑on look at the mobile Windows that never...

If your Windows PC ever stops and shows a blue screen that reads KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED, it’s a sign the kernel encountered an exception it couldn’t resolve — and while it’s alarming, this BSOD is usually diagnosable and often fixable without a full reinstall. Background / Overview The...

Microsoft’s rapid retreat from an apparent plan to “rewrite Windows with AI” crystallizes a deeper story about how research, recruitment language, and public perception can collide — and why the difference between research experiment and product roadmap matters for every IT pro who manages...

Microsoft’s terse clarification ended a brief but intense wave of headlines: a viral LinkedIn hiring post by a senior Microsoft engineer drew interpretations that the company planned an immediate, AI-driven rewrite of Windows in Rust — a reading Microsoft and the post’s author explicitly denied...

Imagine an AI assistant that understands the tools you use every day, can intake entire documents, generate images, and run multi‑step, citation-backed research — then hands you editable, exportable results you can drop straight into Word, Excel, or PowerPoint; that is the practical promise...

If you want live, NORAD-backed Santa tracking on an Alexa-capable device this Christmas Eve, the short answer is: enable the official NORAD Tracks Santa Alexa skill (or use an Echo device that’s already signed into your Amazon account), then say a simple query such as “Alexa, where’s Santa?” or...

Microsoft’s engineering gamble — to use AI to rewrite millions of lines of legacy C and C++ into Rust by 2030 — landed squarely in the spotlight this winter after a months‑long string of Windows 11 malfunctions and a formal Microsoft support advisory that traced the outages to XAML registration...

Apple’s new macOS 26 “Tahoe” brings a striking visual refresh and a raft of Apple Intelligence features — but the four headline items that made ZDNet’s checklist of “things Mac users can gloat about” aren’t as novel as they might seem: Windows has long offered comparable capabilities for window...

Windows is the invisible workhorse in millions of workflows — but beneath the familiar desktop lies a toolkit that can turn a good user into a true power user. This feature walks through ten practical, tested hacks that accelerate common tasks, reduce friction, and give you more control over how...

The moment you finish the out-of-box setup on a fresh Windows PC, there’s a small toolkit I install before I ever open Edge: a compact set of free, focused utilities that close gaps in Windows’ defaults and get the machine productive fast. That checklist — highlighted recently in a How‑To‑Geek...

Environment: - Windows Server 2022 - IIS 10.0 Issue Summary: I regularly collect IIS performance metrics using Windows Performance Counters. Initially, the IIS-related counter sets were all available: - Web Service - Web Service Cache - APP_POOL_WAS - WAS_W3WP - W3SVC_W3WP After a few days...

Linux taught me how to think about an operating system as a toolbox, and those lessons have quietly reshaped the way I use Windows every day. The small but powerful shifts — adopting package managers, trusting the terminal, treating customization as a productivity affordance, taking security and...

Minimizing clicks and navigation overhead can shave minutes — even hours — off a busy workday, and a handful of free utilities built for Windows can transform file handling from a repetitive chore into a near‑invisible part of your workflow. Four lightweight, freely available tools — Quick...

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...

You no longer have to trust random .exe downloads and hope the installer you clicked isn’t a trojan in disguise — modern Windows package managers give you a repeatable, auditable, and substantially safer way to install and update software. Background Package managers centralize and automate...

Windows and Linux no longer have to be stove‑piped ecosystems, and that practical fusion is the through‑line of the How‑To Geek piece “7 Reasons Windows Subsystem for Linux Works For Me.” The author’s list—being able to jump on coding ideas instantly, running a Linux toolchain beside mainstream...

Windows still ships with a cluster of preinstalled apps that many users don’t need — and removing the right ones can free storage, reduce background resource use, and tighten privacy — but the which, how, and when matter more than the headline “uninstall these 12 apps.” Background Windows has...

Microsoft appears to be quietly testing a major change in how Xbox legacy titles are delivered: internal chatter and storefront anomalies suggest Microsoft is working to bring original Xbox and Xbox 360 games to Windows — including Windows handhelds such as ASUS’ ROG Xbox Ally — by extending...

GlazeWM lands on Windows as a compact, keyboard-first tiling window manager that automatically arranges new windows, bringing an i3-like workflow to the platform and filling a long‑standing gap between Windows’ Snap Assist and the full tiling experience Linux users have enjoyed for years...