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Microsoft’s OS has been quietly slimming down: a clutch of once-promising Windows features have been deprecated or removed over the past few years, and a number of little-known tools that almost nobody used are now gone for good—some by stealth, others with a public notice. The tidy list that...

The tiny11builder project has received a significant refresh: the PowerShell-based builder now supports Windows 11 version 25H2 builds, adds explicit removal of Copilot and the new Outlook for Windows client, switches to more efficient recovery compression for smaller ISOs, and introduces...

Connecting a laptop or MacBook to a TV can usually be done in minutes—wired for rock‑solid video and audio, or wirelessly for convenience—and this practical guide walks through both approaches, the best adapters and settings to choose, plus the most common pitfalls and fixes to get you on the...

Microsoft and Phison have pushed back hard against a wave of social-media claims that the latest Windows 11 cumulative update is “bricking” NVMe SSDs — but the episode exposes a brittle edge case in modern storage stacks, a gap between telemetry and forensic proof, and practical steps every...

BornCity’s latest dispatch raises a subtle but important question: did Microsoft quietly neutralize the wave of SSD failures reported from Japan after the August 2025 Windows 11 24H2 roll‑out, or did the alarm simply fade after vendors and Redmond concluded they could not reproduce a systemic...

Windows 11’s inbox app pile just got a new nemesis: Tiny11’s updated builder can now strip Copilot, the new Outlook client, Teams, and a long roster of built‑ins from a Windows 11 image — and the change is explicitly framed as a “25H2‑ready” rebuild that shrinks install size and prevents much of...

ExplorerPatcher’s latest release finally restores several long-broken customizations for Windows 11 24H2 and includes a practical — if controversial — workaround that lets the utility avoid the upgrade safeguard that Microsoft introduced for 24H2 builds. The update, published as release...

A lone, technically audacious intervention has kept a generation of Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) headsets out of landfill: Matthieu Bucchianeri, a Microsoft engineer with prior experience on the company’s mixed‑reality teams, released the free “Oasis Driver for Windows Mixed Reality” on Steam to...

Fix Intermittent Wi-Fi Drops and Slow Wireless in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes This step-by-step guide helps you diagnose and fix intermittent Wi‑Fi drops and slow wireless on Windows 10 and Windows 11. It covers quick checks, driver and power settings...

Microsoft’s PowerToys has quietly matured from a grab-bag of power‑user tricks into a polished, first‑party productivity toolkit — and the latest updates finally deliver several long‑requested conveniences that matter to everyday workflows and IT deployments alike. Background PowerToys began as...

Flyoobe’s latest update widens the tool’s ambitions from a niche installer bypass into a full-blown Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) surgeon’s kit: starting with version 1.7 (hotfixed to 1.7.284), the popular Flyby11 / Flyoobe project now ships an OOBE page that searches for and disables Copilot and...

August 29, 2025 delivered an unexpected lifeline to owners of aging Windows Mixed Reality headsets: a new native SteamVR driver called Oasis that restores direct SteamVR/OpenXR compatibility for devices left orphaned after Microsoft deprecated the Mixed Reality Portal. Background Windows Mixed...

Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to solve one of Windows 11’s longest-running little annoyances: a Theme Scheduler that can automatically flip between Light and Dark modes on a timetable, and the feature is being shipped as a new PowerToys module in the update cycle following the v0.94 release...

As Windows 10’s official support window narrows, a small-but-growing community of tools and scripts is offering a lifeline for millions of aging PCs — and Flyoobe, the rebranded successor to Flyby11, sits at the center of that movement by combining an installer‑level hardware bypass with a full...

Microsoft quietly added a native option in Windows 11 to push your PC clipboard to Android — and in early hands‑on testing it appears to land inside any Android keyboard that reads the system clipboard, including Gboard. Overview Windows 11’s clipboard has long been more than a lone Ctrl+C...

Microsoft’s PowerToys is poised to deliver one of the smallest but most requested conveniences missing from Windows 11: an official, supported way to automatically switch between light and dark themes on a schedule, and the change arrives as a PowerToys module that Microsoft has already teased...

Microsoft’s PowerToys just filled two of the most persistent usability gaps in Windows 11: a built‑in way to surface and resolve keyboard shortcut conflicts, and a promised scheduler that will automatically switch the system between light and dark themes—features that many power users have asked...

Microsoft’s PowerToys team has quietly moved to fill a conspicuous gap in Windows’ personalization features: beginning with PowerToys v0.94 the project teased a scheduled automatic theme switching utility that will let Windows switch between light and dark modes on a timetable — a capability...

Windows 11 gives enthusiasts a stronger baseline, but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) remains the most practical way to extend that protection across networks, locations, and services—turning a secure machine into a truly private and travel‑ready workspace. Overview Microsoft has repeatedly...

Microsoft's recent push to modernize how Windows 11 drivers are built, packaged, published, and maintained represents one of the most consequential shifts in the Windows hardware ecosystem in years — driven by security, performance, and the realities of an increasingly diverse device landscape...