Category: windows
Experts are warning it could take ‘weeks’ to fix the global IT outage – here’s what we know
While some computers are starting to get back online after yesterday’s massive Windows outage took down numerous critical systems across the world, there’s still a lot of troubleshooting to do – and it could be weeks before everything gets back to normal, according to experts. The collapse was caused by…
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Windows 11 gets pushy with another pop-up – this time for Microsoft’s backup app – and all this is getting tiresome, frankly
Windows 11 has witnessed the introduction of yet another piece of nagging designed to drive the use of another Microsoft service – but as always, this is in danger of having the opposite effect. Windows Latest flagged up a fresh move regarding Microsoft’s promotional activity: a pop-up to push the…
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Outage to outrage: why today’s global Windows disaster could be tomorrow’s digital apocalypse
As the fog of war recedes and we start to pick up the pieces of today’s catastrophic global Windows outage, I’ve been giving some serious thought to the nature of our current digital society – and I’ve got to say, I’m genuinely worried. Today’s disaster will hopefully prove to be…
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Windows 11 24H2 update may not turn up until late in the year – and given how many plates Microsoft is spinning, that wouldn’t surprise us
Windows 11’s much-awaited 24H2 update might arrive a bit later than was previously rumored, or at least that’s the most recent chatter and speculation online. Windows Latest picked up on a Microsoft update regarding the potential release timeframe for 24H2 (as part of the introduction of smaller updates for Windows…
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Windows 11 is getting useful widget tweaks, but not the change we really want – Microsoft should learn from macOS
Windows 11 has a new preview build and it applies some useful changes to widgets on the lock screen – although not the addition to the mix that we really want – and other tweaks besides. This is preview build 26252 in the Canary channel (the earliest test versions of…
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Finally, Windows 11’s 24H2 update is going to fix a bunch of annoying bugs that make using the OS feel like a chore
Windows 11 is getting some fixes for various frustrating issues with stuttering in the interface here and there. Windows Latest points out there are numerous problems around glitchy animations and generally sluggish loading when using certain parts of the desktop interface in Windows 11, both in testing, and in the…
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