Tag: windows
Windows 10 users who don’t want to upgrade to Windows 11 get new lifeline from Microsoft
Microsoft has launched a wizard to help Windows 10 devices stay secure It’s only intended as a temporary solution, though Windows 10 support ends later this year Windows 10 has been around for almost a decade now, but official support is due to end on October 14 this year. Yet…
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Windows 11 user has 30 years of ‘irreplaceable photos and work’ locked away in OneDrive – and Microsoft’s silence is deafening
A Redditor was moving a huge slab of data from old drives to a new one They used OneDrive as a midpoint in an ill-thought-out strategy that left all the data in Microsoft’s cloud service temporarily When they came to download the data, they were locked out of OneDrive, and…
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Windows 11’s new Start menu falls short in one key area – and it’s making people angry
Microsoft has a Start menu redesign in testing This introduces new layouts for the list of all apps One of those layouts is a category view, and we’ve had confirmation from Microsoft that it won’t be possible to customize this to your liking We’ve just learned more about how Microsoft’s…
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Microsoft makes fun of macOS Tahoe’s Liquid Glass redesign for ripping off Windows Vista – but Apple could have the last laugh
Microsoft compared Liquid Glass to Windows Vista on its Instagram account It’s rather late to the party in drawing this kind of comparison Mind you, if anyone has a right to do so, it’s Microsoft, which brought in transparency with the Aero effect on the desktop of Vista Microsoft has…
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Windows 10 might be at death’s door, but Microsoft hasn’t finished trying to force Bing and Edge on its users
Windows 10 has a new update that adds a couple of features Unfortunately, one of these is focused on promoting Bing and Edge Microsoft is pushing its search engine and browser via the calendar panel off the taskbar Windows 10 has a new update and it actually introduces a new…
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Microsoft takes unusual step of delaying a Windows 11 update, leaving some PC gamers still waiting for crucial fixes for 24H2
New update for Windows 11 24H2 packing gaming fixes was paused for some PCs Those devices had a ‘compatibility issue’ meaning they needed a revised update Microsoft said this tweaked update should be out for all Windows 11 users by now, but some are still reporting that they don’t have…
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