Tag: windows
Microsoft finally realizes the threat SteamOS poses — but its promises to fix Windows 11 for PC gaming are too little, too late
I’ve been a PC gamer for over 30 years, and during that time, Microsoft’s operating systems (first MS-DOS, then various shades of Windows) have essentially been the default choice when building or buying a PC for gaming. Because of Windows’ ‘popularity’ on PC, compared to alternatives like Linux, any game…
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Think AI actions in Windows 11 are pointless? Microsoft is letting you banish them from the right-click menu
Windows 11 has a new preview build It fully removes AI actions if you’ve disabled them all in File Explorer This means there will no longer be an empty folder in the right-click menu for AI actions that have been turned off Windows 11 just got a change for the…
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Microsoft says it’s fixing a baffling way in which Windows 11 is much slower than Windows 10 – and it’s about time
Windows 11 has a new preview build It fixes slow performance with File Explorer when you first open a folder There’s also some streamlining of the right-click menu, and a bunch of other nifty changes Microsoft is fixing some more problems with Windows 11’s interface that many regard as major…
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Windows 11 users rebel as top Microsoft exec says operating system is ‘evolving into an agentic OS’
Pavan Davuluri, head of Windows at Microsoft, says that Windows 11 is “evolving into an agentic OS” There’s been quite a negative reaction to this on social media A lot of people are fed up with a lot of things, but the relentless pushing of AI and buzzwords, and lack…
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Fed up with Windows 11’s clunky right-click menu? Microsoft just dropped a hint that it could become more streamlined
Microsoft is working on streamlining Windows 11’s right-click menus This is just for the context-sensitive options available to apps, though However, the hope is that it might be applied more broadly across Windows 11 in File Explorer eventually There’s a hint that Microsoft might at least be thinking about addressing…
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Microsoft introduces ‘Ask Copilot’ box to Windows 11’s taskbar – but only if you want AI there
Windows 11’s latest preview has an Ask Copilot feature This effectively replaces the search box on the taskbar It achieves broadly the same function, but supercharged by AI – although the existing search feature is present behind the scenes Windows 11 has a new preview release and this one ushers…
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