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New Windows 11 preview has good news and bad ahead of 24H2 release: more features are coming… and more ads
Microsoft has just released a new Windows 11 test build in the Release Preview channel, the final stage of testing for preview builds, and this is an exciting – or depressing, in some respects – look at what will eventually be the 24H2 update for the OS. As you’re likely…
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Shock move by Microsoft: company actually makes Windows 11 better with taskbar improvements
Windows 11 users could be treated to a range of minor (but useful!) tweaks which have been spotted in recent preview builds, including some nifty taskbar-related changes. One notable change introduced with the latest preview of Windows 11 in the Beta channel (build 22635) is a taskbar tweak that means…
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Windows 11’s latest update has a nasty little bug that’ll keep Microsoft busy following the big CrowdStrike outage
A new bug is affecting some Windows 11 and Windows 10 users, and it’s been caused by the July cumulative update from Microsoft. It’s an odd one, too, and what’s happening is that the BitLocker recovery screen is being presented to some users after booting up their devices, which must…
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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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