- 8 years ago Sticky: /t/Windows is now for Legacy Versions of Windows Software
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Windows 10 is about to get a high-performance Game Mode
Microsoft made a big fuss out of the Windows 10 Creators Update's gaming features, and it's nearly ready to start delivering on them... including some that have remained mysterious. The company has revealed that it'll start trotting out a largely unknown Windows 10 Game Mode as part of Insider previews "this week." The improvement won't be fully functional until later releases, but Microsoft has at last shed some light on what it is: it'll fine-tune your PC to speed up gaming performance.
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What's Windows 7's fastest web browser?
Chrome is still the fastest of the fast on Windows 7, but Opera's giving it a run for its money. As for Internet Explorer, in a word: Ugh.
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What’s up with Windows patching, Microsoft?
A month late? Seriously? It’s both outrageous and unsurprising.
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Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up
I’m a die-hard Apple user, but after years of watching the Mac slowly die, I’ve switched back to Windows. Here’s the story of why I moved back to Windows, and what I’ve found so far.
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What If You Had to Do Your Job Today on Windows 98?
It's just as miserable as you remember, and more so.
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Microsoft is infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads
I’ve sat back and witnessed the development of Windows 10 and appreciated the speed of new feature releases, but it seems there’s a price to pay for this new “Windows as a service” world. Microsoft has gradually been infesting Windows 10 with annoying ads. The first emerged on the lock screen as “tips,” and then there was the bundling of Candy Crush with the OS, and now Microsoft has started blasting notifications into the task bar and File Explorer.
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Lucky us. Microsoft is no longer supporting older Windows on newer processors.
Microsoft is playing Windows 10 hardball.
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WikiLeaks Docs Reveal How The CIA Targets Windows Users
The files mostly pertain to Grasshopper, a framework used to build custom installation executables, and the agency's use of the Carberp malware in its Stolen Goods persistence mechanism.
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Microsoft Word 0-day used to push dangerous Dridex malware on millions
Blast could give a boost to Dridex, one of the Internet's worst bank fraud threats.
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Microsoft unveils $999 Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S
Microsoft is launching a new Surface-branded device today: the Surface Laptop. While the device leaked last night, Microsoft's Panos Panay took to the stage at the company's New York City event to unveil it officially today. It's a 13.5-inch laptop that's designed to work with the company's new Windows 10 S operating system. Panos Panay, Microsoft's devices chief, says Microsoft has focused this hardware on students who are just about to leave high schools.
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The Windows 10 Store is an awful experience for core gamers, and it needs to change
While some progress has definitely been made with Microsoft's app store offerings, the current format is clunky at best, counter-intuitive at worst. Our Executive Editor Daniel Rubino recently discussed the notion on the latest episode of Ask Dan Windows, and it's a question I often see thrown around on reddit, Twitter, and other networks. Step into any PC gamer's community, and you will see near-universal revulsion for the Windows 10 Store as a solution for delivering video games.
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Google Chrome won't be allowed on Windows 10 S
Microsoft's newest Windows 10 edition is designed to allow desktop apps that have been converted to packages for the Windows Store. But a provision in the Store policies blocks desktop browsers like Chrome. Is it about security, or something else?
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It's the year of Linux on the Windows desktop
Microsoft is making it easy to activate the Linux Bash shell on Windows. More importantly, it's also bringing the Linux Bash shell to Azure and Windows Server.
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The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week’s cyberattack
Early Friday morning the world experienced the year’s latest cyberattack. Starting first in the United Kingdom and Spain, the malicious “WannaCrypt” software quickly spread globally, blocking customers from their data unless they paid a ransom using Bitcoin. The WannaCrypt exploits used in the attack were drawn from the exploits stolen from the National Security Agency, or NSA, in the United States. That theft was publicly reported earlier this year.
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How WannaCrypt attacks
WannaCrypt's roots -- the malware behind world's biggest ransomware attack ever -- lie in an old Windows network protocol.
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A simple file naming bug can crash Windows 8.1 and earlier
The "blue screen of death" lives on thanks to a simple Windows file system bug.
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Microsoft Reportedly Working on a Reboot of Windows Mobile
Microsoft's Windows 10 Mobile effort could be very well declared dead and outdated with no update on the software and no roadmap for future. However, a new report claims that Microsoft may be working on its mobile reboot with all-new software and hardware.
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Swapping Linux for Windows in Munich too risky after WannaCry attacks, warn Greens
Munich's Green Party says the recent WannaCry ransomware attacks on Windows machines worldwide highlight the danger of the city abandoning its Linux-based OS.
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London police arrest four in Windows support scam bust
City of London Police, collaborating with Microsoft, have made four arrests as the result of a two-year investigation into rings of "Windows support" fraudsters. The arrests, London Police Commander Dave Clark told the press, "are just the beginning of our work, making the best use of specialist skills and expertise from Microsoft, local police forces, and international partners to tackle a crime that often targets the most vulnerable in our society."
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Kill it! Kill Windows XP now!
Or are you OK with leaving yourself open to something that can kill your business?