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Darren Allan

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Windows 11’s latest patch declares war on BIOS updates for some Lenovo laptops, blocking them as a security risk in a bizarre turn of events

Some Lenovo ThinkPad owners are finding they can’t apply a BIOS update in certain scenarios

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Even if you pay $30 for extended support for Windows 10, you'll need a Microsoft account

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Microsoft is busy improving Windows 11, and there's an obvious easy win it's missing: porting over smart PowerToys features.

1 month agobyDarren Allan

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Complaints persist about Chrome’s memory usage

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File Explorer performance has been improved, but it’s still not nearly as snappy as with Windows 10

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This might be a useful move, don’t get me wrong, but I’m getting impatient for Microsoft to give Copilot more genuine substance

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We should see Windows 11 start to improve on the reliability front from next month — or here's hoping, anyway.

8 months agobyDarren Allan

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Microsoft is investigating reports of a nasty bug that breaks some PC games following the latest Windows 11 update.

1 month agobyDarren Allan

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Windows 11 is taking a lot of heat these days, and GOG is the latest to fire flak at Microsoft's OS.

9 months agobyDarren Allan

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PC settings sync catch has been removed - in Europe