Microsoft Support operates an X/Twitter account called MicrosoftHelps to help users with problems, highlight features, and explain technical bits. Typically, Windows 11 takes center stage there, as Microsoft wants to showcase the…
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Microsoft’s own Windows ad shows Copilot giving wrong instructions
Even as someone who viscerally hates “AI” getting stuffed into every aspect of every device and service I use, I can see places where it’s helpful. For example, a conversational interface for…
This Microsoft tool is much needed support for my antivirus software
If you think you might have a virus on your PC one of the things you can do to try and find and remove it is to run MRT.exe. MRT.exe stands for…
Use the Windows emoji keyboard to add a splash of personality to your text
Windows emojis add a fun pictorial element to any text. If you’re not in the mood to write stuff, why not say it with a bunch of adorable funny faces? Here’s how…
‘Windows sucks’: How the dev who created Task Manager would fix things
Dave Plummer was once a programmer for Microsoft, where he played a key role in the development of the Windows Task Manager as well as the ZIP archive import for the operating…
Microsoft fixes Windows 11 bug that kept Task Manager open
Task Manager is one of the essential tools of Windows, an easy, always-available look at what software is running (or not). But most users don’t have it open constantly and even those…
I’m done with clicking apps to open in Windows. Here’s what I do instead
I move around my Windows desktop very quickly, opening apps and windows with rapid speed, and because of that, I find pointing and clicking with a mouse far too slow. No, for…
You can now get Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro for life for $50
TL;DR: Through November 16, you can get Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro for life for $50. Microsoft 365 costs $99.99 per year. Pair that with Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, and you have…
Windows could get haptic trackpad feedback for more interactions
Haptic trackpads are only in a tiny number of Windows laptops, most notably the newer Surface devices. But they’re pretty neat if you get a chance to try them out, enhancing the…
ViVeTool: Unlock Windows features Microsoft doesn’t want you to see
Windows 11 comes with many hidden features that Microsoft has already built into the system, but hasn’t yet activated for general use. With the ViVeTool program, you can activate those hidden functions…