My $3000 Windows PC felt broken until I disabled these 4 things
…My Windows 11 PC wasn’t slow, but it didn’t feel fast either. There was always a subtle lag while opening apps and switching windows. Even opening the Windows Start menu…
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…Related Valve's SteamOS has already won the war on Windows It's getting too late for Microsoft to fight back Windows 11 can also be a legitimate option While it's…
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Simon Batt Apr 17, 2026, 12:11 AM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
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This open-source Windows clone just got a lot easier to install
Simon Batt May 3, 2026, 11:20 PM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
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…In late March, Pavan Davuluri, the EVP of Windows and Devices at Microsoft, detailed plans in a blog post to improve the overall Windows 11 experience, and many of these confirmed changes…
I stopped treating my old 250GB SATA SSD as e-waste, and now I can't live without it
…Besides, why waste space for a Windows 11 partition on my NVMe storage when I have a perfectly capable SATA SSD lying around? Whenever I needed to use Windows 11 for an…
I didn't realize Windows killed custom window shapes until I tried to bring them back
…Even Windows Media Player had skins that made it hard to recognize as a Microsoft app. SysMetrix was another one I used on XP, and it surprisingly runs fine on Windows 11…