Want to feel old? Excel just entered its 40th year
More senior than Windows itself, and still runs the world
Applications22 Oct 2024 | 108
Windows
Qualcomm 'pausing' X-Elite Dev Kit, offering refunds
Five months in, only 200 units reached customers, Qualy tells El Reg
Systems17 Oct 2024 | 5
Windows 7 finally checks out as POSReady 7 closes the till on an era
Embedded versions live longer – including Windows 10 LTSC
OSes16 Oct 2024 | 16
Microsoft teases latest Windows 10 build despite looming end
Rearranging the deckchairs as support iceberg approaches
OSes15 Oct 2024 | 15
Windows 11 24H2 disk space hoarding a 'reporting error'
Microsoft adds another item to the known issues list
OSes15 Oct 2024 | 21
One-year countdown to 'biggest Ctrl-Alt-Delete in history' as Windows 10 approaches end of support
Microsoft's hardware compatibility gamble still hasn't paid off
OSes14 Oct 2024 | 123
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Windows 11 24H2 hoards 8.63 GB of junk you can't delete
When the 'cleanup' option stubbornly refuses
OSes11 Oct 2024 | 73
Microsoft cleans up hot mess of Patch Tuesday preview
Go forth and install your important security fixes
Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 5
Windows 11 migration? Upgrade engine revs up, enterprises have no choice
Support expiry clock ticks for Windows 10 – PC makers won't be happy with latest stats
Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 28
Saying goodbye to the tech dreams Microsoft abandoned with Windows 11 24H2
Is that a Mixed Reality headset, or just a complicated paperweight? Oh and farewell WordPad
OSes03 Oct 2024 | 23
Microsoft hits go on Windows 11 24H2: Fresh features, bugs, and a whole lotta AI
Complete with Copilot Vision – but sessions won't be stored, insists Redmond
OSes02 Oct 2024 | 52
After 3 years, Windows 11 has more than half Windows 10's market share
Microsoft's latest OS is performing dismally compared to predecessors
OSes01 Oct 2024 | 71
Windows 11 user hurt by the KB5043145 update? Microsoft offers a way out
Might be best to give it a miss for now
OSes01 Oct 2024 | 37
Windows 11 Patch Tuesday preview is a glitchy disaster
Updated Blue is the color of some screens after optional KB5043145 update
OSes30 Sep 2024 | 63
Recall the Recall recall? Microsoft thinks it can make that Windows feature palatable
AI screengrab service to be opt-in, features encryption, biometrics, enclaves, more
OSes27 Sep 2024 | 119
CrowdStrike's Blue Screen blunder: Could eBPF have saved the day?
Interview Grafana Labs CTO looks at the options
Software26 Sep 2024 | 11
AI to power the corporate Windows 11 refresh? Nobody's buying that
Opinion Microsoft should look to Apple for lessons in flogging dead horses
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 68
Huawei to dump Windows for PCs in favor of its own HarmonyOS
Asia In Brief Plus: Indian gov's fact-checking unit ruled unlawful; Fukushima datacenter boom; GoTo partners with Tencent, too
OSes23 Sep 2024 | 23
Microsoft on a roll for terrible rebranding with Windows App
If you hadn't guessed, that's the artist formerly known as Remote Desktop
Applications20 Sep 2024 | 80
The end is in sight for Windows 10, but Microsoft keeps pushing out fixes
Persistent SSO prompts after DMA update addressed in release preview
OSes17 Sep 2024 | 34
Post-CrowdStrike catastrophe, Microsoft figures moving antivirus out of Windows kernel mode is a good idea
Existing low-level access for security solutions will undergo a rework
OSes13 Sep 2024 | 39
About that Windows Installer 'make me admin' security hole. Here's how it's exploited
What kind of OS can be hijacked by clicking a link at just the right time? Microsoft's
Patches12 Sep 2024 | 23
Windows 11 users still living in the past face forced update, like it or not
22H2 and 21H2 holdouts about to be dragged to 23H2
OSes11 Sep 2024 | 37
Windows 11 continues slog up the Windows 10 mountain
Almost three years on and many customers have yet to make the move
OSes02 Sep 2024 | 103
Microsoft decides it's a good time for bad UI to die
Opinion Set the Control Panel for the heart of the Sun
OSes02 Sep 2024 | 198
Ex-Windows boss who tried to save the Start Menu now Shopify tech wizard
Time to make e-commerce great again instead?
Personal Tech29 Aug 2024 | 7
The Windows Control Panel joins the ranks of the undead
As users wail, Microsoft tweaks its text to drop the word 'deprecated'
OSes27 Aug 2024 | 45
Microsoft rolls out one Teams app to rule them all
That annoying requirement to switch between home and work accounts has finally gone
Applications21 Aug 2024 | 37
Microsoft closes Windows 11 upgrade loophole in latest Insider build
Pretending you're a server won't stop the hardware police
Personal Tech19 Aug 2024 | 57
Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI seriously
Don't use LLMs for anything important and don't try to reverse engineer it
Software14 Aug 2024 | 25
Your victim's Windows PC fully patched? Just force undo its updates and exploit away
Black Hat This guy showed the world how – with the right level of access
Black Hat and DEF CON08 Aug 2024 | 8
Bad apps bypass Windows security alerts for six years using newly unveiled trick
Windows SmartScreen and Smart App Control both have weaknesses of which to be wary
Research06 Aug 2024 | 16
Microsoft's results are in, but the E7 subscription remains mythical. For now
Comment Does the Windows giant's love of 365 add-ons spell doom for a super premium tier?
PaaS + IaaS02 Aug 2024 | 13
Microsoft whiz dishes the dirt on the Blue Screen Of Death's colorful past
CrowdStrike reminded the public that BSODs still exist. Their origins go back decades
OSes02 Aug 2024 | 38
Microsoft finds a new way to irritate Windows 11 users – a backup pop-up
Ads in the Start Menu not annoying enough for you? Hold my beer
OSes29 Jul 2024 | 84
The port of the Windows 95 Start Menu was not all it seemed
Fnding your code on the cutting room floor decades after the event
OSes29 Jul 2024 | 25
Post-CrowdStrike, Microsoft to discourage use of kernel drivers by security tools
Updated Now there's an idea – parsing config data in user mode
OSes29 Jul 2024 | 49
CrowdStrike meets Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will
Opinion And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet again
Patches26 Jul 2024 | 98
Windows Patch Tuesday update might send a user to the BitLocker recovery screen
Not now, Microsoft
Patches24 Jul 2024 | 44
How did a CrowdStrike file crash millions of Windows computers? We take a closer look at the code
Analysis Maybe next time some staged rollouts? A bit of QA too?
CSO23 Jul 2024 | 119
Administrators have update lessons to learn from the CrowdStrike outage
How could this happen to us? We were supposed to be two versions behind?
Security23 Jul 2024 | 34
CrowdStrike CEO summoned to explain epic fail to US Homeland Security committee
Boss faces grilling before Congress over disastrous software snafu
Software23 Jul 2024 | 50
EU gave CrowdStrike the keys to the Windows kernel, claims Microsoft
Was a 2009 agreement on interoperability to blame?
Security22 Jul 2024 | 220
CrowdStrike Windows patchpocalypse could take weeks to fix, IT admins fear
Kettle Our vultures gather to review this very freaky Friday
CSO19 Jul 2024 | 75
Life, interrupted: How CrowdStrike's patch failure is messing up the world
Oh, was it supposed to be Y2K24?
Software19 Jul 2024 | 116
Angry admins share the CrowdStrike outage experience
CrowdStrike? More like ClownStrike! Amirite?
Software19 Jul 2024 | 266
Azure VMs ruined by CrowdStrike patchpocalypse? Microsoft has recovery tips
Updated Have you tried turning it off and on again, like, a bunch?
PaaS + IaaS19 Jul 2024 | 65
Porting the Windows 95 Start Menu to NT
Updated Running with coordinate transformations and the pitfalls of asynchronous code
Offbeat17 Jul 2024 | 36
Windows NT on a whole new platform: PowerMac
Got a G3 iMac? Want to run NT? Now you can!
Personal Tech17 Jul 2024 | 46
Microsoft to intro checkpoint cumulative updates for Win 11
The mission? To spend less time in patch purgatory
OSes16 Jul 2024 | 12
PowerToys bring fun tweaks to Windows 10 and 11
Friday FOSS Fest Mac migrants (if any exist) will find Powertoys Run strangely familiar
OSes12 Jul 2024 | 39
Windows Notepad gets spell check. Only took 41 years
Purists needn't worry – you can turn it off
Applications08 Jul 2024 | 34
Copilot+ PCs software compatibility issues left to you to sort out, with help from crowdsourcers
Samsung warned users, but the PC industry’s big players hardly mention the possibility of problems
Personal Tech08 Jul 2024 | 31
Windows: Insecure by design
Opinion Get your hands off my computer, Microsoft!
OSes28 Jun 2024 | 214
How many Microsoft missteps were forks that were just a bit of fun?
Raymond Chen on cutting loose with a copy of the code
Offbeat27 Jun 2024 | 22
The origin of 3D Pipes, Windows' best screensaver
Archaeologic Raymond Chen talks teapots, and a fully engaged marketing team
Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 54
Microsoft sends Copilot Pro's GPT Builder to the digital dumpster
Updated Farewell, we hardly scripted thee
AI + ML11 Jun 2024 | 7
Disenchanted Windows user? Pop open a fresh can of Linux Lite
Version 7.0 has landed – the Ubuntu Noble based one
OSes10 Jun 2024 | 78
Microsoft shows venerable and vulnerable NTLM security protocol the door
Time to get moving if you still rely on this deprecated feature
Security06 Jun 2024 | 18
Microsoft Research chief scientist has no issue with Windows Recall
As tool emerges to probe OS feature's SQLite-based store of user activities
OSes06 Jun 2024 | 114
Arm CEO aims to conquer half the Windows world in 5 years
Computex That's probably wishful thinking, say chip analysts
Personal Tech03 Jun 2024 | 17
Windows Subsystem for Linux gets enterprise friendly and plans a settings interface
Scared of editing a config file? There'll soon be a GUI for that
OSes31 May 2024 | 26
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