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May 22, 2021 04:08 EDT with 0 comments StartIsBack++ restores original Windows 10 start menu with all its features: search, pinned and recently used apps, fully customizable settings. Start button and Start menu look and behave exactly as they used to in Windows 7. StartIsBack is lightweight and secure: it does not require administrator rights to install, consumes minimal amount of system resources, does not run additional processes or services. Whats hot about StartIsBack on Wind...

Microsoft Releases New Firmware Update for Surface Studio 2 May 14, 2021 19:16 GMT      Microsoft Surface Studio 2 Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 is an amazing device, there’s no doubt it. It’s crazy expensive, but it’s awesome nonetheless, coming with features that you can hardly find on another all-in-one computer. But on the other hand, the hardware capabilities of the Studio aren’t the only ones making the experience with the device truly magic, as Microsoft is also paying clo...

Intels new Core i7-11700K gets tested against AMDs Ryzen 7 3800X at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K -- how does it compare? Lets find out.

What you need to know A new report claims Windows 10X is not happening this year. Microsoft is focused on rejuvenating Windows Desktop instead. A new report from Petri today claims that Microsoft has put Windows 10X on hold indefinitely, with no plans to bring it to market this year. This comes after Microsoft publicly delayed Windows 10X, promising a launch in 2021 that would come first to single-screen PCs. Now, it looks like that plan has been totally scrapped, and 10X is now on the backburn...

Source: Zac Bowden | Windows Central Recent reports are suggesting that Windows 10X is not happening anytime soon. After being delayed in 2020 with the company promising a shift in strategy to single-screened PCs, Microsoft now appears to have put the whole thing on hold. That means the Surface Neo is OS-less, and thats not good. Weve not had an official update about Windows 10X or Surface Neo in over a year, which gives the impression that Microsoft doesnt actually know what to do with Window...

Microsoft released KB4577586 as an optional update to Windows systems back in October last year. The cryptic codename hides a simple tool that is described simply by Microsoft as an update that will "remove Adobe Flash Player from your Windows machine". Importantly it will only remove Flash installations that were bundled with Windows tools – it wont remove third party or user installs. Adobe Flash reached its end of life on 1 st January 2021 and the Flash Player itself even has a built-in ki...

Windows 10’s News and Features feed for your taskbar is rolling out now as part of the operating system’s KB5001391 system update. Like Microsoft’s News Bar app or Edge’s personalised highlights, the News and Interests feed shows the latest headlines from over 4,500 news sources and a wide range of topics. But unlike those other apps, the News and Interest widget is built into the task bar so you can check the news directly from your desktop without loading another app. To access your N...

04/25/2021 at 11:00 am.Of Sarah Petzold - Mandatory security update for Windows 10 After creating various performance issues in games, Microsoft is now

Source: Windows Central Windows 10 devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Programs Dev Channel recently picked up Windows 10 build 21364, a new preview that includes a couple of significant changes and several improvements. For example, in this release, Microsoft is shipping a new update version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux that brings support for Linux GUI apps to Windows 10. Task Manager gets a new Eco mode to limit app access to resources to improve performance, and now the tool displ...

Microsofts new DirectX 12 Agility SDK makes DX12 feature updates bypass Windows Updates, untying them -- great for PC gamers.