A Microsoft Installer bug is crashing apps
Egad, just what we needed! The wizards over at Redmond have confirmed the existence of another bug that is causing issues on Windows. And this one has got to …
Category: Windows
November 2021 Patch Tuesday updates are now live
Another breezy Tuesday, another set of Patch Tuesday updates for the Windows family of operating systems! This one lands as the second such update cycle for the newly released …
Windows XP turns 20
In operating system terms, a decade is a whole age in of itself, two decades an eternity. Windows XP, one of the most popular operating system that Microsoft put …
Windows updates now expire
Tick tock! The next evolution of the Windows as a Service model is here. And this one is really out left field, with Microsoft changing how both Windows 11 …
Windows Thin PC support ending next month
Now, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. A long time! Few remember it, but there was a version of Windows known as Windows Thin PC. …
Microsoft formally introduces Windows Server 2022
Hello there! Windows Server 2022 is the latest iteration of Microsoft’s server OS. And it has been generally available for about a week now when Redmond quietly released this …
The Print Nightmare keeps getting worse for Microsoft
Who would have thought that with all the scare in 2021, one of the scarier things would be what is dubbed the Print Nightmare? Or rather, PrintNightmare, as this …
Haptic trackpads are coming to Windows next year
The future will be here soon. In 2022, to be exact. That’s because two companies are teaming up to bring haptic-based piezo trackpads to Windows PCs. Kind of a …
August Patch Tuesday updates are live
Second Tuesday of the month can only mean one thing. Patch Tuesday! Things are late into the month this time, but a whole bunch of fixes and updates are …
Layered group policies are now a thing on Windows
Time to apply! Microsoft has introduced the ability for IT admins to apply layered group policies on corporate devices, with the feature coming to both modern versions of the …
Installing Windows Subsystem for Linux just got easier
Wonder why no one thought of this before! The Windows Subsystem for Linux, now in its second iteration as WSL2, has evolved a lot over the years. It is …
Windows 11 debuts on AdDuplex
After a gap of a couple of months, AdDuplex has released its usage report that tallies the Windows ecosystem. And there is not much new here, apart from Windows …
Edge improves PWA notifications with the name of web apps
Promise becomes reality! Microsoft has quietly started testing the new notifications experience for Edge for Progressive Web Apps. This feature was among several in the roadmap that the company …
These are the new 3D emojis coming to Windows
The future is now! Microsoft has been busy. Busy working on a revamp of the emojis in Windows and various other services. And the result are these new 3D …
These are the features coming soon to Microsoft Edge
One of the best web browsers on Windows is getting better. Redmond has just published a roadmap of the new features that are set to soon debut on Microsoft, …
