Tag: Microsoft
Opinion: Windows 11 System Requirements Actually Make Sense
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jun 30, 2021 | General Tech | 9
A Windows Bug Makes File Explorer Faster
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 8, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Windows bugs are not usually a source of amusement nor do they tend to make your day better, however this newly discovered bug does both. A Twitter user discovered that on this…
Read MoreDoes Microsoft’s Self-Signed BGAupsell.exe Qualify As Malware?
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 30, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft continues it's campaign to push Edge on users, and as is tradition they have put their foot in their mouth again. This time, they bypassed Window's notification system completely and are…
Read MoreThe Status Of Windows 11 22H2 OOBE, Overly Obnoxious Bloated Experience
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 21, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft slowly have made the bloatware that comes with OEM laptops redundant, adding more and more requirements to setting up a fresh computer over the years. In the past, a clean install…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Secure Time Seeding Is Quite The “Feature”
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 18, 2023 | General Tech | 0
A little known Windows feature is making news due to the repercussions it recently caused a phone provider, which has been intermittently making sysadmin's lives quite frustrating for years. Secure Time Seeding…
Read MoreMicrosoft Changes The Terms On It’s Bing AI Services
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 16, 2023 | General Tech | 0
If you make use of Microsoft's Bing AI Services you should be aware that the terms of use have changed, and not necessarily for the better. There are two of the terms…
Read MoreScratch Your Surface? Microsoft Now Offers Official Replacement Parts
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 14, 2023 | General Tech | 0
It's been a long time coming, but soon you will be able to repair your Microsoft Surface with official parts! While their warranty service is quite comprehensive, there comes a...
Read MoreYet Another On By Default Voyeuristic Edge Feature To Disable
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 12, 2023 | General Tech | 0
There is yet another on by default feature Microsoft Edge offers that you will likely want to disable. The Enhance images in Microsoft Edge feature is designed to upscale low resolution images,…
Read MoreToday It Is Microsoft’s Surface Pro X Cameras Dying Suddenly
by Jeremy Hellstrom | May 24, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Owners of the Microsoft Surface Pro X are finding that their cameras suddenly stop working altogether. The problem started this week, and many have been trying to determine the root cause. It…
Read MoreYour Windows 10 21H2 Install Will Be Forcibly Upgraded
by Jeremy Hellstrom | May 16, 2023 | General Tech | 2
Windows 10 21H2 hits EOL on June 13th and unless your computer is protected by a corporate network you will be upgraded. The timeline is not exactly clear but soon after that…
Read MorePodcast #722 -16GB RTX 4060 SKU, Big Hard Drives Failing Faster, DDR4 Price Drops Again, Hacking & AI + more!
by PCPer Staff | May 13, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Another podcast has occurred, and we had more to talk about than originally anticipated. Such as that MSI hack which keeps on giving and if you've got a flickering monitor - check…
Read MoreNo More Feature Updates For Windows 10!
by Jeremy Hellstrom | May 1, 2023 | General Tech | 0
It's official, Windows 10 22H2 is the final form for that operating system, there will be no more feature updates! We no longer need to live in fear of applications which once…
Read MoreMicrosoft Finally Fixed SMB Copying Speeds On Windows 11
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 13, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Windows 11, version 22H2 came with an unexpected and unwanted surprise, decreased performance when copying large files from a remote machine or server. For those that updated Windows, SMB copying speeds could…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s War Against Third Party UI Customization For Windows 11
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Mar 3, 2023 | General Tech | 11
There are many of us who despise the changes made by Microsoft in Windows 11, which now resembles a Mac more than a Windows machine. There are also the wonderful new features,…
Read MorePlay 60 Questions With AI With Microsoft Bing, ChrEdge, And Skype
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 23, 2023 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft is expanding the so called AI they added to Bing last week, regardless of how creative some of it's answers have proved to be. One of the major changes for those…
Read MoreCheck Out Microsoft And Meta’s Picks Of The Week
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 22, 2023 | General Tech | 0
It's Wednesday, so how about a bit of the weird to start your day off by way of Microsoft, Meta and The Register. The latter discovered that these companies are...
Read MoreMicrosoft Bringing Xbox PC Games to GeForce Now
by Sebastian Peak | Feb 22, 2023 | General Tech | 0
In a story from hipster lifestyle (and also tech) outlet The Verge, we now know that if it's an Xbox game that will play on PC, it's coming to NVIDIA's game streaming…
Read MoreAI Bing Goes Bong, Gets The Answers Wrong
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 15, 2023 | General Tech | 0
The release of AI Bing followed almost immediately by Google Bard have had various news outlets reporting on the amazing leap forward they represent. Those stories mostly came from non-technical press sources,…
Read MoreInternet Explorer; Good Riddance Or Fare Thee Well?
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Feb 14, 2023 | General Tech | 0
The end is nigh for Internet Explorer as today will see it forcibly evicted from the majority of systems it is currently installed on. Unless you are running a long...
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