Tag: Microsoft
Opinion: Windows 11 System Requirements Actually Make Sense
Posted by Sebastian Peak | Jun 30, 2021 | General Tech | 9
Microsoft Makes Server 2022 Bootable And Outlook Able To Email Again
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jan 20, 2025 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft have released a patch for Server 2022 and a workaround for Outlook Classic which will let you get back to work again. Servers configured with non-uniform memory access, aka NUMA, in…
Read MoreMicrosoft Recall Filter Sensitive Information Setting Doesn’t Work Very Well
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 13, 2024 | General Tech | 0
The newest version of Microsoft Recall still has some problems respecting your privacy, as tests have shown the privacy feature that is supposed to prevent it from capturing sensitive data isn't working…
Read MoreYet Another Windows 0-Day, Click-less For Your Convenience
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Dec 6, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Happy Friday, happy new Windows 0-day exploit. Today it is researchers from 0patch who discovered a way to ruin your day. This particular flaw will work on any system running Windows 7…
Read MoreMicrosoft Recall Is Out, The Reviews Are In
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 25, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft Recall has been out long enough that some places are offering reviews, and there seems to be some problems with the app. The snapshots can often be delayed, so that you…
Read MoreMicrosoft Reveals A Windows 11 Remote Recovery Tool
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 19, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft are working on a remote recovery tool they call Quick Machine Recovery, which should prevent what happened with a bad CrowdStrike update from ever happening again. That update, since...
Read MoreUse Bing, Win $1M If You Are In US, Canada, UK, France, or Germany
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Nov 5, 2024 | General Tech | 2
Microsoft is still pushing Bing as a thing, and they've found a new way to try to boost the number of people using their AI infested search engine. They are now running…
Read MoreRunning And Updating Windows 11 Without A Wire
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 25, 2024 | General Tech | 0
This topic has been covered before but with the pending demise of Windows 10 in just under a year it is worth repeating for those who would like to move to a…
Read MoreWindows 11 24H2 Doesn’t Have Game
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Oct 2, 2024 | General Tech | 3
The release of Windows 11 24H2 has not gone perfectly, but it has been a bit smoother than with many of Microsoft's new style of major updates. The loudest complaint...
Read MoreThree Mile Island Unit 1 Is Coming Back Online To Power Microsoft’s AI Needs
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 20, 2024 | General Tech | 0
If you are old enough to get most of the jokes and references made on the PCPer Podcast, you probably also have bad memories of Three Mile Island. A partial meltdown in…
Read MoreWindows 11 23H2 Will Be Knocking On Your Door October 8th
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 10, 2024 | General Tech | 0
If you've been holding off on Windows Updates, or simply haven't rebooted in over a year then this news will impact you. The majority of vulnerability scanners have flagged Win11 22H2 as…
Read MoreUninstalling Microsoft Recall? That’s A Bug, Not A Feature
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Sep 3, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft certainly doesn't like to learn from past mistakes, as evidenced by the kerfuffle over their 'AI' powered Microsoft Recall feature which is soon rolling out to every compatible computer. ...
Read MoreIt Can Learn! Microsoft Decides It Might Be Worth Keeping Control Panel Around
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 26, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft doesn't listen to a lot of user feedback, either that or the people that they do listen to aren't the ones they should be listening to. Not many of us…
Read MoreMicrosoft Is Plotting Murder! Say Good Bye To Your Old Friend, The Control Panel
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 23, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Remember when Task Manager wasn't an Explorer process, that you could still launch when explorer.exe went belly up and launch a new explorer process to bring your desktop back? It is still…
Read MoreA Recipe For Disaster, Microsoft Unites Professional And Personal Teams Into One App
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 21, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Teams has generally carried a bad reputation with many users, as Microsoft endeavours to find a way to develop an app even worse than Skype. In business usage, it's integration with SharePoint…
Read MoreMicrosoft May Be Blocking The No TPM Windows 11 Install
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 20, 2024 | General Tech | 1
A new Canary build of Windows 11 has dropped and among the various new features and changes is one that might upset those who like to install Windows 11 on old hardware. …
Read MoreMicrosoft Offers Two Nice Things For Your Friday
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Aug 16, 2024 | General Tech | 0
We don't often get nice things anymore, which is why it is worth pointing out that Microsoft have given us not one, but two things to be happy about this Friday. The…
Read MoreGood Bye YYHX Updates, Hello Windows Checkpoint
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jul 16, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft is yet again changing how you get Windows Updates, to save bandwidth and storage space while likely making it more difficult to determine exactly what update you might have received. Windows…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Next Surprise; OneDrive Backups Automatically Enabled
by Jeremy Hellstrom | Jun 25, 2024 | General Tech | 0
Microsoft is giving their users plenty of surprises this week. Yesterday it was hiding how to use a local account instead of Microsoft account and today it is secretly enabling OneDrive on…
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