Tag: Windows 11
Podcast #746 – NVIDIA and AMD to Make Arm CPUs, Alan Wake 2 Ends the 1080 Ti Era, Bad PC Ports, Loupedeck review + MORE!
It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and…
Read MorePodcast #745 – Intel 14th Gen Launch, New FalconNW Talon, AMD Anti-Lag+ Pulled, Drop+xDuoo TA-84 Tube Amp + MoRe!
Our words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. Also, burgers. In this episode, we discuss the VERY…
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So Much For Activating Windows 11 With Windows 7 Or Windows 8 Keys?
Microsoft have announced that you will no longer be able to activate Windows 10 or Windows 11 with old Windows 7 and Windows 8 product keys. Unfortunately they weren't very...
Read MorePodcast #737 – NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 & Monster Earnings, Case-Top GPUs, DUHD and OLED Monitors, Ryzen 9 7945HX & MORE
Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? And that's just the FIRST HALF HOUR. You won't want to miss a single…
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The Status Of Windows 11 22H2 OOBE, Overly Obnoxious Bloated Experience
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…
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Windows 11 Is Learning About High Refresh Rates, Finally
Windows 11 does offer better support for multiple monitors than it's predecessors but it still has a lot to learn about high refresh rate monitors. If you have a setup with multiple…
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Microsoft Finally Fixed SMB Copying Speeds On Windows 11
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…
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Microsoft’s War Against Third Party UI Customization For Windows 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,…
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Windows 11 Slowing You Down? There’s A Patch For That
With the arrival of 22H2, bearing the same name for both Windows 11 and Windows 10, those on the newer operating system have been reporting some problems. The gamers out there will…
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A Year And A Bit Of Windows 11
It has been just over a year since Windows 11 was released to the public and currently 15.44% of machines are running it. The good news for Redmond is that they've gained…
Read MorePodcast #694 – Last Minute 4090 Rumors, AMD Reconsiders New CPU Names, GPU Prices 50% off!, Windows 11 Fails, Corsair Thin Mechanical KB + MORE
It's our last podcast before a new stuff is announced. And we're taking next week off, so you'll have to wait a few extra days for our take on GTC announcements (and…
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Windows 11, If At First You Don’t Succeed, Fail, Fail Again
Welcome to Windows 11, unless you just set up new Microsoft logins to either license a new machine or to add users to an existing one. It seems that KB5016691 comes with…
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Windows 11 Bootable Disks And The Revenge Of Rufus
As far back as 2014, we have recommended Rufus as one of the best bootable disk creators available; that's the first mention I can find but we have been using...
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Windows 11, Now With Wi-Fi Hotspots And ARM Support … Again
Windows 11 has had some rather serious problems with updates, much more publicly visible than other recent Microsoft operating systems. A recent patch, KB5014697, offered several challenges to anyone running the OS,…
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Windows 11 Updates To Android 12.1
Microsoft have changed a bit over the years, as it would have been unimaginable that they would be incorporating technology from their competitors without buying the company outright and absorbing them into…
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Tempting Us By Bringing The Good Features Back To Sound Recorder To Windows 11
Microsoft continues to search for innovative ways to convince people to beta test their new OS for free, the newest temptation is the restoration of old features to Sound Recorder...
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A New Look For Windows 11
Ars Technica braced themselves for a new Windows 11 update, Build 22572, to see what has changed in Microsoft's new OS. The biggest change is the inclusion of tabs in Explorer, perhaps…
Read MorePodcast #662 – Two’s Day, End of GPU MSRPs, AMD Xilinx Deal, Sony Bungie Deal, EVGA XR1 Review + MORE!
It was a Wednesday like no other: a twos-day. 2/2/22. Now, we could have done an even MORE twos-day show on 2/22/22, but we didn't think that far ahead. Also, that hasn't…
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