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1. "Minimize downtime and simplify troubleshooting": Microsoft's powerful new recovery tool is quietly fixing System Restore. Here's how it actually works.

   By Karlston, May 6
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   • 252 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 6

2. "Open source Windows" ReactOS is now 30 years old

   By Karlston, January 23   

   • reactos
   • happy birthday
   • 1 comment
   • 403 views
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   • Comment by Tzcon
   • January 23

3. "Open Source Windows" ReactOS just got better GUI install setup, no GPT yet

   By Karlston, February 4, 2024   

   • reactos
   • 3 comments
   • 2,022 views
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   • Comment by Akaneharuka
   • February 5, 2024

4. "Quite unlike anything we’ve seen before:" Microsoft launches wild new Copilot experience that blurs AI and human interaction, designed to be your friend rather than a tool

   By Karlston, October 1, 2024
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   • 1,672 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 1, 2024

5. "Show desktop” button is on by default with the Windows 11 Beta Channel build 22635.3566

   By Karlston, April 26, 2024   

   • windows 11
   • beta channel
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   • 1,549 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 26, 2024

6. "Sorry, Bill": Android co-founder says Bill Gates is responsible for "the greatest mistake of all time," costing Microsoft $400 billion

   By Karlston, January 16, 2025   

   • bill gates
   • android
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   • 1,434 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 16, 2025

7. "The Lotus guys probably figured it didn't matter to be wrong": Excel thinks 1900 was a leap year because of a small shortcut taken in the '80s — I'll think of this next time I want to cut corners

   By Karlston, April 15
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   • 165 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 15

8. "The only sane Windows left": Microsoft faces backlash after ending Windows 10 support — "Now we're all getting Windows 11'd to death"

   By Karlston, October 15, 2025   

   • windows 10
   • end of support
   • 0 comments
   • 428 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 15, 2025

9. "There is a delusion on our marketing side where literally everything has been renamed to have Copilot": Microsoft didn’t rebrand Office as Microsoft 365 Copilot — but its branding strategy remains just as confusing

   By Karlston, January 8
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   • 319 views
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   • January 8

10. "This is exactly the kind of thing driving me away from Windows": even Edge users don't want this new feature

    By Karlston, April 9
    • 1 comment
    • 274 views
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    • Comment by spudboy
    • April 10

11. "Updated UI" for Microsoft Teams, Outlook Copilot Chat may leave users wanting more

    By Karlston, August 2, 2025
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    • 472 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 2, 2025

12. "We automated 150 tasks with AI agents, just copy us": Microsoft's Windows Agent Arena brings AI assistants keyboard-deep to Windows PCs but there are critical security and performance concerns

    By Karlston, October 28, 2024   

    • microsoft windows
    • ai
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    • 1,380 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 28, 2024

13. "What happened to my Start menu?" — why Windows 11 users are waking up to a desktop they don't recognize

    By Karlston, January 14   

    • windows 11
    • start menu
    • 0 comments
    • 417 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 14

14. "Windows 11.2" concept shows what the official Windows 11 could have been

    By Karlston, September 22, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • 0 comments
    • 1,809 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 22, 2023

15. "Windows doesn’t really suck" — ex‑Microsoft engineer calls for a ‘Pro Mode’ to cut the clutter

    By Karlston, November 10, 2025   

    • windows
    • 0 comments
    • 505 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 10, 2025

16. "Windows Gaming Edition" or something else? Microsoft has been laying the foundation for a gaming-focused OS for years — here's what it could look like.

    By Karlston, February 10
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    • 299 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 10

17. “I finally found something that just works”: I explain the open‑source screenshot tool that beat Snipping Tool and ShareX for me — and why it might become your new default

    By Karlston, April 8   

    • yoink
    • 2 comments
    • 417 views
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    • Comment by coopers
    • April 8

18. “I stopped digging through folders”: How OmniSearch changed the way I find files on Windows 11

    By Karlston, April 12
    • 1 comment
    • 344 views
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    • Comment by UberGeek
    • April 14

19. “Microsoft didn’t mention these 4 hidden Windows 11 features” and they might matter more than the ones they did talk about

    By Karlston, April 27   

    • windows 11
    • 0 comments
    • 313 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 27

20. “Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall

    By Karlston, May 22, 2025   

    • windows recall
    • signal
    • 0 comments
    • 1,240 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 22, 2025

21. “Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says

    By Karlston, April 10   

    • broadcom
    • vmware
    • 0 comments
    • 842 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 10

22. “Too much and too soon”—Steven Sinofsky looks back at Windows 8, 10 years later

    By Karlston, October 26, 2022   

    • windows 8
    • 0 comments
    • 2,198 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 26, 2022

23. “TotalRecall Reloaded” tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11’s Recall database

    By Karlston, April 15
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    • 555 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15

24. “When we get it right, we celebrate together. When we don’t, you push us to improve.”: Microsoft leans on Windows Insiders as it tries to reset Windows 11’s reputation

    By Karlston, May 5   

    • windows 11
    • 0 comments
    • 398 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 5

25. “Windows 11 26H1” is a special version of Windows exclusively for new Arm PCs

    By Karlston, February 12   

    • windows 11 26h1
    • 1 comment
    • 366 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • February 12