Are your PC games crashing after the latest Windows 11 update? Microsoft is investigating whether a nasty new bug is the cause — but there are workarounds
 Are your PC games crashing after the latest Windows 11 update? Microsoft is investigating whether a nasty new bug is the cause — but there are workarounds

Microsoft is investigating reports of a nasty bug that breaks some PC games following the latest Windows 11 update.

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Windows 11 is getting a much-needed change to privacy settings — but it’s something Microsoft should have sorted a long time ago
 Windows 11 is getting a much-needed change to privacy settings — but it’s something Microsoft should have sorted a long time ago

Microsoft is finally changing app permissions to make sense for all software.

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Microsoft is massively improving Windows 11’s right-click menu — but it should have been like this from the start
 Microsoft is massively improving Windows 11’s right-click menu — but it should have been like this from the start

‘Probably has a lot to do with figuring out how to get Windows 11 working on 8GB’: Microsoft debloats right-click menu in a big way, but the cynics still aren’t happy.

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China reportedly orders state agencies to uninstall its government-only edition of Windows 10 — Beijing accelerates planned retirement over data security concerns

China’s Ministry of State Security has told some state-linked organizations to remove a customized version of Windows 10 from their machines.

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Devs blame Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files — creators allege Microsoft Defender blocking plugin cache is to blame

VLC developers say a Windows 11 issue involving Microsoft Defender can interfere with the media player’s plugin cache and cause unusually long playback delays.

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A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping
 A RAMageddon guide to back-to-school laptop shopping

If you’re a student looking for an affordable laptop, I have bad news and I have good news. The bad news is that computer prices are out of whack due to the ongoing RAM and storage crunch, making some a little pricier than they used to be and others wildly more expensive. The good news? […]

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1 in 3 Windows users have ‘fallen into a reset trap’ and can’t escape Edge — I think it’s high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices
 1 in 3 Windows users have ‘fallen into a reset trap’ and can’t escape Edge — I think it’s high time Microsoft stopped messing around with default browser choices

Users report encountering ‘challenges’ when trying to change their default browser, and being stuck with Edge when they don’t want it.

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Windows 11’s August update has arrived — here are 3 reasons to download it, including turbocharged app launching
 Windows 11’s August update has arrived — here are 3 reasons to download it, including turbocharged app launching

A speed-boosting feature that was previously for Windows 11 menus only now works with apps too.

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After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug

This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to take legal action against them.

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‘Not all heroes wear capes’: Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it’s perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft’s bloat
 ‘Not all heroes wear capes’: Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it’s perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft’s bloat

Think Windows 11’s Notepad is too bloated these days? Someone got an ancient version of Word running natively in Windows 11.

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