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Windows XP's legendary compatibility was partly Microsoft lying to old apps

Windows XP had a hidden database of broken apps, and Microsoft used it to...

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Raymond Chen explains how Windows XP stored app fixes in AppPatch, why Microsoft faked Windows version numbers and even recreated the Windows 95 heap for old programs, and why one incompatible in-house app could stop an entire company from upgrading.
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Windows Media Player’s customizable skins are finally going away on Windows 11

Microsoft is killing a decades-old Windows Media Player feature in November, and points users...

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Skins arrived with Windows Media Player 7 in 2000, when Microsoft even shipped a tool to import Winamp skins. Meanwhile, the modern Media Player uses about 377MB of RAM while idle, against 103.4MB for Legacy, and still wants $0.99 before it plays HEVC videos.
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Microsoft Surface Duo and Apple iPhone Duo side by side, six years apart

“Screamed into their pillows”: Nadella’s former advisor on the iPhone Duo, which should have...

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Surface Duo veterans say they saw the iPhone Duo coming. Former Microsoft researcher Hadjar Homaei reveals unpublished dual-screen attention studies, Jeff Fritz blames Microsoft impatience, and Nadella's ex-advisor says the market, not Satya, decided Duo's fate.
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WSL Containers is now generally available on Windows, and Microsoft is already working on Compose

Microsoft’s then-CEO called Linux a cancer, and now Windows 11 ships Linux containers with...

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Microsoft's wslc runs Linux containers through per-user sessions, virtiofs and a new Consommé networking model. Craig Loewen confirmed wslc compose is coming, --privileged is next, and WSL Containers is supported in production on Windows Server.
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Windows 11 Get Started app can now install TikTok, Netflix and Spotify during the new Assisted Setup flow after OOBE

Windows 11 setup now offers to install TikTok and Netflix on your new PC

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Assisted Setup opens Get Started after OOBE to install apps, pin regional websites like BBC and eBay UK to the taskbar, and nudge you toward Windows Update. We tested it on a UK PC, along with the new Tips widget that brings Microsoft's retired Tips app back as a lock screen and Widgets board card.
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5 ways to install the new Windows 11 2026 update

How to download and install Windows 11 26H2, now available for everyone

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Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a quick enablement package, and our test PC landed on Build 26300.9550. Here is when to use the Installation Assistant, how to upgrade from an ISO without losing files, and what Rufus can and cannot bypass.
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Windows 11 26H2 ISO download options is live on Microsoft's official page

Download Windows 11 26H2 ISO (offline installer) directly from Microsoft

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Windows 11 26H2 reaches 24H2 and 25H2 PCs as a 174KB enablement package, but the ISO is a full installer. We explain the Media Creation Tool, clean installs, SHA-256 checks, and why the movable taskbar and resizable Start menu are not 26H2 exclusives.
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Windows 11 26H2 issues

Microsoft explains if Windows 11 26H2 has issues, and whether you should skip the...

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If you have issues with Windows 11 25H2 or 24H2, you're also going to have those issues with Windows 11 26H2.
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Windows 11 26H2 released

Windows 11 26H2 is now rolling to everyone, how to get it right now,...

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Windows 11 26H2, "Windows 11 2026 Update," is now rolling out, and you can download it by going to Settings > Windows Update.
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Windows 11 26H2 ESDs live

Windows 11 26H2’s rollout is hours (or days) away, as the installation files are...

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Windows 11 26H2 looks like it could be hours away, with the public rollout possibly beginning today. If there's a delay, October 6 is another possible date, as Windows feature updates usually release on...
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Windows 11 keeps USB storage drives as hidden non-present devices after they are unplugged

Microsoft explains why Windows remembers your USB drives even after you unplug them

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A viral post says Windows keeps a permanent record of every USB device. Microsoft's docs call them non-present devices, which can be removed. USBSTOR only covers storage drives, can't prove files were copied, and a Remove everything reset with Clean data is what you need before giving a PC away.
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Windows 11 stores image previews in thumbcache database files inside the Explorer folder of your user profile

Five things Windows 11 quietly keeps about you, and which ones actually matter

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A viral X post says Windows keeps a thumbnail of every photo you delete. Microsoft docs and Raymond Chen show thumbnails are cached only when generated, our test found no new entries, and Disk Cleanup plus a Group Policy setting let you wipe or stop the cache.
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Windows 11 26H2 release confirmed

Windows 11 26H2 releases any day now, and here’s who gets it and when

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Windows 11 26H2's public rollout could begin any day, and I wouldn't be surprised if it rolls out during the week of September 28 or the following week (early October). But it's not an...
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Discord's new Game Mode cuts CPU and GPU use, but its Electron RAM problem stays

Electron is one of Windows 11’s biggest RAM offenders, and Discord’s Game Mode doesn’t...

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Discord's Electron 42 upgrade cut median CPU usage by 17% but raised memory use by 4%. With WhatsApp and Teams also running on web runtimes and 8GB Windows 11 PCs returning, WinUI 3 is the native path Microsoft now wants developers like Discord to take. A toggle only dials things down.
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Microsoft employee defends Copilot adoption against the Silicon Valley tech bubble.

“Does anyone use Copilot?”: Microsoft employee says “most people love it,” blames the San...

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After a viral comment asked if anyone actually uses Copilot, a Microsoft employee pushed back, arguing the "nobody uses it" sentiment comes from living in a tech bubble. With 30 million paid seats on the line, here is why enterprise compliance and the new Copilot super app tell a different story.
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