In context: Microsoft is introducing a new safeguard for Windows 11 users: Quick Machine Recovery (QMR), a feature designed to address one of the most frustrating scenarios in personal computing – when a PC simply refuses to start. Now available in preview builds, this new recovery mode is part of a broader push to make Windows more resilient in the …
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This week, Microsoft released the monthly security “Patch Tuesday” July updates for Windows 11 24H2, 23H2, and 22H2 under KB5062553 and KB5062552. The company also published dynamic updates alongside them. (Windows 10 dynamic updates have also been released.) Dynamic updates bring improvements to the Windows Recovery in the form of Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates, also called Safe OS updates, …
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At the start of this month Neowin noticed Microsoft had quietly begun pushing the KB5001716 update, a periodic release that is meant to install feature updates on Windows 11 and Windows 10 computers. We speculated that this was likely the final push as the end of support for the latter was coming up soon (even governments are starting to warn …
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The clock is ticking, and we’re only about a hundred days away from the date on which Microsoft will officially stop supporting Windows 10. However, if you need more time to switch to Windows 11, Microsoft is offering three options–opting for any of these will allow you to use Windows 10 for one more year. What Does End of Support …
Read More »If your laptop simply isn’t cutting it anymore, Amazon Prime Day might have arrived just in time. As has been the case for the past few years, laptop deals are abundant this Prime Day, bringing discounts to MacBooks, Windows laptops, Chromebooks and more. But we wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t know how to figure out if that laptop you’re …
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, one of the greatest RTS games ever made, just got the release date announced for its Definitive Edition Windows Central Beloved, 21-year-old Warhammer 40k RTS gets a deserved remaster, and you can upgrade for cheap PCGamesN Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Definitive Edition Release Date Confirmed Gaming Amigos ‘Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Definitive Edition’ Gets …
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Facepalm: Despite all the guardrails that ChatGPT has in place, the chatbot can still be tricked into outputting sensitive or restricted information through the use of clever prompts. One person even managed to convince the AI to reveal Windows product keys, including one used by Wells Fargo bank, by asking it to play a guessing game. As explained by 0DIN …
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Preview build 27898 also includes a features that will shrink Taskbar items if you’ve got too many pins or running apps for everything to fit at once, changes the pop-up that apps use to ask for access to things like the system webcam or microphone, and allows you to add words to the dictionary used for the speech-to-text voice access …
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