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What just happened? The latest Windows 11 preview release includes the introduction of a new style of emojis. After a PR campaign that started earlier this summer, Microsoft decided to resurrect Clippy as one of the new emojis. The update introduces emojis that are supposed to be more in line with the "Fluent" design style of Windows 11. … Continue reading Clippy is back… as a Windows 11 emoji
What just happened? Microsoft earlier this year said it would be bringing Android apps to Windows 11 through a partnership with Amazon’s app store. The feature wasn’t ready in time for the operating system’s general launch on October 5, but is now available for Windows Insider to trial in a limited capacity. From today, beta channel … Continue reading Windows 11 Android app support rolls out to Windows Insiders
The big picture: Microsoft’s shiny new OS has had a mixed reception, not helped by the fact that users considering updating/trying out the OS on their relatively recent PCs were put off by a stringent list of system requirements, accompanied by vague messaging around compatibility and updates for unsupported PCs. This situation has led to some … Continue reading Enthusiast manages to run Windows 11 on a single-core Intel Pentium 4 chip from 15 years ago
Through the looking glass: Recent Windows 11 releases have plagued AMD users with several documented performance issues. A blog post from the Windows Insider Program Team indicates that a fix for L3 cache performance and other performance-related flaws is on the horizon and already distributed via the Beta and Release Preview Channels. Microsoft added insult to … Continue reading New Windows 11 build made available to Insiders fixes AMD performance issues
In brief: If you've managed to upgrade an "unsupported" PC to the final release of Windows 11 (build 22000), you may have noticed that you can still receive Windows updates even though Microsoft said you're not entitled to any. For now, that means you'll continue to get cumulative updates, but there will come a time when … Continue reading You’ll still get Windows 11 updates on an unsupported system, just don’t get used to it
Facepalm: Windows 11 hasn’t exactly been lovingly embraced by the PC-owning public quite like Microsoft hoped, and now another element of the new OS has managed to annoy users: its emoji. The problem's not due to how different they are, but because they aren’t the drastic redesign seemingly promised by the Redmond company. Microsoft has made … Continue reading Microsoft denies pulling a bait-and-switch with Windows 11’s emoji design
In brief: The issues emerging from Windows 11's recent launch have become an interesting topic for many. Adding to the growing list of problems is a new compatibility issue affecting applications using some non-ASCII characters in their registry keys. Microsoft revealed that certain apps could fail to open as a result, as well as cause other issues or … Continue reading Windows 11 cannot open apps with non-ASCII registry keys, Microsoft video shows why OS requires TPM 2.0
In brief: Windows 11 comes with some rather strict system requirements and most notably calls for the presence of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 in your PC. However, there's an easy way to go around these requirements, and it only takes a few minutes to do it yourself. Microsoft has done an abysmal job of … Continue reading Here’s how to bypass Windows 11’s TPM and CPU requirements
Why it matters: After months of Insider previews, Microsoft has launched Windows 11 to the general public. It's sleek, it's modern, and, if we were to take the company's words at face value, an absolute must-have upgrade for any Windows user (and free!). But is that really the case? Opinions are mixed, to say the least, … Continue reading Open Forum: Are you upgrading to Windows 11?
In context: Windows 11 requires TPM 2.0 on all machines, including virtual ones. This is due to Microsoft's insistence on making Windows more secure against hackers that poke and prod it for vulnerabilities, but it also comes at the cost of performance on systems where virtualization-based security is enabled. At the same time, early adopters will … Continue reading Windows 11 is now available, memory leaks and performance sacrifices included