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Microsoft keeps reinstalling Copilot, but this Group Policy removes it for good
1w agoMicrosoft once spent $150 million to keep Apple alive, and it wasn't out of kindness
1w agoMicrosoft extends Windows 10's extra security updates program to October 2027 for free
1w agoMicrosoft just fixed one of Windows 11's most frustrating little quirks
1w agoSysMon logs everything Task Manager misses, and it's now built into Windows 11 for free
…You can open Event Viewer and use the side panel to navigate to Applications and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Sysmon > Operational , which will load everything that has happened since Sysmon started running…
Microsoft's new Intelligent Terminal isn't locked to Copilot, and I got it running with a local LLM in five minutes
…Tools." Microsoft has since acknowledged the shift in its own May 2026 quality update, describing it as "a broader shift to make AI in Windows more intentional." Intelligent Terminal applies that lesson…
Your Windows PC has a security deadline this month, and most people don't know
…Don't get too concerned, though; not only is it easy to do, but you can always apply the fix after the deadline and still have a secure system. Windows' Secure Boot…
Windows 11 quietly added a built-in network speed test, and it's actually good
…Sign in to your XDA account Every now and then, Microsoft decides to add something genuinely useful to Windows, and most of the time, those features fly under the radar. I remember…
Windows 11's sudo command is more useful than PowerShell's Run as Administrator ever was
…After Microsoft integrated sudo with Windows 11, it has become my favorite way of granting elevated permissions to any application, command, or process. Let’s look at the aspects that make it…
I gave Claude Code and Google Antigravity a full project, and they finished twice as fast as VS Code alone
…Microsoft develops Code OSS under the MIT license, but Visual Studio Code ships as a Microsoft product with Microsoft-specific customizations under a traditional Microsoft product license. It also explains why tools…
My favorite alternative to NotebookLM isn't Claude Projects; it's something way cooler and productive
…While everyone else was arguing over Google versus Anthropic, I have quietly moved my entire research and writing workflow over to Microsoft’s sleeper hit. The Microsoft ecosystem is its biggest advantage…
I run Hyper-V instead of VirtualBox on Windows 11, and it's faster and free
…And since then, Microsoft’s flagship hypervisor has served me well. Related Proxmox vs. Hyper-V: Clash of the best virtualization platforms Can Microsoft's Hyper-V beat the community-favorite Proxmox…
Rainmeter turned my boring Windows desktop into something I actually enjoy looking at every day
…Abhishek holds a master's degree in computer applications and began his writing career in 2018. He loves writing how-to articles, listicles, and informational posts on popular operating systems and web…