‘Every Microsoft engineer got a stopwatch,’ says Windows veteran reminiscing about company’s past focus on speed — asserts that ‘everything’ was timed to ensure acceptable performance in the 1980s

A former president of Microsoft’s Windows Division has been reminiscing about the lean and efficient coding regime at Microsoft in the 1980s.
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Enthusiast installs Win 3.1X on bare metal Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti system using floppy disk drive, OS from 1992 running on 2025 hardware — Asus motherboard’s ‘classic BIOS’ functionality was instrumental to the feat

A retro computing connoisseur has bare-metal installed and booted Microsoft Windows 3.1X on a Ryzen 9 9900X and RTX 5060 Ti PC system.
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Windows 11 is about to serve haptic feedback for a whole bunch of tasks

Windows 11 is adding haptic feedback for actions like snapping and resizing windows, bringing tactile responses to compatible trackpads and input devices.

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‘I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one is working’: Artemis II astronauts have the most relatable complaint

Artemis II crew reports Outlook software bug on one of the Orion capsule’s PCDs (personal computer devices).

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Microsoft deploys yet another emergency patch for Windows 11 — but at least the fix for the broken March update arrived quickly

Couldn’t install the latest Windows 11 update? You should be good to go now as Microsoft has rushed out a fix.

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Microsoft issues emergency update for Windows 11 — fixes broken March preview update rollout from last week

The latest Windows 11 emergency update tackles widespread install errors and replaces the problematic KB5079391 rollout.
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Speechify’s Windows app uses local models for transcription and dictation

Speechify just launched a native Windows app that employs locally stored models to enable dictation and transcription across apps.

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Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install — Microsoft pulls latest update over missing files error

Another month, another broken Windows update — what’s new? Well, this update was supposed to bring “production-quality” improvements, which means it’s part of Microsoft’s efforts to fix its AI enshittification. Ironically,…

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Is this a whole new Microsoft? The fix Windows 11 campaign is already in high gear, and I’m loving that execs are seriously engaging with users

The big drive to fix Windows 11 is underway with regular, frank communication from execs — and it’s clear that the taskbar is a top priority.
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Dare we dream of Windows 11 with fewer ads and promos? Microsoft exec promises a ‘calmer and more chill OS with fewer upsells is a goal’

A Windows 11 without endless promotion for Microsoft’s services and games? It could happen, apparently.

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