Windows 10

New Windows 10 Insider Preview Build Separates Cortana from Search

Microsoft is taking steps to extricate its digital personal assistant from Windows 10’s core search…

Thinking About the Future of UWP, Windows Store, and Windows 10 S (Premium)
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Microsoft 365 for Consumers Could Fix Our Windows 10 Woes (Premium)

Free Windows 10 upgrades and longer PC refresh cycles have forced Microsoft to find other…

Windows 7 Enters Its Final Year of Support

Extended support for Windows 7 ends one year from today, on January 14, 2020. A…

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Will Windows 7’s Exit Trigger a Windows 10 Upgrade Wave? (Premium)

Will Windows 7’s retirement result in a new wave of Windows 10 PC upgrades? Perhaps.…

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Looking Back on My Original “Slippery Slope” Article (Premium)

I’ve been pushing back against Microsoft’s escalation of advertising in Windows since the beginning.

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PC Sales Have Now Fallen for Seven Years (Premium)

The PC market has now experienced seven years of decline, with PC sales hitting 259…

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There are Ads … And Then There are Ads (Premium)

When Microsoft first started putting advertisements in Windows back in 2012, I accurately called it…

Windows 10 19H1 Build 18312 Brings Reserved Storage, More

Windows 10's latest Insider build brings Reserved Storage.

Windows 10 Will Soon Reserve Storage for Seamless Updates

Windows 10's next major upgrade will ensure seamless updates.

Windows 10 October 2018 Update Gets New Cumulative Updates

Windows 10 gets a number of cumulative updates for Patch Tuesday.

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Why Windows 10 on ARM Matters (Premium)

Anyone who cares at all about Windows or Microsoft should be rooting for Windows 10…

Windows 10 Setup is Still Too Incomplete

Windows 10's setup experience is a long, annoying experience. Silencing Cortana doesn't solve the problem.

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Signs of Sanity (Premium)

Recent builds of Windows 10 19H1 partially answer two of my biggest complaints about this…

Windows 10’s New Build Pushes Password-less Accounts, Mutes Cortana on OOBE

Windows 10's simplified password-less login experience is now available for all editions of the OS…

Python Lands on the Windows 10 App Store

You can now install the latest version of Python 3.7 from the Microsoft Store.

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Windows 8: Still Crazy After All These Years (Premium)

Yes, Windows 10 usage finally surpassed that of Windows 7. But this belated milestone is…

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