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I turned Windows into a keyboard-first operating system with these 3 free tools
Ditching the mouse never felt so good.
PowerToys 0.101 adds one of its most useful Windows tools yet
Several useful upgrades after months of bug fixes and polishes.
These 5 free open-source apps fix everything Windows 11 got wrong
The open-source community is making up for Microsoft's shortcomings.
Windows 11's built-in weather app is silently eating over 1GB of your RAM
Who knew that a weather forecast could be so memory-hungry?
I recreated my Linux KDE workflow on Windows with these 4 free utilities
I miss KDE every time I boot into Windows.
I've spent 10 years fixing Windows PCs: These are the most common problems I run into
Your Windows PC is probably slow because of the things I see constantly.
Windows is lying to you: Why your '2TB' drive only shows 1.8TB
You didn't get scammed: The difference between a Terabyte and a 'Tebibyte'
These 4 commands I run in PowerShell solve the Windows network problems I run into most
These four PowerShell commands help me quickly find connection problems, troubleshoot DNS, and fix common Windows networking issues.
Windows 11's hidden "End task" shortcut is the one feature every power user should enable
Skip Task Manager when an app freezes: Windows 11 can terminate it directly from the task bar.
This default Windows setting is making your SSD slower than it should be
If you feel like your computer has grown a little more sluggish lately, this nifty setting might be the answer to your problem.
Windows is automatically kicking your high-refresh monitor back to 60Hz without telling you
One moment your monitor is working at its native refresh rate, the next Windows is reverting it to 60Hz.
The 32-year-old Windows placeholder that Microsoft says is now a permanent feature
A “stopgap” solution that has outlived many other Windows features.
I made my Windows desktop boring on purpose, and I wish I'd done it sooner
A plain wallpaper keeps me focused, makes icons easier to see, and ensures my screenshots and screen-shares are clean.
Windows is losing an entire generation of PC users to Linux, Apple, and Google
Microsoft is to blame as much as Linux, Apple, and Google.
6 guaranteed ways to make Windows faster without upgrading hardware or overclocking
These changes can go a long way in making your Windows PC feel snapier.
I turned every key on my keyboard into a Copilot button and survived a full workday
Microsoft wanted a Copilot key, so I gave it 100 of them.
Microsoft promised to bring Windows to your iPad—here's why it's still not a reality five years later
What looked like Windows on an iPad in marketing turned out to be cloud streaming and enterprise tooling in practice.
I cut my Windows boot time in half without buying a faster SSD
Windows boots slower than it needs to, but not because of your drive.
