Microsoft

ISSUE 22.26.1 • 2025-07-03 By Susan Bradley There are times when Microsoft drives us crazy, and then there are times when we don’t give Redmond enough credit. This is a time when we probably don’t praise the company enough for doing the right thing. I say this because I recently... Read more

For many years in the Windows ecosystem, the “N” version was a unique SKU that shipped “not” with media player. It was built after the EU fined Microsoft for monopoly practices regarding multimedia features. The N version was designed to let you choose and install whatever third party media player... Read more

WINDOWS By Mary Branscombe You shouldn’t be working routinely with system files. But if it’s ever necessary, here’s how to do so safely. Windows has a lot of critical and hidden files. Generally speaking, it’s a bad idea to mess with them. System files are, as the name suggests, a... Read more