Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

Do you have a favorite Windows? It’s not something most folks think about unless you’ve experienced the rollercoaster Microsoft has put many PC fans through over the years. There’s a lot of nostalgia ...

When my grandpa got a Pentium 4 desktop with Windows XP, the curious 7-year-old me asked what the unknown (Windows) sticker meant. He replied, “It’s a Windows logo”. My uncle then asked, “Why is it ...

For many, MIDI means SoundBlaster cards, chiptunes, and WAD files played to the sound of a killer synth score. But Microsoft Windows has begun previewing MIDI 2.0, the first update to the MIDI ...

This repository provides unofficial binary wheels for some geospatial libraries for Python on Windows. The files are unofficial (meaning: informal, unrecognized, personal, unsupported, no warranty, no ...

For years now, owners of Ford EcoSports and Focuses with the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine have complained of motors failing on their own due to oil systems that clog themselves. After an investigation, ...

Microsoft reminded users that insecure Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 protocols will be disabled soon in future Windows releases. The TLS secure communication protocol is crafted to ...