A freshly installed system starts up quickly and responds swiftly. A few updates and new software installations later, however, Windows seems to become slower and slower. There are several ways to ...

Fast Startup helps Windows boot instantly, but can cause update errors and system conflicts. Here are 4 ways to safely disable it. Fast Startup is a built-in feature in Windows 11 and Windows 10 that ...

At times, basic things like sound output break after a seemingly minor update on Windows 11. Affected users report that sound has stopped working on Windows 11, no matter if they select the built-in ...

Every so often, Microsoft design director Diego Baca boots up an old computer so he can play around with Windows 95 again. Baca has made a hobby of assembling old PCs with new-in-box vintage parts, ...

Microsoft's latest Windows 11 preview build replaced the Windows 11 boot sound with Windows Vista. The company acknowledged the issue, stating it was a "delightful blast from the past." The change was ...

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If you’ve heard sounds from 20 years ago coming out of your PC when it starts up, it’s not haunted. Well, probably not. (I’m not in front of your computer and I’m not Egon Spengler, so I can’t say for ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5651 introduces AI-powered Copilot+ in Settings for Snapdragon PCs, enhancing user support. It also revives a larger taskbar clock with seconds and ...

The latest Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds just got a surprising hit of nostalgia. Alongside the usual tweaks and under-the-hood changes, users noticed something very unexpected—Windows is booting with ...

A Windows bug-finding enthusiast has highlighted that the latest Insider Build in the Windows 11 Beta and Dev channels plays the Windows Vista startup sound as it boots to the desktop. However, Xeno's ...