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This one Windows 11 update made my PC faster and consume less RAM, and I didn't change a single setting
There's no reason not to upgrade to 26H2
I finally set up ExplorerPatcher on Windows, and I should have sooner
Windows 11 is much better this way
I unlocked Windows 11's hidden performance power plan, but I wouldn't enable it on every PC
Not a lot in the way of upside, but still significant
Windows 11 hides a Windows 7 folder that beats the Settings app, and I use it every day
It's got every setting that matters in one place
VS Code extensions were making my PC slow, so I purged them and only kept three
Extension bloat was the problem, not an aging laptop.
I was ready to pay for a remote desktop app, but Windows 11 already ships one for free
You won't see Microsoft advertise this one, though
Windows has been slowing down every USB drive you plug in for 8 years, and one setting fixes it
I was blaming my USB 2.0 stick before I discovered this toggle
Windows has a compression mode built in that Microsoft never mentions, and it gave me 38 GB back on my C: drive
And I didn't have to delete a single file
I stopped clearing Windows caches after discovering it was silently costing me performance
A few megabytes of storage you'll never notice, or long loading times that you will?
This free Microsoft tool exposes all the startup apps that Task Manager hides from you
Autoruns shows you everything that runs when you boot your PC
Windows 11's best 2026 features aren't new — I've been using them for years
Better late than never, I guess
Windows has been quietly compressing your memory in the background for years, and here's why it matters
Some defaults are defaults for a reason
Microsoft's latest Xbox layoffs have reportedly gutted the Age of Empires studio, cancelling its next game
It likely won't be the last, unfortunately.
I stopped setting up Windows by hand, and one text file now does the whole install for me
Fresh Windows installs now take minutes instead of an hour
I replaced the Windows clipboard with Snipboard, and it fixed every problem I had with it
The clipboard we deserved all along
I built a recovery USB that can fix a Windows PC even when Windows won't boot
One flash drive to save them all
Microsoft guts Halo Studios as Activision takes over making the next Halo game
The company is only three-quarters of the way through this round of layoffs.
Was Windows Me really the worst version of Windows?
Windows Me was was a buggy MS-DOS relic that launched Microsoft into the new Milennium. But does that make it the worst version of the OS?
