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Definitely very readable release notes.
The release notes in the update window has black text in dark background, making it very hard to read.
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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iOS 27 can't come soon enough...
Screenshot of the lock screen iOS 26 showing a couple of visual bugs, first is the clock is misaligned and the icon at the bottom right is missing.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Microsoft's Bing decided to copy Google by dropping support for older web browsers. 😢
When visiting bing.com in old web browser like Internet Explorer 6, it says We're sorry, but your current browser is no longer supported. To continue using Bing, please upgrade to a modern browser. At the end, there's a hyperlink that says Upgrade your browser which links to the Microsoft Edge download webpage.
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Defeated the Apple Tax on additional storage. 😈
SanDisk Extreme Fit USB C device plugged into 2022 MacBook Air USB C port. It takes not a lot of physical space and there’s enough room to plug in MagSafe charger and another usb c device that uses a cable.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Windows Then vs. Now
Screenshot of Windows 1.02 desktop Screenshot showing Windows 11 with the Copilot app opened.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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The internet infrastructure in a nutshell:
Unstable structure meme shows AWS (Amazon Web Services) is holding a pillar at the bottom and Cloudflare is the bottom which many websites rely on.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Anyone feeling a little bit nostalgic about Windows 11 before the AI boom happened?
Screenshot of the Windows 11 Version 21H2 desktop, notice the lack of Copilot.
November 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The Home and Pro Edition of Windows 11 Version 23H2 aka 2023 Update, the last version that can run on processors without SSE4.2 (x64) or FEAT_LSE (ARM64) has ended support.

Education and Enterprise Edition of Windows 11 Version 23H2 is still supported until November 10th, 2026.
Photo of Windows 11 Version 23H2 running IBM ThinkPad T60, it has Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7400 processor installed. There's a webpage opened in Microsoft Edge explaining about the end of life for Windows 11 Home and Pro Version 23H2 starting on November 11, 2025.
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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PSA: If you're using an AMD Graphics Card and use an old display (early 2010s) that supports the 3D display feature, don't try enabling 3D Display Mode in Windows Settings. 😓
Peter Griffin Worst Mistake of my life meme edited to say "DO NOT ENABLE 3D DISPLAY MODE", "WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE", and a AMD Bug Report Tool window is placed on top of Peter's head.
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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"We recommend you close some of the apps and processes below to free up memory"
Uh, there's no apps running... 🤪
Screenshot of the Task Manager window that says Your device is running low on memory. We recommend you close some of the apps and processes below to free up memory. There's no active running apps shown in the list.
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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This program rocks! Outstanding!
Screenshot of the MemTurbo 4.1 webpage, at the bottom, there's a review from davepl on November 21, 1999 saying This program rocks! Outstanding!
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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A reminder, the clock from Windows Vista, 7 and 8.x is still the GOAT 🐐

Still waiting for the day when Windows 11 adds in the information regarding the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change.
Clock flyout in Windows Vista, unchanged in Windows 7 and 8.x, shows information regarding the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change. Clock flyout in Windows 11, doesn't show any information regarding the upcoming Daylight Savings Time change.
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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using virtualization software, yes.
YouTube video titled Can Windows 11 run inside Windows 7?
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Shutting down Windows but something goes wrong. 🙃
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It's been 13 years since Windows 8 (not to be confused with Windows 8.1) released to the public. Arguably the last time Windows peaked in terms of optimizations compared to *cough* newer versions of Windows *cough*
Screenshot showing the full screen Start Screen in Windows 8 with bunch of preinstalled metro apps pinned as tiles.
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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"Return YouTube Dislike Premium"
i dislike it so much that it's getting removed. 🗑️
Remove extension popup to confirm removal of Return YouTube Dislike, behind it is the upsell for Return YouTube Dislike Premium.
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Crazy how Microsoft once proudly displayed a section showing off what people have said about Windows 7 from social medias on the front page of the Windows website.

Imagine if they still did it this today...
Screenshot showing the Windows website landing page back in 2009, there was a section showing off what people have said about Windows 7, gathered from social medias.
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The recently released "optional" update KB5070773 fixes the broken Windows 11 Recovery Environment, previously it was impossible to use due to USB devices not working such as the mouse and keyboard.
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Not only AWS (Amazon Web Services) went down, Amazon itself went down too! 🍿
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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12 years ago today, Windows 8.1 brings back the start... button! 🤯
Start button in Windows 8.1
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Want to upgrade to Windows 11 Version 25H2 on a unsupported PC without using any 3rd party tools?

1⃣ Download Windows 11 25H2 iso
2⃣ Mount the ISO
3⃣ Open Command Prompt
4⃣ Navigate to mounted ISO directory
5⃣ setup /product server
6⃣ Enjoy!

🤮 Don't like it? You can rollback!
Desktop screenshot showing the Windows 11 Version 25H2 setup passing the minimum requirement checks on unsupported Windows 10 PC that's normally not eligible to upgrade to Windows 11 by using the command line, setup /product server
October 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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>Your device is no longer receiving security updates.
>Still gets a security update for Windows Defender.
Despite the warning about the device no longer receiving security updates, it still gets security updates for Windows Defender.
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Windows 10's final hurrah for Windows Updates without being enrolled for Extended Security Updates.
Desktop Screenshot of Windows Update in Windows 10 Version 22H2, installing the final non-ESU update KB5066791
October 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Today, Windows 10... LTSB 2015 reaches end of support.

It was the oldest Windows 10 version supported, based on version 1507 (aka Windows 10 RTM).

It had plenty of leftovers such as the DirectUI start menu from the early Windows 10 Betas and the Start screen from Windows 8.1.
Desktop screenshot of Windows 10 LTSB 2015 showing the hidden start menu from the early Windows 10 Betas activated. In the foreground, there's a webpage showing the Extended End Date for Windows 10 2015 LTSB is October 14, 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Despite Microsoft's plans on removing the BypassNRO file since March 2025.

"oobe\bypassnro" still lives on in the official Windows 11 Version 25H2 (aka Windows 11 2025 Update) ISO release from Microsoft.

Just remember to disconnect from the internet first before running it. 😉
Screenshot of 7-Zip file manager showing the contents inside the install.esd file of the Windows 11 Version 25H2 ISO, inside the oobe folder, there's still a BypassNRO.cmd file in the directory.
October 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM