One of Microsoft’s most popular versions of Windows went on sale Oct.

Hugely popular OS would enjoy nearly 13 years of support.

Windows moved on from these apps years ago, but I didn’t — and it turns out Linux didn’t either.

Windows 11 still carries Windows 95’s heap manager, recompiled for old apps. Raymond Chen explains EmulateHeap, and how to ...

Windows, DOS, OS/2. Why did PC manufacturers in the past have to take care of multiple operating systems?In the current PC ...

Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update.

For its Gen Z fans, the Frutiger Aero aesthetic represents a future that was promised but never arrived, a utopia where tech ...

Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Windows 11 26H2, 25H2, and 24H2 that can cause some games and applications to crash. That’s right—even the recent major fall update 26H2 contains this issue. It’ll ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Junead Khan, a 25-year-old entrepreneur in Seattle. He worked at ...

Fortunately, a little freeware app by the name of Winamp came out in 1997, forever transforming how we listen to music on our PCs. It consumed a fraction of the resources that Windows Media Player did ...

Support for Windows 10 officially ended a year ago, on Oct. 14, 2025. Any PC running Windows 10 with its default settings no longer receives critical monthly security updates from the Windows Update ...

Microsoft doesn't want customers to upgrade older PCs to Windows 11, but there are workarounds for all but the oldest devices. Here's what you can do. On Oct. 14, 2025, Microsoft officially ended ...