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I wonder how far Microsoft is willing to go with these tricks. They've been doing this kind of thing since the early Internet Explorer days, so it's nothing new. The company has been spanked from...

https://boot13.com/windows/microsofts-edge-related-shenanigans-continue/

Dear Microsoft: if you want people to use Edge, try making it better than the other available browsers. You know, compete.

https://boot13.com/edge/microsoft-cant-stop-bugging-us-about-edge/

A recently-discovered bug in newer versions of Windows is causing bizarre local time shifts. Keeping accurate time on computers is important for a lot of reasons, many of which are not obvious to...

https://boot13.com/microsoft/bug-causes-clock-problems-on-windows-10-11-windows-server/

I was just talking about a recent announcement from Microsoft, in which they assured the general public that their days of messing around with user settings and defaults on Windows were behind th...

https://boot13.com/microsoft/microsofts-empty-promises/

Here are the first two paragraphs of a recent post on the Windows blog: “Today we’re reaffirming our long-standing approach to put people in control of their Windows PC experience and to empo...

https://boot13.com/microsoft/microsoft-frames-long-overdue-windows-changes-as-reaffirming-our-long-standing-approach/

Some technologies seem always to be just around the corner. Every few years, people get excited all over again, about 3D media, virtual reality, voice assistants, hoverboards, self-driving cars, ...

https://boot13.com/cortana/cortana/

In a recent post on his blog, Den Delimarsky explains why he’s disappointed with the direction Microsoft is going with Windows. Anyone who reads my own posts about Windows will notice that we c...

https://boot13.com/microsoft/den-delimarsky-windows-needs-a-change-in-priorities/

Is it just me, or is Microsoft actually getting worse at this? It seems that every month there are more horror stories about problems caused by MS software updates. Given that Microsoft is still ...

https://boot13.com/microsoft/microsoft-updates-still-breaking-things/

Time for another thrilling game of I Hope These Critical Security Updates Don’t Break Anything On My Computer with your permanent host, Microsoft. This month’s edition includes approximately ...

https://boot13.com/edge/patch-tuesday-for-december-2021/

As usual, this month's collection includes updates for Windows 7, but those updates remain tantalizingly out of reach for most Windows 7 users, because obtaining them involves entering into a spe...

https://boot13.com/edge/patch-tuesday-for-november-2021/