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I stopped opening the Windows 11 Settings app once I learned the right PowerShell commands

Ditch Windows 11 Settings app for PowerShell commands for lightning-fast system management, bypassing GUI delays and ...
The Verge

Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long

It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. It’s all to do with pesky printer and network drivers. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...
NPR

Pin trading has taken over the Olympics. Here's what it's like in Milan

MILAN — You don't have to be an athlete to leave the Olympics with a coveted piece of metal, as long as you're game to trade lapel pins. The pins come in all shapes and sizes, usually made of enamel ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...
GitHub

Script Enforcement and PowerShell Constrained Language Mode in WDAC App Control Policies

Below are the required steps to enable Script Enforcement and allow a PowerShell module to run in Constrained Language Mode, if its code meets the requirements of it ...
Wired

Air Traffic Control in the US Still Runs on Windows 95 and Floppy Disks

On Wednesday, acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to replace its aging air traffic control systems, which ...
Beebom

How to Install the Adreno Control Panel on Snapdragon X Elite PCs

Qualcomm has finally released the Adreno Control Panel to manage the Adreno GPU, running on Snapdragon X Elite-powered Windows 11 PCs. You can now download the beta ...
Beebom

Windows 11 Will Let You Access Contacts, Calendar and Files Directly From the Taskbar

Microsoft 365 Companions will make it easier to find people, Files, and Calendar from the Windows 11 Taskbar. It's similar to the Phone Link companion in the Start menu. There's no word on its release ...
Dark Reading

Novel Exploit Chain Enables Windows UAC Bypass

Researchers have flagged a weakness they're tracking as CVE-2024-6769, calling it a combination user access control (UAC) bypass/privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows. It could allow an ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel

Last week, Microsoft mentioned in a support document that it was formally deprecating Windows’ 39-year-old Control Panel applets. But following widespread reporting of the change, Microsoft has either ...
The Verge

When is the Control Panel in Windows actually going away?

Microsoft has been working on moving Control Panel features to its Settings UI in Windows for more than 10 years, but a new support note has got some speculating the Control Panel might finally be ...