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How to play old CD-ROM games on Windows again

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar ...
iTech Hacks

How to Enable Quick Machine Recovery to Fix Boot Problems on Windows 11

Stuck in a Windows 11 boot loop? Here's how to enable Quick Machine Recovery to automatically repair startup crashes ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Secure Offline: A Hardware-Bound Cryptographic Framework for Software License Validation in Internet Constrained Educational Environments ()

The system employs HMAC-SHA256 (Hash-based Message Authentication Code using SHA-256) for license integrity verification. SHA-256 refers to the Secure Hash Algorithm producing 256-bit hash values (see ...
BGR

5 Free Windows 11 Apps You Should Always Install First On New Computers

Windows 11 is a solid operating system that offers some benefits over its predecessors. It features a fresh design, solid gaming performance, and offers much better multitasking over the prior version ...
GitHub

thorough-pc-hardware-test

Comprehensive official resources, detailed guides, and reference materials for Passmark BurnInTest Professional on Windows PCs. This repository supports users with legitimate information to optimize ...
Ars Technica

How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2

It’s that time of year again—temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing color, and Microsoft is gradually rolling out another major yearly update to Windows 11. The Windows 11 25H2 update is ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft fixes Media Creation Tool broken on some Windows PCs

Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool (MCT) is working again on Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 25H2 systems. MCT is a free tool that helps download the latest version of ...
ZDNet

The Windows 11 upgrade tool stopped working at the worst possible time - but you have options

The Windows 11 media creation tool is no longer working. And today marks the last day of support for Windows 10. There are other methods to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to 11. Talk about bad timing.
pcguide

Windows 10 loses support today, and Microsoft recently broke one of its Windows 11 upgrade tools

End of support for Windows 10 has arrived, on October 14, so it’s probably a good time to upgrade to Windows 11 if you haven’t already – assuming your current device supports it. There’s a slight ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft: Media Creation Tool broken on Windows 11 Arm64 PCs

After rolling out Windows 11 25H2, also known as Windows 11 2025 Update, Microsoft has confirmed that the Media Creation Tool has stopped working on devices with Arm64 CPUs. The Windows 11 Media ...
PC Gamer

End of Windows 10 support might mean a sizeable shrink in the entry-level PC gaming market according to new research

Amidst a more positive prediction that, compared to 2024, the global PC gaming hardware market "will grow 35% in 2025 to $44.5 billion", Jon Peddie Research also foresees a "significant decrease in ...