Morning Overview on MSN

Benchmarks show Windows 11 trailing older Windows across the board

Windows 11 arrived with promises of tighter security, modern visuals, and smarter scheduling, yet a growing body of benchmarks now paints a more awkward picture: in many common workloads, it lags ...
YouTube on MSN

Windows 8.1 - still a dead duck or worth the move for 4K?

Windows 10 retail is almost upon us and today we wanted to take another look at Windows 8.1 - as it stands this year. Based on our polls a substantial percentage of KitGuru readers didn't move to ...

Setting up a new PC used to be fun, now it is ad-ridden nightmare

Remember when setting up your fresh Windows copy was a fun and quick experience? Our comparison shows how things derailed ...

Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying

Windows 10 wasn’t perfect; these examples of what it did right are cherry-picked. But part of the operating system’s ...
Microsoft

Operating systems (OS) explained

Imagine turning on your PC and…nothing happens. No desktop, no icons, no apps. That’s what life would look like without an operating system (OS), the invisible star of every computer. An operating ...
Bleeping Computer

Turn your Windows 11 migration into a security opportunity

Not all versions of Windows were created equal, at least not according to Windows users. Windows XP was a legendary operating system that Microsoft found hard to replace. It didn’t help that XP’s ...
Forbes

Windows Is Becoming An Operating System For AI Agents

Windows is laying the groundwork for a future where AI agents operate as first-class participants in the OS—governed, identifiable, and securely contained. We are all familiar with the basic concept ...
Windows Central

How to upgrade Windows 10 to 11 using a local account — A step-by-step guide to skipping the Microsoft account requirement

Upgrading to Windows 11 is still possible even after Windows 10 reached the end of support on October 14, 2025. Although many devices continue to run the retired operating system, switching to Windows ...
Bleeping Computer

Still on Windows 10? Enroll in free ESU before next week’s Patch Tuesday

With the first Patch Tuesday following Windows 10’s end of support approaching next week, users who continue to run the operating system should enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program to ...
New York Post

Closing Windows: Microsoft users eulogize iconic Windows 10 operating system — now shut down after a decade

They’ve closed down these “windows” for the last time. As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached the end of its usable life, prompting an outpouring of tributes from tech-heads ...
TWCN Tech News

The risks of staying with Windows 10 after End Of Life

Windows 10 has been the dominant operating system for nearly a decade, but its time is coming to an end. In April 2023, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 10, version 22H2, would be the final version of ...