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The $0 tool that made my PC feel way faster than any RAM upgrade

The age-old myth that more RAM is the cure for a laggy PC has to be debunked thanks to yet another RAM shortage. While opting ...

This tool combs through Windows 11 to remove all its AI components

Okay, now that that's out of the way, let's get nuking our PCs of all this AI garbage. Apparently, this tool disables a bunch of registry keys to do with all things AI, prevents AI packages from being ...
Bleeping Computer

New Microsoft script updates Windows media with bootkit malware fixes

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to help Windows users and admins update bootable media so it utilizes the new "Windows UEFI CA 2023" certificate before the mitigations of the BlackLotus ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft shares script to update Windows 10 WinRE with BitLocker fixes

Microsoft has released a PowerShell script to automate updating the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) partition in order to fix CVE-2024-20666, a vulnerability that allowed for BitLocker encryption ...
PC World

This free tool ‘purifies’ Windows 11 and skips Microsoft account logins

When you install Windows 11, you’re asked to log in with a Microsoft account (or create one if you don’t have one). Maybe you don’t like this. Maybe you miss the days when you could use Windows on a ...
Computerworld

Scripting for Windows system administrators

As a Windows system administrator, you constantly perform many routine tasks in an effort to manage, maintain, and support your Windows environment. Occasionally the need will arise to create a script ...