My new favorite deep Windows lore: Microsoft once broke its Bluetooth driver code by sticking a ® symbol in the name of its own mouse

Turns out the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 is also infamous, at least among programmers who regularly go ...
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Fix: “To Run This Application, You Must Install .NET Framework” Error

The error message “To run this application, you first must install one of the following versions of the .NET Framework” appears when you attempt to launch ...

Microsoft explains the magic behind Windows Known Issue Rollback (KIR)

If you're an IT admin or a consumer curious about how Microsoft mitigates Windows bugs quickly, the company has pulled the ...

Surprise! A Windows BitLocker bug has returned to ruin your reboot — here's how to get around it

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25H2, 24H2, and Windows 10 22H2 users are affected by a BitLocker Recovery bug that ...

Microsoft has fixed this decade-old error with Windows 11

It’s a Windows update that’s been long overdue. Microsoft has finally fixed the infamous 'Update and Shut Down' bug that has ...

Microsoft admits that Windows 10 is wrongly telling users they're out of support — here's the fix

A Windows Update bug is causing Windows 10 users to see an error when they check for updates, even when enrolled into ...