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By Mark Tyson Published
A technology enthusiast claims that the oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11 is CDPLAYER.EXE from November 1992.

By Oliver Haslam Published
Advanced Performance Extensions, or APX, will bring improved performance to some apps, but there are no chips that support it just yet.

By Mark Tyson Published
Professional Windows crusher NTDEV has showcased their next-generation tool for compressing Windows 11 with a video of an install that fits on a single CD-ROM.

By Mark Tyson Published
Windows XP became available at retailers for the first time on this day back in 2001.

By Dan Mateescu Published
We managed to install Windows 7 on a modern PC and put it to the test across eight DirectX 11 games and two DirectX 9 titles to see how its gaming performance compares to Windows 11 today.

By Mark Tyson Published
Windows 11 was released five years ago, on October 5, 2021. But it feels like it's been around longer as Microsoft’s latest OS has put users through so much pain.

By Mark Tyson Published
An official Russian media clip shows Putin voting on a Dell PC with an unlicensed copy of Windows.

By Bruno Ferreira Published
Retired engineer recounts the saga of the leaked Windows XP key.
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