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Support expires for Windows Server 2008, and the codebase released to manufacturing in 2006 Microsoft has quietly maintained ...

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The iconic Windows XP “Bliss” photo has likely been seen by trillions since 2001, making it the most viewed image ever.

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If you want to relive Windows 7 and/or Vista, this fan project has resurrected those older versions with the latest updates.

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Linux Mint beats Windows 11 in more ways than I expected, but switching still comes with real trade-offs.

Microsoft has had to issue two out-of-band updates to fix its buggy Windows 11 patch.

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