Windows Server 2019 officially supports OpenSSH for the first time
Microsoft today revealed that Windows Server 2019, which was made available (again) in November, includes OpenSSH as a supported feature.
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Windows 10 is still sending data to Microsoft, even if you don’t want it to
Windows 10 may indeed still collect data about you without your permission, but it’s all because Microsoft apparently failed to inform users how these data collection programs work, and how…
Google, Mozilla, and Opera react to Microsoft’s embrace of Chromium (updated)
Google largely sees Microsoft’s decision as a good thing, which is not exactly a surprise given that the company created the Chromium open source project. What Google’s statement doesn’t say…
What is Windows Lite? It’s Microsoft’s Chrome OS Killer
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows that may not actually be Windows. It’s currently called Lite, based on documentation found in the latest build, and I can…
Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge on Windows 10
Microsoft is throwing in the towel with Edge and is building a new web browser for Windows 10, this time powered by Chromium.
Surface Book 2 afflicted by mystery Blue Screen Of Death errors
If you’re running a Surface Book 2, you might want to hold off on the latest cumulative update that is making some in the line quite poorly and their owners…
OneDrive is broken: Microsoft’s cloudy storage drops from the sky for EU users
It is OneDrive’s turn to get a beating with the stick of fail as the service took a tumble this morning. Issues first began appearing at around 08:00 GMT as…
It’s a patch bonanza as Microsoft showers its OS platforms with update love
Tucked innocuously among a swathe of fixes ranging from dealing with Russian time zone changes to fixing wobbly Hyper-V servers is the text: “Addresses an issue in File Explorer that…
Microsoft suffers the Tuesday shakes as Exchange Online continues to be wobbly for UK users
Microsoft’s on-again, off-again relationship with the Outlook clients of UK Office 365 subscribers has entered its second day, and some users found themselves still unable to access their email.
Microsoft readies the swatter as more bugs wriggle out of the Windows 10 woodwork
The “days without a Windows 10 incident” clock has been reset to zero once again as a tired Microsoft engineer updated the “known issues” page to reflect that, well, there…
Microsoft reveals terrible trio of bugs that knocked out Azure, Office 362.5 multi-factor auth logins for 14 hours
Redmond said on Monday this week that there were three separate cock-ups that combined to cause the cascading mess that left Azure and Office 363 users unable to sign-in for…
Windows 10 Version 1809 Breaks Windows Media Player
As if there weren’t already enough problems with this release, Windows 10 version 1809 breaks Windows Media Player too.
Microsoft blocks Windows 10 October Update on more PCs after Intel driver borkage
MICROSOFT HAS BLOCKED even more users from downloading the dreaded October 2018 Update for Windows 10. This time it’s the Intel Display Driver that the new code has taken objection…
Microsoft leaks cause of Windows 10 October Update File Deletion bug
A week ago Microsoft posted a two thousand word self-congratulatory blog post on how each bi-yearly Windows Update was better than the last, with happier users and fewer issues each…
New era for Japan, familiar problems: Microsoft withdraws crash-tastic patches
Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but Microsoft has pulled a couple of buggy patches in Office. It also left a crash-worthy Outlook security fix in place.