Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft. [Wikipedia].
Years of frustration, ignored feedback, and forced integration finally pushed me away from Windows. I didn’t switch to Mac out of curiosity—I left out of necessity.
Windows parental control bypass isn’t just a parenting glitch. My 12-year-old silenced Microsoft Family Safety and gained admin rights in minutes, exposing a default back door in Windows 11’s Recovery Environment. Here’s why every un-encrypted PC remains wide open—and how to lock it down.
Machines running older versions of Windows can still be useful, but Microsoft’s decision to block access to the Microsoft Store—without much warning or justification—feels arbitrary and hostile. Legacy users are left in the cold, not because of technical limitations, but seemingly due to corporate disinterest.
Too many bad Windows apps break basic rules—scattering files, hardcoding paths, and ignoring system conventions. It’s not a bug. It’s a mindset.
Windows 10 isn’t even out yet, but early signs suggest Microsoft hasn’t learned much from the backlash around Windows 8. The technical preview pushes Microsoft Accounts harder than ever, subtly stripping away local control in the name of convenience. If this is the direction things are heading, users may find themselves with fewer choices than they realise.
Microsoft has been doing a lot of work recently to make amends with their customer base after the introduction of
Gave my aging HP MediaSmart EX470 a new lease of life with a fresh install of Windows Server 2012 Essentials, only to hit a storage pool wall after upgrading to R2. Disks vanished, read-only pools taunted me and documentation offered nada—until a few PowerShell commands resurrected my data (and my sanity).
When I was about 8 years old, I saw in an art gallery a painting that got stuck in my
