Windows 11 | PC Perspective https://pcper.com A Leader in PC Hardware Reviews and News Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:37:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pcper.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-8a2f-podcast163-mp3-image.png Windows 11 | PC Perspective https://pcper.com 32 32 Microsoft Is Hiding Local Account Setup Instructions for Windows 11 https://pcper.com/2024/06/microsoft-is-hiding-local-account-setup-instructions-for-windows-11/ https://pcper.com/2024/06/microsoft-is-hiding-local-account-setup-instructions-for-windows-11/#comments Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:25:53 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283891 Microsoft really wants you to use a Microsoft Account to activate your Windows 11 install and has been steadily working to hide any mention of setting up a local account instead.  They…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/06/microsoft-is-hiding-local-account-setup-instructions-for-windows-11/feed/ 1 Microsoft Can Remember It for You Wholesale With Their New Built In Screen Logger https://pcper.com/2024/05/windows-11-recall/ https://pcper.com/2024/05/windows-11-recall/#comments Wed, 22 May 2024 16:53:54 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283532 Today Microsoft announced Windows 11 Recall for Copilot+ PCs, billed as a handy way for you to recall information you've looked for using your PC.  What it actually will be is…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/05/windows-11-recall/feed/ 5 Podcast #771 – Intel / AMD Earnings, Intel Response to Core i9 Stability, Razer Firefly V2 Pro, WotC D&D Gaming, IoT Password Defaults + MORE! https://pcper.com/2024/05/podcast-771/ https://pcper.com/2024/05/podcast-771/#respond Sat, 04 May 2024 20:00:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283375 What's more colorful than a $100 RGB mousepad? The personalities of the PCPer podcast crew, of course!  Enjoy the banter and conversations we had between each other and our audience.  Tune in…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/05/podcast-771/feed/ 0 Podcast #770 – Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 Stability, RDNA4 GDDR6 Rumor, Windows 11 Adds Ads, Cisco Exploit, Boosted ARC + MORE! https://pcper.com/2024/04/podcast-770/ https://pcper.com/2024/04/podcast-770/#respond Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:00:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283226 Podcast 770 is totally not a re-branded Podcast 680. It may have the same CUDA core count, but the memory is clocked slightly higher. Also, this one has a [REDACTED] that you…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/04/podcast-770/feed/ 0 Microsoft Keeps On Giving, Now Displaying A Watermark If You’re AI Deficient https://pcper.com/2024/04/microsoft-keeps-on-giving-now-displaying-a-watermark-if-youre-ai-deficient/ https://pcper.com/2024/04/microsoft-keeps-on-giving-now-displaying-a-watermark-if-youre-ai-deficient/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:47:11 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283209 Redmond is just cranking out the brilliant ideas, managing to come up with a new feature that beats out their ad supported Start Menu for sheer obnoxiousness.  As we mentioned earlier this…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/04/microsoft-keeps-on-giving-now-displaying-a-watermark-if-youre-ai-deficient/feed/ 2 Windows 11 Comes To Intel 11th Gen Core Systems https://pcper.com/2024/04/windows-11-comes-to-intel-11th-gen-core-systems/ https://pcper.com/2024/04/windows-11-comes-to-intel-11th-gen-core-systems/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:09:53 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=283052 If you've ever tried to update a Rocket Lake system to Windows 11, you know it's not a great idea.  The Intel Smart Sound Technology tech found on many 11th gen Core…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/04/windows-11-comes-to-intel-11th-gen-core-systems/feed/ 0 Google Offers Long Term ChromeOS Flex Updates As An Alternative To Windows 11 https://pcper.com/2024/02/google-offers-long-term-chromeos-flex-updates-as-an-alternative-to-windows-11/ https://pcper.com/2024/02/google-offers-long-term-chromeos-flex-updates-as-an-alternative-to-windows-11/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:24:28 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=281925 Microsoft is discontinuing general support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 and their use of the POPCNT CPU instruction set in the upcoming Windows 11 patch means that older computers will…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/02/google-offers-long-term-chromeos-flex-updates-as-an-alternative-to-windows-11/feed/ 0 A Peek At The New Windows 11; USB4 Gen2 In WordPad Out https://pcper.com/2024/01/a-peek-at-the-new-windows-11-usb4-gen2-in-wordpad-out/ https://pcper.com/2024/01/a-peek-at-the-new-windows-11-usb4-gen2-in-wordpad-out/#respond Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:14:34 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=281444 If you are curious what is in store for you in the next major Windows 11 feature update other than Copilot automatically launching at boot if you have a large enough screen,…]]> https://pcper.com/2024/01/a-peek-at-the-new-windows-11-usb4-gen2-in-wordpad-out/feed/ 0 Podcast #746 – NVIDIA and AMD to Make Arm CPUs, Alan Wake 2 Ends the 1080 Ti Era, Bad PC Ports, Loupedeck review + MORE! https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-746/ https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-746/#respond Sat, 28 Oct 2023 15:10:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=280376 It was another week of news, rumors, game releases, four-year-old GPUs becoming irrelevant thanks to Mesh Shader support requirements, the industry freaking out about arm64 and declaring the death of x86, and…]]> https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-746/feed/ 0 Podcast #745 – Intel 14th Gen Launch, New FalconNW Talon, AMD Anti-Lag+ Pulled, Drop+xDuoo TA-84 Tube Amp + MoRe! https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-745/ https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-745/#respond Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:00:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=280257 Our words flow from us at an alarming rate, but be not afraid; we are the harbingers of semi-literate PC hardware and software discussion. 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In this episode, we discuss the VERY…]]> https://pcper.com/2023/10/podcast-745/feed/ 0 So Much For Activating Windows 11 With Windows 7 Or Windows 8 Keys? https://pcper.com/2023/09/so-much-for-activating-windows-11-with-windows-7-or-windows-8-keys/ https://pcper.com/2023/09/so-much-for-activating-windows-11-with-windows-7-or-windows-8-keys/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2023 16:57:33 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=279849 Microsoft have announced that you will no longer be able to activate Windows 10 or Windows 11 with old Windows 7 and Windows 8 product keys.  Unfortunately they weren't very clear…]]> https://pcper.com/2023/09/so-much-for-activating-windows-11-with-windows-7-or-windows-8-keys/feed/ 3 Podcast #737 – NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 & Monster Earnings, Case-Top GPUs, DUHD and OLED Monitors, Ryzen 9 7945HX & MORE https://pcper.com/2023/08/podcast-737/ https://pcper.com/2023/08/podcast-737/#respond Sat, 26 Aug 2023 15:00:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=279312 Do you like piña coladas, and getting caught in protracted discussions about DLSS 3.5 and NVIDIA quarterly financials? 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There’s A Patch For That https://pcper.com/2022/11/windows-11-slowing-you-down-theres-a-patch-for-that/ https://pcper.com/2022/11/windows-11-slowing-you-down-theres-a-patch-for-that/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:30:04 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=274594 With the arrival of 22H2, bearing the same name for both Windows 11 and Windows 10, those on the newer operating system have been reporting some problems.  The gamers out there will…]]> https://pcper.com/2022/11/windows-11-slowing-you-down-theres-a-patch-for-that/feed/ 1 A Year And A Bit Of Windows 11 https://pcper.com/2022/11/a-year-and-a-bit-of-windows-11/ https://pcper.com/2022/11/a-year-and-a-bit-of-windows-11/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:13:04 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=274154 It has been just over a year since Windows 11 was released to the public and currently 15.44% of machines are running it.  The good news for Redmond is that they've gained…]]> https://pcper.com/2022/11/a-year-and-a-bit-of-windows-11/feed/ 1 Podcast #694 – Last Minute 4090 Rumors, AMD Reconsiders New CPU Names, GPU Prices 50% off!, Windows 11 Fails, Corsair Thin Mechanical KB + MORE https://pcper.com/2022/09/podcast-694/ https://pcper.com/2022/09/podcast-694/#respond Sun, 18 Sep 2022 16:55:09 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=273240 It's our last podcast before a new stuff is announced. And we're taking next week off, so you'll have to wait a few extra days for our take on GTC announcements (and…]]> https://pcper.com/2022/09/podcast-694/feed/ 0 Windows 11, If At First You Don’t Succeed, Fail, Fail Again https://pcper.com/2022/09/windows-11-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-fail-fail-again/ https://pcper.com/2022/09/windows-11-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-fail-fail-again/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 17:56:24 +0000 https://pcper.com/?p=273169 Welcome to Windows 11, unless you just set up new Microsoft logins to either license a new machine or to add users to an existing one.  It seems that KB5016691 comes with…]]> https://pcper.com/2022/09/windows-11-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-fail-fail-again/feed/ 0