Hackernews posts about Windows

Windows is Microsoft's popular operating system and software suite for personal computers and other devices.

1. LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent (videocardz.com)
   1228 points by baranul 26 days ago | 638 comments
2. Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM (www.notebookcheck.net)
   667 points by akyuu 4 days ago | 594 comments
3. Stowaway – Take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead (stowaway.live)
   434 points by thunderbong 6 days ago | 67 comments
4. As a Windows user, it's a surreal way to install a program (unsung.aresluna.org)
   243 points by allenc 10 days ago | 187 comments
5. Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port (github.com)
   173 points by BruceEel 5 days ago | 76 comments
6. GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN (korben.info)
   131 points by rfarley04 23 days ago | 101 comments
7. Windows XP 2002 for the Itanium: Unbridled rage (virtuallyfun.com)
   129 points by jandeboevrie 10 days ago | 85 comments
8. 3D Pinball for Windows (1995) (98.js.org)
   117 points by mushstory 14 days ago | 49 comments
9. Microsoft confirms Windows GDID device identifier that cannot be disabled (www.ghacks.net)
   111 points by robtherobber 29 days ago | 60 comments
10. Cracking Windows Open: Porting RADV to Win32 (www.collabora.com)
    94 points by zdw 16 days ago | 26 comments
11. A new Intel Itanium (IA-64) emulator that boots Windows (raymii.org)
    84 points by jandeboevrie 25 days ago | 81 comments
12. Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver to Windows (www.phoronix.com)
    69 points by DemiGuru 15 days ago | 36 comments
13. They Forgot What Happened Last Time: Hacking the Windows 365 Link [video] (media.ccc.de)
    59 points by Jimmc414 13 days ago | 2 comments
14. Kimi K3 built a Windows XP in browser (windows-xp.kimi.site)
    58 points by boveyking 19 days ago | 33 comments
15. Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos (www.windowslatest.com)
    53 points by hn_acker 15 days ago | 18 comments
16. Even Microsoft couldn't make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM (www.theverge.com)
    47 points by GeekyBear 26 days ago | 28 comments
17. LG monitors installing adware on Windows PCs (www.techradar.com)
    46 points by 0xC0ncord 27 days ago | 18 comments
18. DosTips, Windows scripting knowledge trove, scraped to death (www.dostips.com)
    45 points by iqml2568 1 day ago | 7 comments
19. Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report (www.theregister.com)
    41 points by Bender 29 days ago | 6 comments
20. Windows died inside Microsoft, a 25-year veteran on how Azure took over (www.windowslatest.com)
    40 points by ninko 7 days ago | 16 comments
21. Show HN: SpinWin – A macOS menu bar app to visually rotate or spin any window (github.com)
    37 points by dbm5 19 days ago | 16 comments
22. Microsoft is using TPM chips to crack down on pirated Windows activations (www.techspot.com)
    31 points by akyuu 17 days ago | 30 comments
23. Nvidia released its first official GeForce driver for Windows on Arm (videocardz.com)
    21 points by robotnikman 22 days ago | 4 comments
24. Curl: Nobody Wants to Work with Windows (www.heise.de)
    16 points by smartmic 2 days ago | 6 comments
25. Why X Is Not Our Ideal Window System (people.freedesktop.org)
    14 points by signa11 27 days ago | 4 comments
26. Windows Tracks You with a Hidden ID. So We Built DeGDID to Block It (windscribe.com)
    13 points by SanjayMehta 7 days ago | 3 comments
27. 95CSS: A Windows 95-style CSS framework (github.com)
    13 points by gurjeet 19 days ago | 3 comments
28. Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows (arstechnica.com)
    12 points by worldsavior 21 days ago | discuss
29. Microsoft emails Windows 10 holdouts: Fine, keep your old PC another year (www.theregister.com)
    11 points by Bender 30 days ago | 5 comments
30. HP admits 30% of PCs reject Windows 11, and it's why Microsoft caved on support (www.windowslatest.com)
    11 points by theanonymousone 19 days ago | 3 comments