Hackernews posts about Windows

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

1. Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues (noheger.at)
   869 points by erickhill 3 days ago | 513 comments
2. Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (www.cve.org)
   803 points by riffraff 5 days ago | 515 comments
3. Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encryption key if ordered (www.windowscentral.com)
   537 points by blacktulip 22 days ago | 334 comments
4. I Fixed Windows Native Development (marler8997.github.io)
   530 points by deevus about 9 hours ago | 270 comments
5. Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse (www.windowscentral.com)
   438 points by 01-_- 20 days ago | 350 comments
6. Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload (www.windowscentral.com)
   210 points by jsheard 13 days ago | 285 comments
7. How did Windows 95 get permission to put Weezer video 'Buddy Holly' on the CD? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
   199 points by ingve 5 days ago | 159 comments
8. Prediction: Microsoft will eventually ship a Windows-themed Linux distro (gamesbymason.com)
   197 points by AndyKelley 28 days ago | 262 comments
9. December in Servo: multiple windows, proxy support, better caching, and more (servo.org)
   153 points by t-3 22 days ago | 16 comments
10. Windows NT/OS2 Design Workbook (computernewb.com)
    138 points by markus_zhang 5 days ago | 60 comments
11. State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11? (ntdotdev.wordpress.com)
    136 points by xd1936 20 days ago | 198 comments
12. Microsoft suspects some PCs might not boot after Windows 11 January 2026 Update (www.windowslatest.com)
    122 points by nsoonhui 21 days ago | 94 comments
13. The dank case for scrolling window managers (tedium.co)
    109 points by todsacerdoti 17 days ago | 61 comments
14. Show HN: Dwm.tmux – a dwm-inspired window manager for tmux (github.com)
    101 points by saysjonathan 23 days ago | 21 comments
15. Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11 (blog.urara.pl)
    84 points by todsacerdoti 25 days ago | 115 comments
16. Winapp, the Windows App Development CLI (blogs.windows.com)
    80 points by MaysonL 23 days ago | 104 comments
17. You can now download Windows 7 and Vista ISO images with all the updates (www.neowin.net)
    76 points by XzetaU8 24 days ago | 68 comments
18. The full history of Windows widgets, from 1997 to today (xakpc.dev)
    76 points by thunderbong 12 days ago | 39 comments
19. Windows 11 January Update Breaks Notepad (winbuzzer.com)
    60 points by Aldipower 19 days ago | 25 comments
20. Nexphone-A phone that runs Android, Linux, and Windows? (nexphone.com)
    44 points by andrewjneumann 21 days ago | 16 comments
21. Show HN: A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows (github.com)
    37 points by willmeyers 27 days ago | 5 comments
22. Show HN: PolliticalScience – Anonymous daily polls with 24-hour windows (polliticalscience.vote)
    31 points by ps2026 13 days ago | 42 comments
23. ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years in Striving to Be an Open-Source Windows (www.phoronix.com)
    29 points by rbanffy 24 days ago | 8 comments
24. Show HN: Yashiki – A tiling window manager for macOS in Rust, inspired by River (github.com)
    23 points by typester 28 days ago | 10 comments
25. Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (msrc.microsoft.com)
    23 points by dunder_cat 5 days ago | 4 comments
26. Ubuntu is the reason Windows users don't want to switch to Linux (www.xda-developers.com)
    19 points by tartoran 14 days ago | 27 comments
27. TLS stripping on-device under Windows XP (kianbradley.com)
    19 points by k-ian 29 days ago | 2 comments
28. Windows 11 had 20 major update problems in 2025 and and 2026 started badly too (www.windowslatest.com)
    19 points by speckx 26 days ago | 1 comments
29. A smartphone that runs Android, launches Debian, and dual-boots Windows 11 (nexphone.com)
    17 points by emrekosmaz 24 days ago | 40 comments
30. Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows (www.theverge.com)
    15 points by timpera 17 days ago | 24 comments