Windows 11 gets retro with Vista boot noise bug Windows Insiders on the Beta and Dev builds were greeted with a nostalgic startup sound after the latest update.

Microsoft wants to make it easier for developers to build AI-powered apps on Windows devices, so it's introducing a new suite of dev tools.

GBS Windows is what happens when retro computing and retro gaming collide. Developer RubenRetro has created a Windows 3.1 clone for the Game Boy Color, complete with Minesweeper and MS Paint ...

Windows 1.0 was Microsoft’s first attempt to create a graphical user interface for MS-DOS. Technically, it was not a fundamentally new system, but only a graphical shell that ran on top of MS-DOS. But ...

A tech enthusiast brings Microsoft's retro GUI to Windows 11 using third-party tools, including WindowBlinds, Retrobar, and Winaero Tweaker.

First proposed by retro enthusiast Eivind Bohler on the VOGONS forums a year ago, the ITX-Llama project can run DOS, or even early Windows games, on an x86-compatible system-on-chip design.

Use Scalable Windows: vDos allows you to run DOS applications in scalable windows with crisp TTF fonts, enhancing readability and usability.

Paint 3D launched in 2017 as part of the Windows 10 Creators Update. It was Microsoft's bold attempt to bring the classic Paint app into the 21st ...

A few weeks with the Pocket 386, an early-‘90s-style, half-busted retro PC AliExpress retro laptop doesn't always live up to its promise.

Emulate a range of Windows, Linux, and even DOS operating systems on iOS devices with the UTM SE app now available on the App Store.

Run retro Windows and macOS games on iPhone now with Apple-approved emulator: Here's how Apple surprises by approving UTM SE, a PC emulator for iPhone and iPad, now available on the App Store. The ...

While Paint and WordPad remained running throughout, Windows 10 quickly lost key functionality, including the ability to identify which CPU it was running on.