Longing for a plain, old-fashioned version of Microsoft Word without all the bells, whistles, and AI slop? One developer managed to coax Word 1.1a to run on today's Windows.

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Are you overwhelmed by all the AI features in Microsoft Word? Why not go back all the way to 1990 and run this Microsoft Word ...

This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. It builds the original Word source and resources together with modern ...

Tech pro ThioJoe shows how to safely run Notepad and Microsoft Store apps inside a Windows Sandbox environment. Trump secreted away from Turkey in catering truck ruse: Reports Doctors worry Trump’s ...

The unnecessary Copilot buttons are disappearing from Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Widgets. The unnecessary Copilot buttons are disappearing from Notepad, Snipping Tool, Photos, and Widgets. is ...

Microsoft is finally turning its attention to one of Windows 11’s most persistent complaints: performance, especially on lower-end machines. As part of its commitment to Windows quality, the company ...

Microsoft patches CVE-2026-20841, a high-severity Windows Notepad flaw that could allow code execution via malicious Markdown files. Notepad has long been Windows’ quiet utility knife. It opens ...

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Windows 11's Notepad app is slowly becoming WordPad, after Microsoft ditched the latter, and made up for that (in a fashion) by adding quite a few extra ...