Hacker News with Generative AI: Windows

Show HN: WinCse – Integrating AWS S3 with Windows Explorer (github.com/cbh34680)
WinCse is an application that integrates AWS S3 buckets with Windows Explorer, allowing you to treat S3 buckets as if they were part of your local file system.
Windows, AWS, Cloud Storage, File Management, Open Source
24 points by cbh34680 2 hours ago | 7 comments
Tails warns about balenaEtcher, recommends Rufus (tails.net)
We replaced balenaEtcher with Rufus in our installation instructions for Windows to solve privacy concerns with balenaEtcher.
Security, Software, Operating Systems, Windows
11 points by top_sigrid 3 hours ago | 0 comments
Microsoft to remove the Location History feature in Windows (bleepingcomputer.com)
Microsoft announced the deprecation of the Location History feature from Windows, which let applications like the Cortana virtual assistant to fetch location history of the device.
Microsoft, Operating Systems, Privacy, Windows, Cortana
12 points by workfromspace 2 days ago | 2 comments
Neovim tee.exe binary dependency exhibiting illegitimate / unauthorized behavior (github.com/neovim)
While installing/testing neovim in a Windows 11 sandbox environment for security testing purposes before deploying in a commercial environment, the bundled tee.exe binary was classified as Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen. After doing my due diligence to rule out a false positive, I'm finding that this binary is exhibiting what I would consider suspicious behavior.
Security, Software, Windows, Open Source, Malware
94 points by patadune 7 days ago | 12 comments
TSforge: Reverse Engineering the Windows Software Protection Platform (massgrave.dev)
2025 marks nearly 20 years since the introduction of Windows' current DRM system, the Software Protection Platform (SPP). With it serving as the primary gateway to activation since early in Windows Vista's development, many have come up with clever ways of tricking it, from resetting grace period timers to emulating KMS servers to hooking bootloaders. While all of these systems abuse various activation methods, there has never been an exploit that directly attacked SPP itself... until now.
Reverse Engineering, Windows, Security, DRM
65 points by fraXis 7 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Mikey – No bot meeting notetaker for Windows (github.com/hotrod462)
Mikey is an application for recording audio, transcribing it using the Groq API, and generating meeting notes automatically.
Software, Transcription, Productivity, Windows, AI
53 points by hotrod46 8 days ago | 58 comments
Why Microsoft's "uninstall Edge" page offers no instructions to remove browser (ghacks.net)
Windows users who do not want to use Microsoft Edge have two main options: ignore the web browser as best as they can, or try to uninstall it.
Microsoft Edge, Web Browsers, Windows, Technology, Software
8 points by rapawel 10 days ago | 1 comments
Writing a simple windows driver in Rust (scorpiosoftware.net)
The Rust language ecosystem is growing each day, its popularity increasing, and with good reason. It’s the only mainstream language that provides memory and concurrency safety at compile time, with a powerful and rich build system (cargo), and a growing number of packages (crates).
Rust, Programming, Windows, Drivers
248 points by ingve 12 days ago | 91 comments
VirtualBox Guest Additions still supports Windows NT 4.0 (twitter.com)
Virtualization, Legacy Software, Operating Systems, Windows
3 points by tech234a 13 days ago | 1 comments
Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs (neowin.net)
Back in October 2021, when Microsoft made the original Windows 11, version 21H2, generally available, the company, perhaps unimaginably, had also provided a workaround that bypassed the system requirements which would allow users on unsupported PCs to upgrade too.
Windows, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
200 points by doener 15 days ago | 272 comments
Why users still couldn't care less about Windows 11 (theregister.com)
Comment Users are still steering clear of Windows 11, with some customers describing the sales pitch as "like trying to sell sand at a beach."
Operating Systems, Windows, User Adoption, Technology
4 points by mikece 16 days ago | 1 comments
Windows 11 – There's still nothing worth my time (dedoimedo.com)
Dedoimedo here, reporting for my periodic dose of masochism. Every few months, I power on my test laptop, which has Windows 11 installed on it (in a dual-boot setup), and I check whether anything has cardinally changed in this system. My latest escapade, back in September, was rife with problems.
Operating Systems, Windows, Reviews, Technology
98 points by segasaturn 16 days ago | 132 comments
Discord client that works on Win95*, Win98 and above (github.com/DiscordMessenger)
Discord Messenger is a messenger application designed to be compatible with Discord, while being backwards compatible with down to Windows 2000 (although support for even older versions has been attempted).
Discord, Windows, Software, Retro Computing
253 points by Tiberium 17 days ago | 195 comments
Windows dark mode has been embarrassingly incomplete for nearly a decade (windowscentral.com)
Windows, User Interface, Design, Operating Systems
8 points by hexage1814 18 days ago | 1 comments
PE basics: A windows executable walkthrough – File formats hexplorations 16 [video] (youtube.com)
Windows, Executables, File Formats, Programming, Tutorials
21 points by matt_d 19 days ago | 0 comments
Unhappy with Win95 screensaver ex-pilot created his own, 25-yr business (pcgamer.com)
Retro Computing, Business, Personal Projects, Windows
15 points by erickhill 20 days ago | 2 comments
Better text contrast for all Chromium-based browsers on Windows (windows.com)
In today’s digital age, browser users spend significant time reading content online. The contrast ratio between the text and its background is therefore very important to ensure comfort and to reduce eye strain.
Accessibility, Web Browsers, User Experience, Windows
6 points by pentagrama 21 days ago | 0 comments
Proof of concept WMI virus (zero-day) (github.com/pulpocaminante)
Proof of concept WMI virus. Does what it looks like it does. Virus isn't stored on the filsystem (in any way an AV would detect), but within the WMI. Contains PoC code for extracting it from the WMI- which can also be achieved at boot from within the WMI itself using powershell. So, self-extracting WMI virus that never touches the disk.
Cybersecurity, Malware, Windows, WMI
69 points by alberto-m 22 days ago | 20 comments
Windows 7 boots slower if you set a solid background color (microsoft.com)
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Windows, Operating Systems, Performance, User Interface
123 points by ShaneCurran 23 days ago | 117 comments
Show HN: Voice Cloning and Multilingual TTS in One Click (Windows) (github.com/abus-aikorea)
Voice-Pro is a cutting-edge AI-powered web application designed to revolutionize multimedia content processing.
AI, Voice Cloning, Text-to-Speech, Software, Windows
9 points by vulcanidic 25 days ago | 3 comments
Wine 10.0 released, adding Linux compatibility for Arm Windows apps (arstechnica.com)
Wine compatibility layer is the heart of many Windows app translation projects.
Software, Linux, Wine, Windows, Arm
18 points by Gedxx 29 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: FDeploy, a self-hosted, affordable deployment software for Windows (fdeploy.com)
Software, Windows, Deployment, Self-Hosted
4 points by dt3ft 30 days ago | 1 comments
System76 accidentally built the fastest Windows Arm PC [video] (youtube.com)
Windows, Hardware, Performance, Laptops, System76
6 points by jackbravo 30 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft just renamed Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot on Windows for everyone (windowslatest.com)
Once again, Microsoft has proven its knack for rebranding and sometimes complicating its product lineup. They recently announced that they’ll be rebranding the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 Copilot. And today, we noticed that “Microsoft 365 Office” is now called “Microsoft 365 Copilot” after the update.
Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Rebranding, Software, Windows
45 points by dantondwa 33 days ago | 47 comments
Parallels can run x86 versions of Windows or Linux on Apple Silicon (arstechnica.com)
Virtualization software like Parallels and VMware Fusion give Mac owners the ability to run Windows and Linux on top of macOS, but for Apple Silicon Macs, that support was limited to the Arm-based versions of those operating systems.
Virtualization, Apple Silicon, Operating Systems, Mac, Windows
11 points by ksec 33 days ago | 4 comments
Windows BitLocker – Screwed Without a Screwdriver (neodyme.io)
Someone steals your laptop. It’s running Windows 11, fully up-to-date. Device encryption (Windows BitLocker) is enabled. Secure Boot is active. BIOS/UEFI settings are locked down. So, you’re safe, right?
Security, Windows, Laptops, Encryption
190 points by lima 33 days ago | 96 comments
Windows 11, version 24H2 now available (microsoft.com)
Windows 11, version 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, is now available.
Windows, Operating Systems, Software, New Releases
5 points by doener 33 days ago | 0 comments
FamiTracker free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems (famitracker.com)
FamiTracker is a free windows tracker for producing music for the NES/Famicom-systems.
Music Production, Software, Gaming, Retro Gaming, Windows
15 points by Bluestein 33 days ago | 6 comments
Microsoft won't support Office apps on Windows 10 after October 14th (theverge.com)
Microsoft says it will no longer support Office apps, known as Microsoft 365 apps, on Windows 10 later this year.
Microsoft, Windows, Software
74 points by leotravis10 36 days ago | 89 comments
Transmission a Fast, Easy and Free BitTorrent Client for macOS, Windows, Linux (transmissionbt.com)
It's fast, it's extremely lightweight, and — even though it's available for a variety of platforms — it behaves just as you'd expect a Mac program to.
BitTorrent, Software, macOS, Windows, Linux
12 points by Bluestein 39 days ago | 0 comments