Richard Speed

Bork!Bork!Bork! Windows activation is a tricky thing, particularly for digital signage that should be directing customers to in-store bargains but instead shows passersby that someone has yet to give Microsoft their pound of flesh. Today's bork was spotte... See more

Microsoft has abruptly pulled the plug on the venerable Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), sending any administrators still clinging to the platform scrambling for alternatives. Redmond retired MDT with "immediate" notice. This means there won't be any m... See more

Microsoft's latest Windows Insider release introduces a policy allowing admins to remove the Copilot app from managed devices. But there's a catch - actually, several. The announcement arrived in the first Windows Insider release of 2026 and intruduces a ... See more

Bork!Bork!Bork! It isn't only a computer's software underbelly exposed during a bork. Sometimes the poor thing's innards are on show as engineers attempt to wring a little more life from long-expired systems. Spotted by an eagle-eyed Register reader in de... See more

2026 has begun with the familiar sound of Microsoft's software Grim Reaper sharpening a blade as administrators peer glumly at the calendar of carnage ahead. Some big beasts face the chop this year. Office LTSC 2021 reaches end of the road on October 13, ... See more