Daily Windows news, information, hardware/software compatibility lists and tips and tricks. https://www.ntcompatible.com https://www.ntcompatible.com/data/themes/NT_Compatible/images/logo.png https://www.ntcompatible.com/data/themes/NT_Compatible/images/favicon.ico Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Contentteller 4.0, https://www.contentteller.com 2026-10-11T08:00:00+00:00 2026-10-11T08:00:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/bloatynosy-origin-released-the-popular-windows-debloater-makes-a-comeback/ Philipp Esselbach

Belim has released Bloatynosy Origin 1.0.0, a from-scratch revival of one of the most downloaded Windows debloating tools ever, credited with more than 7 million downloads since 2023.

2026-10-10T06:24:00+00:00 2026-10-10T06:24:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-best-value-cases-monitors-headsets-and-power-banks/ Philipp Esselbach

A roundup of five recent hardware reviews spans four categories, with value-to-feature being the dominant theme across most of the products. The Formula V Line Air Power G10 full-tower case impresses under $100 with five included RGB fans and a BTF-compatible layout, though its thermal testing sits behind a paywall.

2026-10-09T15:05:00+00:00 2026-10-09T15:05:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/fort-firewall-3203-ships-quick-fix-for-trafficcounting-regression/ Philipp Esselbach

Fort Firewall 3.20.3 is primarily to repair a traffic-counting regression introduced in the v3.20.0 rewrite just five days earlier. The bug caused new inspection filters to fail registration on some systems, which left the statistics panel and bandwidth graph completely blank.

2026-10-09T11:58:00+00:00 2026-10-09T11:58:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/microsoft-powertoys-v010228140-preview-ships-commandline-tools-and-mouse-button-lock/ Philipp Esselbach

Microsoft's PowerToys Preview channel just rolled out v0.102.2814.0, giving the utility suite its first command-line interfaces for Light Switch and the Settings app.

2026-10-09T06:21:00+00:00 2026-10-09T06:21:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-nzxt-case-5k-oled-monitor-t1-rtx-5060-ti-keyboards-and-modular-psu/ Philipp Esselbach

NZXT's $49 S5 RGB sets a new value baseline with its dual tempered-glass design, though it skips back-connect motherboard support. The Alienware AW3926QW 5K OLED ultrawide impresses as almost everything a monitor can be at ~$1,099.

2026-10-08T19:16:00+00:00 2026-10-08T19:16:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/unigetui-v202631-adds-terminal-ui-uniget-cli-and-agent-policy-controls/ Philipp Esselbach

Devolutions released UniGetUI v2026.3.1 today, a patch shipped just three weeks after its last major feature drop. The headline additions are a terminal UI (uniget tui) that shares your desktop profile, a cross-platform uniget command-line launcher, and a Devolutions Agent policy editor that enforces rules before p ...

2026-10-08T14:07:00+00:00 2026-10-08T14:07:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/powertoys-release-preview-v010228030-ships-as-first-0102-build-from-stable-branch/ Philipp Esselbach

Microsoft published PowerToys Release Preview v0.102.2803.0 today, notable as the first member of the 0.102 release train built on the stable branch instead of the usual main track.

2026-10-08T13:36:00+00:00 2026-10-08T13:36:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/fort-firewall-v3202-adds-kernel-enforcement-and-perrule-scheduling/ Philipp Esselbach

Fort Firewall has shipped version 3.20.2 today, landing the third update in just four days for its rapidly expanding v3.20.x series. The build pushes per-program Network Filters down to the kernel driver for tighter enforcement and finally allows Time Periods on individual rules, letting you schedule traffic blocks ...

2026-10-08T07:00:00+00:00 2026-10-08T07:00:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-linux-beats-windows-on-local-ai-budget-aio-and-motherboard/ Philipp Esselbach

A BOSGAME M5 mini PC runs local AI inference 33% faster on Ubuntu than Windows 11, with the biggest gain in first-token latency. Corsair's NAUTILUS II 360 RS ARGB AIO earns an 8/10 at $129.

2026-10-07T18:39:00+00:00 2026-10-07T18:39:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/windows-11-october-2026-insiders-winui-3-search-overhaul-with-inline-actions-ships/ Philipp Esselbach

Microsoft pushed five new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to the Beta and Experimental channels today, headlined by a full Windows Search redesign built on WinUI 3.

2026-10-07T11:31:00+00:00 2026-10-07T11:31:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/visual-studio-code-1141-adds-crossplatform-sandboxing-for-ai-agents/ Philipp Esselbach

Visual Studio Code 1.141 makes cross-platform sandboxing generally available in the Copilot agent host across Windows, macOS, and Linux to limit what autonomous agents can reach on your machine.

2026-10-07T07:20:00+00:00 2026-10-07T07:20:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-budget-mini-pcs-aios-psu-and-more/ Philipp Esselbach

Nine reviews landed today highlighting value picks across categories: the GEEKOM A5 mini PC offers genuine upgradeability at $369 to $419, while MSI's CoreLiquid A13 240 AIO earned a value win at $48 to $69 despite using proprietary fans.

2026-10-07T05:57:00+00:00 2026-10-07T05:57:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/powertoys-v010127810-preview-adds-quick-access-shelf-and-fancyzones-mousewheel-switching/ Philipp Esselbach

Microsoft shipped PowerToys Preview v0.101.2781.0, leaning heavily into Command Palette work with a much-improved Quick Access Shelf that now supports recent items, drag-and-drop organization, and dedicated keyboard shortcuts.

2026-10-06T15:04:00+00:00 2026-10-06T15:04:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-driver-61742-released-fixes-assassins-creed-shadows-crash-adds-call-of-duty/ Philipp Esselbach

NVIDIA shipped its third Game Ready Driver in about six weeks on October 6, this time priming your rig for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.The headline change is a fix for an Assassin's Creed Shadows crash-to-desktop tied to bug 6685219, the one genuine improvement in an otherwise lean release.

2026-10-06T11:59:00+00:00 2026-10-06T11:59:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/fort-firewall-3201-released-new-filter-simulator-commandline-control-and-driver-fixes/ Philipp Esselbach

Fort Firewall 3.20.1 has been released just two days after the major v3.20.0 rework that introduced nested groups and scheduling. The standout new feature is a Filter Simulator that shows exactly which of the driver's fifteen decision steps allow or block a given connection, accessible straight from the Connections ...

2026-10-06T06:05:00+00:00 2026-10-06T06:05:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-geekom-a9-max-corsair-titan-ii-gigabyte-x870-and-more/ Philipp Esselbach

Today's roundup of PC-hardware reviews found only two easy recommendations, with most items overpriced for their gains. The clear standouts are the LAMZU Thorn V2 and VAXEE NP-01S V3 wireless mice, along with the pocket-sized ADATA SC735 external SSD.

2026-10-05T06:37:00+00:00 2026-10-05T06:37:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-msi-mef-maestro-900r-witcher-3-path-tracing-and-a-showpiece-case/ Philipp Esselbach

Today's roundup spans six new reviews: a gorgeous but painfully expensive MSI MEF Maestro 900R case, a free Witcher 3 Path Tracing update, a near-perfect Razer keypad, a rugged FOSSiBOT phone, and two power supplies.

2026-10-04T16:20:00+00:00 2026-10-04T16:20:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/fort-firewall-3200-released-nested-groups-perprogram-speed-limits-and-time-schedules/ Philipp Esselbach

Fort Firewall 3.20.0 delivering per-application speed limits and nested groups, a long-requested feature since August 2022.The update reworks how Fort organizes applications, adding hierarchical groups that inherit rules and time-based schedules for throttling.

2026-10-03T07:11:00+00:00 2026-10-03T07:11:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/reviews-roundup-mini-ai-station-flight-cockpit-and-the-software-that-decides-it-all/ Philipp Esselbach

Six fresh reviews landed today, spanning an HP ZGX Nano G1n mini AI workstation running local coding models, a be quiet! AIO and ARCTIC fan controller that expose how software can make or break hardware, and value plays like the Asustor AS6702T v2 NAS.

2026-10-02T21:30:00+00:00 2026-10-02T21:30:00+00:00 https://www.ntcompatible.com/story/microsoft-ships-five-new-windows-11-insider-builds-ahead-of-october-7-surface-event/ Philipp Esselbach

Microsoft rolled out five new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on October 2, days before its October 7 Windows and Surface event. The headline feature is Cloud rebuild, which reinstalls Windows from Windows Update so it can rescue a machine that won't even boot.