Setting up a Windows PC often involves installing a collection of “essential” utilities. These usually include everyday tools that either aren’t available by default, or simply not up to the mark. For ...

Microsoft wants to stop force-installing Windows feature updates on managed PCs. The company is now adding a new option to help IT admins and sysadmins to choose how they want to deploy such updates.

We’ve all installed software on our Windows computers the old, classic way—downloading .exe files and going to town. And while that still hasn’t changed, you can’t just download and install any file ...

Microsoft released January 2025 Patch Tuesday updates on Windows 10 under KB5049981 / KB5050008 / KB5049993 / KB5050013, and Windows 11 under KB5050009, KB5050021 this past week. Alongside them, the ...

I thought Microsoft threatened that Windows 10 users enrolled in extended support would only get security updates, but no other 'features' or updates. I rejoiced - that's exactly what I wanted. But ...