The first thing I do on any Windows 11 PC to boost performance is adjust the visual effects. These include features such as ...

Although support for Windows 10 will not end in October 2025 after all, Microsoft’s additional grace period extends its life by only one year. This means that many users will soon not only have to say ...

At the screen that asks what you want to do, select Upgrade this PC now and click Next. The Windows 10 download then kicks off. Make sure the edition of Windows 10 that you want to install matches the ...

A Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is a crucial security component of a modern PC. All PCs designed for Windows 10 or later include a TPM 2.0 as part of the ...

We all know that some perfectly good Windows 10 PCs can't be upgraded to Windows 11. Did you know, however, that Canalys Insights last year estimated that 240 million Windows 10 PCs are doomed to the ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

First developed in 1981 by computer scientist Chase Bishop, the software project that would eventually become Windows actually started life under a far wonkier name: "Interface Manager." The title was ...

If you see the Windows closing 1 app and shutting down message when trying to shut down your Windows 11/10 computer, the simplest thing to do is to wait for maybe 10-15 seconds and then select the ...