A depressingly large number of PCs are still running Windows 10, months after support for that OS officially ended. If you haven't signed up for extended security updates, history says you're asking ...

Windows is no doubt a powerful operating system, and you can tweak system settings and add power user utilities to speed up ...

First and foremost, I don't recommend doing this yourself. I created an isolated virtual machine and used a firewall to ...

Some of the hints for older, unsupported OSes apply equally to both Mac and Windows. Both come with an assortment of bundled ...

You have it way easier these days, but back in the day, when you wanted to play a game on your PC, you had to take a similar ...

The Linux desktop has continued its slow growth. Linux has been making gains in no small part because of Microsoft Windows' blunders. Users and governments have been losing trust in Windows and ...

Legacy Update has for years been a tremendously useful site and tool for those wanting to keep older versions of Windows alive and in active use. The site has updated its archive of files that ...

Are you getting used to Windows 11 but wish it was a bit faster? Do you feel like your computer has become slower or starts up unusually slowly? Follow along and I’ll go through various tricks that ...

Deleting the WinSxS folder is unsafe. Learn what WinSxS does and how to clean it safely using Disk Cleanup, Storage Sense, and DISM to free real space in Windows 10 and 11.

With the end of support for Windows 10 finally here, many have (perhaps surprisingly) opted instead to jump to Linux instead ...

ClickFix attack employs fake Windows security udpates. Updated November 27 with another Windows update warning, along with threat intelligence from the Acronis Threat Research Unit regarding the use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft’s “looming security disaster” is worse than feared. A ...