Microsoft wants to kill Windows 10 for users like you and me. Here's why I'm sticking with it and how I'm doing so.

Future versions of Windows 11 will require you to complete the out-of-box experience (OOBE) with both internet access and a ...

Microsoft is making it harder than ever to set up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account. In the latest Insider Preview Build (26220.6772), the company has removed several long-standing tricks people ...

Windows Insider Program lead Amanda Langowski said in a blog post on Monday that those setup screens -- called the Windows Setup experience (or "out of the box experience") -- are critical during ...

The end of Windows 10 support is near, forcing users to eventually switch to the newer Windows 11 operating system. No internet connection? No problem.

The Verge says that this new measure means that the “start ms-cxh:localonly” command that replaced bypassnro as the weapon of ...

YaCy is a free, decentralized search engine that can be installed locally. When you run a search via google.com, that search not only goes through the Google servers, but it also places AI answers ...

There are still other ways to choose a local account in Windows 11. You can set up your PC with a Microsoft account initially and then switch to a local one. You can also turn to a third-party utility ...

Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and ...

Windows 11 2025 Update officially shipped on September 30. However, it doesn't show up on most PCs. This likely changes on October 14, 2025.

Windows 10's End of Life is upon us, and although there's an option for extended updates, I'd advise gamers to move on now.

If File transfer speed drops to zero when transferring a file or copying and pasting in Windows 11/10, you need to follow the ...