Microsoft ends support for its older OS this month, but there are three ways to extend critical security updates and remain ...

Microsoft’s warning shows that even useful features can slow down overall system performance. Pausing OneDrive synchronization and disabling unnecessary visual effects can be a quick and easy way to ...

Task Scheduler is capable of much more than just running built-in Windows 11 functions. It can also be used to launch third-party apps. For example, in lieu of Disk Cleanup, I can schedule a run using ...

Windows 11 can identify large files, unused apps, and system files that can be safely deleted. This is a good place to start when optimizing your disk space. Here's how to access these tools: 1. Click ...

The U. S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has designated CVE-2021-43226, a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Microsoft’s Common Log File System driver, as actively exploited and ...

The latest version of Windows 11 merely catches everyone up with interim features from the past year and extends its support ...

If a Windows upgrade has ever gone sideways on you, you know how vague and unhelpful the error messages can be. Here are my go-to troubleshooting tricks when that happens.

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Microsoft has announced that the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool will be removed after upgrading to Windows 11 25H2 and later. WMIC is a legacy built-in Windows ...

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That may be true for Windows, given the seeming need to invest deeply in security to protect the basic stack. That’s much less true for Macs and other Apple devices, as those systems are built with ...

This project demonstrates how to ingest and analyze Windows event logs using Splunk. As a cybersecurity recent graduate, gaining hands-on experience with log management and analysis tools like Splunk ...