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.

Don't want to fork over $30 for a one-year subscription to Windows 10 Extended Security Updates? Microsoft is offering a couple of ways to avoid the fee. But there's a catch.

Windows 11 debuted with something that Windows 10 was lacking at the time, and it was a game-changer when I first upgraded: Dark Mode. Of course, since then, Microsoft has backported many Windows 11 ...

Once your data is backed up, perform a full reset of Windows 10. Go to Settings, then Update & Security, then Recovery, and choose Reset this PC. Next, select Remove everything and then choose to ...

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Windows 10 support ends in October. Learn how to upgrade to Windows 11, move files, email, and programs safely, and avoid ...

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Google's new Windows app is well worth your while to notice — both for your own practical benefit and for appreciating the ...

The update, ahead of the Asus ROG Xbox Ally release, is the latest attempt to aggregate and unify PC game libraries on ...

In 2002, Raskin, along with his son Aza and the rest of the development team, built a software implementation of his ...

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