Windows install floppies and discs have gone the way of the dodo, but it still pays to keep a copy of the OS on a USB drive. Here's how to make your own.

Procrastinating on an OS upgrade? Here are a few ways to switch to Windows 11 for free.

If you want to de-enshittify Windows 11 but find starting over from scratch to be daunting, then this is for you.

There are various ways to work together in a network based on Windows 11. The simplest is to set up a shared workgroup, a kind of team of computers with equal rights. The workgroup in Windows 11 ...

The legendary shooter is back, officially sanctioned by Epic Games, and updated to run on modern machines with no drama.

This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

There are plenty of reasons people want to download videos from YouTube and other video platforms. Maybe you’re traveling and don’t want to rely on spotty Wi-Fi. Maybe you want to save a long tutorial ...

The 3.14-pound Ayaneo Next 2 packs a massive battery that’s larger than what you’ll find in most laptops.

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Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 last October. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and ...

It's officially time to let go. Windows 10 has been over as we know it for some time now, only for Windows 11 to have taken over. To finalize things even further, Microsoft ended support for the ...

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