If you feel like your computer has grown a little more sluggish lately, this one nifty settings might be the answer to your ...

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

Here's how to make sure all the personal files and other data on your storage drive are erased and unrecoverable, whether you ...

One-click debloat scripts can, and always will, break your Windows PC — Wintoys is the safest tool to tweak and optimize Windows.

Microsoft has released multiple emergency, out-of-band updates for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to fix two issues caused by the January Patch Tuesday updates. The first issue impacts ...

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 ...

Microsoft has confirmed a new issue that prevents Windows 11 23H2 devices with System Guard Secure Launch enabled from shutting down. System Guard Secure Launch is a Windows security feature designed ...

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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Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade will receive an update on PC and PS5 on January 22. This patch will feature the ridiculously easy mode previously revealed for Switch ...

You can run a report to check battery health in Windows 11. This report provides details on capacity, cycle counts, and more. If your battery is nearing the end of its life, it can be replaced. Have ...

Now that Windows 10 is no longer supported, it's become a more attractive target for hackers. That doesn't mean you need to upgrade right away—here's how to stay protected. When the IBM PC was new, I ...