Notepad on Windows 11 is no longer the lightweight utility it once was. Learn how to replace Notepad with Microsoft Edit on Windows 11.

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.

Microsoft Edge is the modern successor to Internet Explorer, but it's also a key vector for enshittification in Windows 11.

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Windows 11 quietly fixed Start. You just have to unlock it.

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Many times when performing penetration tests, there is no lack of tools for conducting penetration testing, but rather the issue relates to performing penetration testing in a fractured way.

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