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

You can now find, install, and update Microsoft Store apps using a command prompt on Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. No GUI ...

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A new version of the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool is now available, offering you the latest Windows 11 version and its updates.

Next to the big batch of updates that just came out yesterday, Microsoft released another one. Why? Here's what you need to know about it.

It's free and open-source.

Those old CD games that have been sitting on your shelf for eternity? Linux can run them.

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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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 ...