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Steam Now Sells a New Start Menu for Windows 11

The taskbar and start menu on Windows 10 weren’t perfect, and the radical redesign in Windows 11 has garnered some criticism. Start11 is a popular app for changing the start menu and taskbar (even we love it), and now it’s av…

Corbin Davenport Aug 4th

Microsoft Is Planning a Mysterious Update for Windows 10 in 2022

Last month, a software package indicated Microsoft was working on a Windows 10 22H2 update, presumably arriving alongside the Windows 11 22H2 update later this year. Now the update has been confirmed, but it’s not clear what …

Corbin Davenport Jul 29th

How to Update Drivers on Windows 10

Windows 10 updates most of your device drivers automatically. But if you’d like to manually install the latest drivers (say for your graphics card), you can do so by downloading the drivers from the device manufacturer’s site…

Mahesh Makvana Jul 12th

Web-Based Apps Are About to Get Better on Windows 10

Many desktop applications, like Discord and Spotify, are based on web technologies and usually eat up system resources than proper native apps. Microsoft has been working on an alternative to the Electron framework that most …

Corbin Davenport Jun 27th

Windows 10 Might Get a Major Update In 2022

Microsoft is preparing to release a ’22H2′ update for Windows 11, the first major update since Windows 11 arrived last year. People still using Windows 10 might get their own 22H2 update, too.

Corbin Davenport Jun 27th

Microsoft Will Soon Remove Internet Explorer From Windows 10

Microsoft dropped Internet Explorer from Windows 11, instead only making it accessible through ‘IE Mode’ on the new Edge browser. Now the company is preparing to remove it from some builds of Windows 10, too….

Corbin Davenport Jun 13th

Microsoft Copies the App Store’s Worst Feature for Windows

The app store on Windows, known as the Microsoft Store, received a much-needed overhaul just in time for Windows 11. Soon, it will become even more like the app stores on iPhone and Android — to a fault….

Corbin Davenport May 24th

Windows 11 is Adding a “Controller Bar” for Opening Games

Xbox controllers are some of the best PC gaming controllers, thanks to their plug-and-play support in Windows and most games. Microsoft is now testing a new ‘Controller bar’ on Windows 11, which aims to make the experience ev…

Corbin Davenport May 6th

Microsoft Releases Fix for Broken VPNs on Windows 10 and 11

Patch Tuesdays are exciting because Microsoft fixes all those nagging minor issues and security problems that have popped up. However, sometimes things go sideways, which happened recently, as a Windows patch made some types …

Dave LeClair Jan 18th

New Windows Zero-Day Grants Local Admin Access

It seems like there’s a new local zero-day exploit that grants admin privileges on Windows almost every day, and today is no exception. A researcher publically disclosed a vulnerability that lets anyone with standard privileg…

Dave LeClair Nov 23rd, 2021

Windows 10’s November 2021 Update Is Here

It’s official: the Windows 10 November 2021 update, codenamed 21H2, has arrived. And while it doesn’t bring very much in the way of new features, some people can still download it to your Windows 10 PC right now….

Dave LeClair Nov 17th, 2021

Finally: Windows 10 Won’t Get Big Updates Every Six Months

With Windows 11, Microsoft realized that significant updates every six months are too frequent, so the company switched to annual updates. The company is officially switching to the same update schedule for Windows 10, so you…

Dave LeClair Nov 17th, 2021

Start11 Brings Windows 11’s Start Menu to Windows 10

Microsoft has extremely strict requirements to upgrade to Windows 11, but if you want to experience a bit of Windows 11 on Windows 10, you can give Stardock’s Start11 a try, as it brings the new start menu to the previous ver…

Dave LeClair Nov 3rd, 2021

Your Windows 10 PC Can’t Escape the PC Health Check App

If your computer is still running Windows 10, Microsoft might push the PC Health Check app on you whether you want to install it or not, as some users are saying that the app is being reinstalled after running Windows Update….

Dave LeClair Oct 27th, 2021

Forget Windows 11: Windows 10’s 21H2 Update Arrives in November

If you’re not ready to give up on Windows 10, you can rest easy knowing that Microsoft isn’t, either. The company just announced that the 21H2 Update is coming in November 2021. It doesn’t bring much in terms of new features…

Dave LeClair Oct 22nd, 2021

Windows 10 Will Get Windows 11’s New Store Soon

Windows 11 is officially here. Microsoft launched the latest version of its operating system, and it turns out the company is actually bringing some Windows 11 features to Windows 10 computers, including the improved Windows …

Dave LeClair Oct 7th, 2021

Hackers Are Using Internet Explorer to Attack Windows 10

Microsoft has alerted everyone that attackers are exploiting a previously undiscovered zero-day vulnerability in Windows 10 and several Windows Server versions. The exploit could let malicious individuals seize control over …

Dave LeClair Sep 8th, 2021

How to Burn an ISO Image to Disc on Windows 10

If you have CD or DVD backups in the ISO file format that you need to burn to disc, it’s easy to do so in Windows 10. We’ll show you how.

David Buck Sep 2nd, 2021

How to Connect to a Hidden Wi-Fi Network on Windows 10

Just because a Wi-Fi network is not broadcasting its name doesn’t mean you can’t connect to it. Here, we’ll show you a couple of ways to connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network on Windows 10.

Mahesh Makvana Aug 30th, 2021

How to Set Windows Media Player as the Default on Windows 10

Windows Media Player may feel like an aging application, but it’s still present in Windows 10. If you prefer to use the classic WMP for music and videos, it can be set as your default media player. We’ll show you how….

Joe Fedewa Aug 27th, 2021

Windows 10’s August 2021 Optional Updates Are Boring

Microsoft has a bunch of optional updates for your Windows 10 computer. You don’t need to download them, but if you like keeping your PC as current as possible, you may want to download these.

Dave LeClair Aug 27th, 2021

How to Delete Files and Folders Using Command Prompt on Windows 10

If you prefer command-line methods, Windows 10 offers a couple of commands to help you delete your files and folders from a Command Prompt window. We’ll show you how to perform this deletion.

Mahesh Makvana Aug 27th, 2021

How to Fix a DPC Watchdog Violation in Windows 10

Dealing with blue screen errors is never fun, but it’s worse when you have no idea what’s caused it in the first place. One particular head-scratcher is the DPC Watchdog Violation, which can be caused for a number of reasons….

Mako Young Aug 26th, 2021

SteelSeries Software Bug Gives Windows 10 Admin Rights

Recently, a bug was discovered in the Razer Synapse software that granted unauthorized admin access. Now, a similar bug was found in SteelSeries software that gives anyone who plugs in a device complete control over a Windows…

Dave LeClair Aug 25th, 2021

3 Fun Linux Tools to Run on Windows 10 With WSL

We’ve shown you how to install a Linux terminal in Windows 10 with the Windows Subsystem for Linux. But now that you’ve got this command-line interface (CLI) what are you going to do with it? Here are some fun ideas beyond th…

Ian Paul Aug 25th, 2021

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