From cutting the bloat to setting your preferred Start menu items, here are some of the basics everyone should run through after installing a clean version of Windows. At the moment, I am in the ...

Windows 11 SE, Microsoft’s education-first OS for K–8 classrooms, will reach end of support in 2026, forcing schools to ...

I'm back with another batch of configuration tweaks you may want to make after refreshing your Windows 11 deployment. In my previous post, I explained that after setting up a new Windows 11 deployment ...

When Windows 11 launched, there were only a handful of third-party widgets available. Outside of a few system widgets and ...

Windows 11 leads globally but faces slow adoption due to hardware constraints, enterprise caution, and minimal productivity ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

It’s only taken five years, but Microsoft’s tabbed File Explorer, called “Sets,” could finally become a reality in Windows 11. At Microsoft’s Future of Hybrid Work event, Microsoft showed off several ...

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