There's nothing worse than sitting down for a nice gaming session, firing up your PC, putting on your headphones, and getting your mouse hand in position — only to have Steam fail to open. The Steam ...

ZDNET's key takeaways The Black Screen of Death is incredibly annoying, but often easily diagnosed.The most common culprits are outdated software or faulty drivers. With a few quick fixes and basic ...

Maybe it’s out of habit, but while there is an abundance of free PC repair tools, I still fire up Windows' Command Prompt first when my PC isn’t running well. IT pros and power users seem to agree on ...

No matter how much experience you have with Microsoft’s Windows, it can still be improved by turning to software and tools that can make the operating system that much better. Take Windows 11, for ...

Is Windows 11 on Arm ready for primetime? After using three PCs with Snapdragon X processors for the past year, I discovered three issues that might make you think twice.

So you’ve connected a device to your PC via a USB port — but Windows doesn’t recognize it. What now? Before you assume the product (or your PC port) is broken, there are several USB troubleshooting ...

Citrix and Sophos products have been impacted by leap year flaws, leading to unexpected problems in their products. Leap years solve the synchronization problem caused by the Gregorian calendar ...

The personal computer and mobile phone industries have mastered the art of the painless recall: A quick click on a software update, and a few minutes later, the electronic devices are bug-free. Could ...