It’s time to get on board with Windows 11. Four years after launching its current operating system, Microsoft will cease ...

Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, and after that it will become increasingly unsafe to use. Here's how to delay, avoid or survive having to upgrade to Windows 11.

It is sometimes useful to run programs as administrator—but what if you want to run everything as administrator? Windows 10 and Windows 11 include an administrator account, but it is disabled by ...

Microsoft's sales pitch says that you should get a new ARM-based PC and stop using an old operating system set to lose ...

By default, Windows 11 hides all of the available options from its right-click menus. If you want to see each one of them, ...

Microsoft is set to terminate free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, prompting concerns over user ...

Secure your Microsoft account, secure your PC. Make sure these account settings in particular are properly set!

Microsoft is getting more aggressive about insisting that you use its OneDrive cloud for your Windows 11 and Microsoft 365 files. If you'd prefer to keep those files out of the cloud, follow these ...

No, Linux isn't ugly. Let's bust this and several other myths that might keep you from adopting it as a Windows 10 replacement.

No, your computer won’t stop working. You can keep using Windows 10 for years, if your machine holds out. But Microsoft will ...

Equally important, but often overlooked, is the question of a valid license (get a new Windows 11 license for 50% off on the PCWorld Software store): Don’t worry, in most cases, the upgrade from 10 to ...

Tensions seem to be at an all-time high for Windows 10 users, especially for those who can't upgrade to Windows 11 pending its predecessor's end-of-life status, which is slated to take place in just a ...