Unleash Windows 11's hidden features, maximize the power of its AI tools, and fine-tune your PC like a pro with these powerful tips. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each ...

Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10. Attackers are ready, willing, and able to exploit unpatched PCs. Signing up for extended security updates is a crucial step. Hundreds of ...

Let's go back in time to an era of personal computing, where dial-up internet was cutting-edge and desktop monitors were enormous. Specifically, let's jump to April 6, 1992, the day Microsoft released ...

Windows has access to a vast selection of free, paid, open-source, and proprietary applications. While you can find many of these in the bundled Microsoft Store, others are scattered across the ...

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...

A new Microsoft update patches a bug affecting Windows recovery. The bug prevented the use of USB mice and keyboards in WinRE. The new patch is available through Windows Update. Microsoft has fixed a ...

Battlefield 6 is one of the best games of the year. Here's how to play if you have a Windows gaming handheld. TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New ...

You've likely heard people talking about Linux as a more stable, secure, and customizable operating system than Windows 11. That might be hard to believe, but in some cases, it's true. If you're tired ...

Senate Republicans approved dozens of lower-level nominees from President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking the first confirmations since the GOP-controlled chamber altered its rules to bypass ...

Officially, Microsoft will stop providing new security updates for Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, a little over a decade after its initial release. It's a stick that Microsoft is using to push ...

A PowerShell script using WBAdmin can create full system backups of Windows 11, offering a simple, scriptable alternative for advanced users. Over the last couple of years, I have written a few blog ...

In brief: Just over one billion active devices use Windows for their operating system, according to Microsoft. That sounds like an impressive statistic, but the company isn't as quick to point out ...