Q: My new Windows 10 desktop PC requires me to enter a password (or, in my case, a PIN or personal identification number) each time it starts up — even though I set ...

D. asked me to recommend a good password manager. Everyone who uses the Internet absolutely must have a password manager. Without one, you’ll forget some of your passwords. Or you’ll use the same ...

2godballdaglory asked the Answer Line forum how he can boot an old PC with a password he no longer remembers. [Email your tech questions to answer@pcworld.com or post them on the PCW Answer Line forum ...

September 26, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Your PC’s password is not something to be shared lightly. It’s the keys ...

Google’s aiming to make it easier to use and secure passwords — at least, for users of the Password Manager tool built into its Chrome browser. Today, the tech giant announced that Password Manager, ...

Most of us know security is important, but we still choose the lazy option when it comes to password security. Of course it's bad to use the same password for every website. But it’s not even good ...

Microsoft has introduced a new default to shield Windows 11 machines against password attacks which ought to make them "a very unattractive target" for hackers trying to steal credentials. The latest ...

Tech Support scammers are using a free utility called Lock My PC to lock users out of their PCs unless they pay the requested "support" fees. For years telephone scammers pretending to be from ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...