These articles are brought to you in association with Pocket-lint and our partners. In the early days of the internet, creating and remembering passwords didn’t ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...

Getting locked out of your Windows 11 PC when you don't know the password can be frustrating, but regaining access is easier than you might think. The process you should use depends on how you set up ...

When you click on the Reset Password option, or use your password reset disk in Windows XP, Windows will start the Password Reset wizard as shown below. Click on the Next button to start the reset ...

So, you think you know how password policies work in Active Directory? Well, you might ... or you might not. Find out how to manage Active Directory password policies in Windows Server 2008 and ...

A basic task that all Windows users should know how to do is to change their password. If your computer becomes compromised or you are concerned that someone may know your password, you should ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the roll out of a new "Windows Local Administrator Password Solution" (LAPS). Update 4/14: Microsoft advised against installing the older "legacy LAPS" after its April ...

Typing your password each time you want to sign into Windows can be a hassle, especially if that password is lengthy or otherwise complex. My Windows password is notably long and complex, so it's not ...

Having to enter your Windows password each time you boot up can be a hassle. If you're in a hurry, you can easily mistype it (more than once), and that gets annoying. The main purpose of the password ...

This new Windows zero-day has no official fix. Oh boy, it’s raining zero days for Windows users right now. Just two weeks on from Microsoft confirming no less than six zero-day attacks impacting users ...