At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft put Windows front and center. At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft put Windows front and center. is a senior correspondent and author ...

Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) is a tool introduced by Microsoft for tracking events on a Windows PC, including hardware, processes, settings, and user accounts. The ...

Microsoft's developer-focused Build conference is usually heavy on technical details, but it's still the best way to get a sneak peek into what the company has in store for your Windows PC. I'll be on ...

Die-hard Windows Phone 8.1 fans have been hard at work recently. First, there was an update to the alternative app marketplace, 8Marketplace. Shortly after, a third-party app unofficially brought ...

Microsoft has heard your complaints about Windows 11, and it wants to make things better. That has been the messaging out of Microsoft for most of this year, and the company is also going out of its ...

PCWorld reports that Windows 11’s new Xbox mode brings console-like gaming performance by disabling unnecessary processes and optimizing for controller navigation. The feature rollout is gradual ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Does your Windows PC feel slow, freeze during simple tasks, and show RAM usage spiking close to 100% in Task Manager? While heavy RAM usage by processes ...

Windows will now tell you if Secure Boot is working properly. The new status indicates whether you have the latest Secure Boot updates. The April Windows update also patches a whopping 164 security ...

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Did you set up your dedicated GPU, but your games are still using the integrated graphics? Or maybe everything was working fine before, and now it's ...

Microsoft is forcing eligible Windows 11 PCs to update to 25H2. Support ends for Windows 11 24H2 in October, so you'll need 25H2. Windows 11 25H2 is stable, so there's no reason not to update. Are you ...

Editor's take: Redmond is preparing to roll out yet another controversial move in the already chaotic world of Windows updates. The company recently confirmed that the latest major release of Windows ...