Windows 11 Search now lets Insiders change settings and arrange windows with inline actions. See five commands, supported ...

Tony Phillips is an experienced Microsoft Office user with a dual-honors degree in Linguistics and Hispanic Studies. Prior to starting with How-to Geek in January 2024, he worked as a document ...

TL;DR: Give your PC a fresh start with a Windows 11 Pro license for $9.97 through September 27, with no ongoing subscription fees. A new computer isn’t always the answer when your current one still ...

Xbox mode began life under a different name. Xbox mode was formerly known as “full screen experience” on Windows handhelds, and the lessons Microsoft learned there directly shaped Xbox mode on Windows ...

Want to know how to enable Windows Defender in Windows 11? In this easy step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to turn on Windows Defender Antivirus and check your Windows Security settings to help ...

When someone mentions fast startup, they sometimes mix it up with fast boot, which shares a similar name but does completely different things. Fast startup is a Windows software feature that saves ...

A Windows laptop can accumulate quite a bit of baggage over time. Old apps, leftover files, and faulty drivers can make a PC harder to manage than it needs to be. Sometimes a reset is the easiest way ...

A virus scan protects PCs; however, it can sometimes slow the system down or cause it to hang while it checks thousands of files. This usually happens when the scan places a heavy load on the ...

Windows 11 users discovered a new app in their Start menus last week that they did not install: OneDrive Photos, a full-featured photo organizer with facial recognition capability that arrived via a ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is seen through a window at the federal courthouse during proceedings in the trial over Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI in Oakland, California, on May 11, 2026. Karl ...

Do you remember July 19, 2024? The great CrowdStrike-Windows meltdown? Say that date to a network admin in any big company and watch them shudder at the memory. Starting at 12:09 AM, Eastern Daylight ...