Yes, you can still upgrade to Windows 11 for free. Windows 10 finally hits the wall tomorrow, officially retiring, and there’s now a surge in Windows 11 upgrades taking place. There is one check you ...

Chromebooks have been around for almost 15 years, and since their launch, they've made some noble attempts to evolve into something beyond just a super cheap laptop for students. It's been a difficult ...

Microsoft has released an emergency update to address a known issue causing some Hyper-V virtual machines with Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to freeze or restart unexpectedly. These ...

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And so it begins—all change for Windows. Update: Republished on April 5 with initial responses to Microsoft’s new warning. And so it begins. Microsoft is preparing millions of PC owners for the ...

There's more than one way to use Windows now. As well as sitting down in front of a locally installed copy of Windows, running on a hard drive inside your desktop or laptop, you can also fire up the ...

Microsoft is ending support for Remote Desktop, requiring users to switch over to its new Windows app. From May 27, the Remote Desktop app will no longer be available ...

You can create Hyper-V VMs in Windows 11 using a built-in Windows app or a new developer-oriented tool. Both come with gotchas. Here’s how it all works. Though it may seem that virtual machines, a.k.a ...

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Windows In a truly galaxy-brained rebrand, Microsoft Office is now the 'Microsoft 365 Copilot app,' but Copilot is also still the name of the AI assistant Linux I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is ...