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When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.Plenty of people like Windows 11, but if you’re not one of them, don’t worry. You can go back to Windows 10.That’s right—even if you bought a computer with Windows 11 pre-installed, you can ditch Microsoft’s

Join 425,000 subscribers and get a daily digest of news, geek trivia, and our feature articles.By submitting your email, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Corbin Davenport is the News Editor at How-To Geek, an independent software developer, and a podcaster. He previously worked at Android Police, PC Gamer, and XDA Developers.

By Preston Gralla Contributing Editor, Computerworld | Released in October 2021, Windows 11 is the first numbered update to Microsoft’s operating system in more than six years. You would expect there would be dramatic changes between Windows 11 and Windows 10. But there weren’t. To a great extent, Windows 11 looks and works much like

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Computerworld | Sometimes, Microsoft has no choice but to upgrade Windows. Windows Millennium Edition, aka Windows Me, was awful. Its successor, Windows XP, was much better.XP’s replacement, Vista, was lousy. Microsoft made us forget about Vista with Windows 7, which to many people — I’m one of them — was the

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.Microsoft’s Ability Summit this week highlighted how the company is incorporating accessibility into the design of Windows 11, Microsoft Edge, and especially its incredible peripherals, but the question has to be asked, yet again: Could Microsoft

Audio delay is incredibly frustrating, but fixing it on Windows 11 is a breeze.There is nothing worse than delayed audio, especially when it comes from Bluetooth hardware you've spent a fortune on. Typically, this issue lies with the operating system, not the hardware, and Windows 11 users are more prone to experiencing it.If you're using

Welcome back to our Windows news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system.Microsoft pushes Windows 8.1 users full-screen warning about end of supportWindows 8.1 users are being shown a full-screen warning that extended support is ending on January 10, 2023.Microsoft backtracks on

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.When Microsoft announced Windows 11 in June 2021, it was hailed as “the next generation of Windows”. As recently as April, CEO Satya Nadella described enterprise adoption as happening “at a faster pace than any previous

Microsoft is now taking steps to prevent Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) brute-force attacks as part of the latest builds for the Windows 11 operating system in an attempt to raise the security baseline to meet the evolving threat landscape.To that end, the default policy for Windows 11 builds – particularly, Insider Preview builds 22528.1000 and

The Windows ClubTheWindowsClub covers authentic Windows 11, Windows 10 tips, tutorials, how-to’s, features, freeware. Created by Anand Khanse, MVP.Some users have complained that Windows Hello keeps asking them to set up a PIN on their Windows 11 computer. They either receive a notification, see this set up Windows Hello message in the Account protection section

Trending NowThere aren’t many Windows-on-Arm PCs out there yet, but when they do arrive Microsoft’s Windows Notepad app will be ready for them. The freshly updated Notepad app with native Arm64 support is rolling out now to Windows Insiders on Windows 11 Microsoft’s Dev, Beta and Release Preview channels.  The Arm64 Notepad app should be a