Microsoft today confirmed that users can apply a workaround trick to do a clean install of Windows 7 on a blank hard drive as long as they toe the licensing line. In a blog post earlier this week, ...

As part of its recent campaign to make Windows the platform of choice for "hybrid work," Microsoft is rolling out a new security feature. It's called Smart App Control and it's kind of like Windows ...

Microsoft is making Windows 10 available as a free upgrade for just about anyone running Windows 7 or later. Just upgrade by July 29th, 2016 and you don’t have to pay a penny. But what if you want a ...

I just installed a bunch of Windows 11 instances in a VM for product testing, and the amount of popups and notifications is making me livid. It. Never. Ends. At this point the culture at Microsoft is ...

A clean Windows install is a great way to keep your PC feeling snappy. However, every time you do this, certain critical features are reset to their Microsoft defaults—including some that could lock ...

When Microsoft released the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview builds to Dev and Beta channel testers late last week, the company also posted traditional ISO files of the new operating system for ...

Just because you have a new operating system doesn’t mean everything is working like it should. Here’s a secret: If you installed Windows 10 today, you agreed to have your computer act as a ...

Windows 11's Insider Preview builds keep coming fast and furious. Just a couple of weeks ago, the next version of Windows made the shift from developer builds into beta, indicating that Microsoft ...

In brief: Microsoft recently unveiled a new security feature for Windows Insiders called Smart App Control. It uses cloud-based AI to block untrusted programs. However, it's in an early state with ...

All these fixes are explained below. Before proceeding, I suggest you disconnect all the unnecessary peripherals connected to your computer and try again. If your PC crashes while performing the Clean ...