Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5077239, a non-security preview update for Windows 11 version 26H1, taking PCs to OS Build 28000.1643. It ships in ...

Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 Insider builds featuring a built-in network speed test, Emoji 16.0, shared audio controls, and stronger batch file security.

Back in the primordial mists of 2007, when BioShock was the apex predator and open world games were only just evolving, a group of modders revealed plans to create their own successor to EA's ...

Don't settle for the Windows default file manager. Here are three options that improve on the default. Each of these can be installed and used for free. The file manager is one app that doesn't always ...

Let's go back in time to an era of personal computing, where dial-up internet was cutting-edge and desktop monitors were enormous. Specifically, let's jump to April 6, 1992, the day Microsoft released ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

Microsoft has just released the December Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which brings various improvements to File Explorer. Dark mode is finally more consistent, and the ...

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

Microsoft has announced that it's testing out a new change on Windows 11 that will automatically preload File Explorer in the background in an attempt to speed up the app when users launch it.

Ever wondered what owning a computer in the 1980s was like? Outside of nostalgia, it wasn’t the best. Until 1984, unless you were in some kind of strange lab or university, nearly everything was ...