Over on The Old New Thing blog, developer Raymond Chen explains what's going on when you hold down Shift and choose to ...

You don't know Windows 11 as well as you think you do. I reveal all the strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features ...

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 security update of 2026 broke shutdowns and some Remote Desktop sign-ins. Microsoft has released ...

Windows 11 has a built-in report that provides insight into your laptop's battery status, including whether a replacement is actually needed.

Winslop can disable Recall, remove Copilot from the taskbar, get rid of the Click to Do function on Copilot+ PCs, and more.

How to: Go to Settings > Display on your Android phone. There, you'll find the option to switch between a light and dark theme and to have dark mode turn on automatically at a certain time of day. I ...

For more than two decades, Microsoft offered a simple and discreet way to activate Windows and Office without the internet: phone activation. That option is now gone. Since late December 2025, ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft has quietly discontinued telephone activation for Windows 10 and 11, eliminating the last method to activate Windows without an internet connection. Users calling the ...

A lightweight, open-source Windows utility to fix intermittent audio dropouts caused by EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) handshake failures in multi-device chains (e.g., GPU → Monitor → ...

Microsoft has ended its phone-based activation for Windows and Office, pushing users to an online-only system requiring a Microsoft account. This change, discovered by a tech enthusiast, impacts older ...

When Microsoft’s security systems detect something unusual, such as multiple attempts to sign in, whether by you or someone else, they act like a watchful guard. To protect your account, they may ...

Customers have noticed Microsoft's phone lines aren't supporting Windows phone activation anymore Support documentation still indicates it's possible despite ongoing struggles Looks like you now need ...