TL;DR: Microsoft highlights 2025 Windows PC gaming advances, including full-screen handheld support, Windows on Arm improvements, and DirectX Raytracing 1.2. Despite recent performance issues on ...

Open Shell gives you a classic Start menu that restores a familiar Windows 7 style on modern Windows systems. If you want quicker access to your apps and settings, this lightweight tool delivers a ...

Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries automatically ...

PS2EXE installs through the PowerShell Gallery, so you can set it up quickly. Open Windows Terminal or PowerShell as administrator. Run the module installation command: Install-Module -Name PS2EXE ...

A port is a logical access point used by networking protocols to distinguish different services on the same device. For example, HTTP uses port 80, HTTPS uses 443, and RDP uses 3389. Windows Firewall ...

Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 in October. Many PCs with Windows 10 don't pass Microsoft's strict requirement check. It's possible to bypass this and install ...

Listening to music via Bluetooth isn't as simple as plugging in a pair of headphones and playing audio from your device. Yet Bluetooth headphones and earbuds offer a wireless connection that's ...

Interesting times for Microsoft users. The ever-popular Windows 10 retired almost a month ago, yet 4 out of every 10 PCs have not upgraded to Windows 11. Data suggests 500 million users could be at ...

The Windows Start menu is getting its first major redesign since 2021 and will be rolled out to everyone with the November 11 Patch Tuesday update. The Start menu is now scrollable, so you can move ...

The new Start menu on Windows 11 is finally rolling out widely for PCs running 24H2 or 25H2 build. You can install the latest KB5067036 update and enable a feature ID ...

Microsoft has started rolling out the new Start menu for Windows 11, which we previously did a deep dive preview on. Both versions 24H2 and the newer 25H2 of Windows 11 can use the new Start menu.