Still on Windows 10? Here's How to Get Security Support for Another Year Microsoft's Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 is now available through October 2027. If you're still on the ...

Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may have a harder time than expected putting the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional extended ...

Even if you're perfectly content with Windows 10, you'll soon need to switch to Windows 11 for security reasons. We compare the two operating systems so you know what to expect upon upgrading. I've ...

No matter the age of your Windows 11 PC, it could run faster. Try these tips to speed it up and stabilize it. Windows 11 does a lot under the hood to speed up a PC’s performance, but PCs tend to slow ...

Steve Ballmer’s darkest fear has come to pass: Linux has worked itself into the deepest innards of Microsoft Windows itself. At the company’s annual Build developer conference this week, Microsoft ...

Microsoft has released Coreutils for Windows, a set of UNIX-style command-line utilities. Installing Coreutils for Windows allows you to use commands such as grep in ...

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Microsoft is rolling out a major overhaul of its Windows Insider Program, aiming to simplify how early Windows features are tested while addressing long-standing user complaints around complexity and ...

Microsoft says it's rolling out a revamped Windows Insider Program experience as part of the broader plans to address reliability concerns in Windows 11. For those unaware, the Windows Insider Program ...

2026 is a make or break year for Windows 11 quality, and Microsoft just delivered the first improvements, with two caveats: They’re only available for now in pre-release form through the Windows ...

If you have found Windows 11's feature rollouts confusing, Microsoft hears you and is overhauling the Windows Insider Program. Now, instead of three Insider channels, there are just two: Experimental ...

Pavan Davuluri, EVP, Windows + Devices, announced last month that Microsoft would soon launch a “simpler, more transparent Windows Insider Program” with clearer channel definitions and easier access ...