Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users across all supported Windows versions. This ...

While tech giants kept building bloated media apps, a scrappy open-source project called VideoLan quietly ate their lunch by ...

The latest available Patch Tuesday (August 2025) updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 have made quite an impact literally. There were reports of NVMe SSDs running into potentially fatal issues, which ...

PC users can run games/apps in Compatibility Mode or run the Program Compatibility Troubleshooter to detect and fix common compatibility problems on their devices if some older games or apps created ...

Windows 11 is testing a network speed test that you run from the taskbar.

In Windows 11/10, there is a dedicated Cellular feature to connect to a cellular data network. Now, if your device has eSIM or a SIM card in it or you have an external cellular device with a SIM card ...

On Windows 10, you can use the DISM command tool to repair the local image, which you can use with the System File Checker ...

Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.

We’re down to less than two months before Microsoft’s self-imposed end-of-life deadline for Windows 10 hits—though there are a few ways to get around it—and users aren’t the only ones who are feeling ...

Winboat is a new technology to run Windows apps on Linux. If the developers can deliver, this will be a game changer.

Microsoft has released an out-of-band update for Windows 11 version 24H2 to address problems with Microsoft Office ...

If you don't plan to upgrade to Windows 11, you can still receive critical security updates -- and there's a way to get them for free. Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, ...