Google Search tempts Windows 10 users with Chromebook upgrades

“With security fixes for Windows 10 ending this October, switch to the laptop that has never had a virus,” it goes on, in ...

5 Windows 11 apps I uninstall for a cleaner, smoother experience

Everyone personalizes their Windows PC in their own way, and I prefer to keep mine as clean and minimal as possible. I hide ...

Microsoft kills two more ways to install Windows 11 with local accounts

Microsoft is increasingly clamping down on methods for bypassing the Microsoft Account requirement for Windows 11.
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The Party's Over: Windows 11 Installation Will Require the Internet

Windows Insider Program lead Amanda Langowski said in a blog post on Monday that those setup screens -- called the Windows Setup experience (or "out of box experience") -- are "critical" during ...
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Microsoft Makes It Harder to Set Up Windows 11 Without an Account

Microsoft has blocked popular commands used to bypass key Windows 11 setup screens, stating they leave users with a device ...

Microsoft is removing the ability to easily install Windows 11 with a local account

Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 preview build for beta testers in the Insider program. Build 26220.6772 (KB5065797) introduces several changes that will gradually roll ...

Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 1 week left - and 5 options

Microsoft will soon end support for its most popular OS. Before that day arrives, here's what you should do with your Windows 10 PCs that fail Microsoft's Windows 11 compatibility tests.