Microsoft's latest Insider Preview, Build 26220.6772, introduces a significant policy change: removal of known workarounds to ...

Select the "Check for updates" button. After a short wait, it will list all available updates for your installation. If you ...

Microsoft is now mandating the use of a Microsoft account during Windows 11 setup, removing workarounds for local account creation. The company states this ensures devices are fully configured and ...

Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years. It's the right thing to do.

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 ...

The end of Windows 10 support is near, forcing users to eventually switch to the newer Windows 11 operating system. No internet connection? No problem.

The Windows setup process has generally required an Internet connection and Microsoft account sign-in since the Windows 11 ...

Microsoft is removing more methods that help users create local Windows accounts and bypass the Microsoft account requirement ...

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If the Send optional diagnostic data is not turning off, there could be an organizational level configuration at play here.

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We discuss what you can do if VirtualBox is not signed with a build certificate, as the issue is due to a corrupted ...