Microsoft has released a new Windows Insider Preview Build 26220.6772 that could make it harder or impossible to set up Windows 11 without first signing in to a Microsoft account. Spotted by our ...

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 ...

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 removes local-only Windows setup in latest Insider Preview, but an age check trick could help you out.

A free tool is seeing increased adoption among users who want to install Windows 11 on devices that don't technically meet Microsoft's official hardware requirements. Called Flyoobe (previously ...

TL;DR: Recent reports linked Windows 11 security updates KB5063878 and KB5062660 to SSD failures during large data transfers, especially on DRAM-less drives with Phison controllers. However, after ...

Last week, some Windows 11 users reported some serious issues with the SSDs in their PCs following the August Patch Tuesday update. And while these problems were generally attributed to that update, ...

Microsoft is bridging the gap between Android phones and Windows 11 PCs with a new “Cross-Device Resume” feature, announced on August 22, 2025. Rolling out now to Windows Insiders, the function allows ...