Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Republished on July 25 with analysis of Microsoft’s new update claims ...

You need to start using Windows' overlooked package manager.

This offer is coming your way now. Republished on August 16 with Microsoft’s new 60-day warning. Microsoft has now issued its free update offer to millions more Windows 10 users. After this mandatory ...

Last week's security patch is the latest buggy update that impaired some PCs. Take these steps before and after an update to ...

The upcoming end-of-support date for Windows 10 is coming later this October, but Microsoft has now added another option for users to stay for another year. This new option to retain Windows 10 and ...

Microsoft Defender Antivirus comes pre-installed as part of Windows 11. Is this solution adequate, or is it a good idea to ...

Microsoft has released another emergency Windows 11 update after a January patch triggered widespread app crashes, Outlook failures, and cloud sync issues, forcing the company into rare back to back ...

Aside from new Windows setup and recovery updates, Microsoft has also published a new Defender update for Windows 11/10/Server installation images this week. This update package is necessary as a ...

Officially, Microsoft will stop providing new security updates for Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, a little over a decade after its initial release. It's a stick that Microsoft is using to push ...

Even though Windows tells you “You’re using the latest version”, the last updated date is a few days old. That makes it easy for regular users to think ...