If a Windows upgrade has ever gone sideways on you, you know how vague and unhelpful the error messages can be. Here are my go-to troubleshooting tricks when that happens.

ExplorerPatcher brings back the old Windows 10 Start menu that’s straightforward and actually useful. And if you were one of those people who liked live tiles, good news, you can have those back as ...

WindowSill is a new Windows app that promises a taskbar-like command bar for power users, offering them a versatile set of ...

Windhawk solves this with its Taskbar clock customization module. It lets you pin real-time system stats like CPU usage, RAM ...

Booting from a USB stick is very helpful for many purposes. However, many factors have to be right for the boot to work ...

If you use OBS to stream, and most of all if you're hooking up multiple PCs to broadcast, you may have noticed "severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video". According to the latest Windows release ...

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A CMOS checksum error usually means the CMOS battery is weak, BIOS settings are corrupted, or the BIOS update failed. The most reliable fix is to replace the CMOS ...

Dark mode in Windows has never been comprehensive, but new changes from Microsoft may be fixing some of its most egregious problems. With over a decade of experience reporting on consumer technology, ...

Many HP laptops have overheating problems after updating to Windows 11 24H2, caused by power setting changes, drivers not matching HP's needs, and outdated BIOS firmware. To fix the overheating, users ...

The Battlefield 6 Open Beta is finally here, and you may have noticed that Secure Boot is required to play the game on PCs. This can be an intimidating message to receive if you aren’t entirely sure ...

The navigation pane can be disabled unintentionally due to a miss-click or system update. File Explorer also includes settings that control how the pane displays folders, drives, and libraries.