Charles ‘Chuck’ O'Rear photographed a field in California - an image that would become world-famous thanks to Microsoft ...

The Windows guest environment is the Google provided configuration and tooling inside of a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine. The metadata server is a communication channel for transferring ...

Too many startup apps can be a drag on your PC’s performance. Here's how to prevent apps from automatically starting when you sign into Windows 10 or 11.

One of the most common reasons Windows decides to shut down the system is overheating. If, for some reason, your computer gets too warm, it will shut down without any message to protect its ...

While no firm date has been given for these new features, we're told "over the coming days and weeks," as many features begin to roll out to Android, iOS, and Windows users. Microsoft will soon be ...

In the mood to change your background on Xbox? Well, we've got a bunch of new dynamic backgrounds to choose from right now, including the strange Microsoft 50th anniversary one that we highlighted ...

As Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary, the company is introducing a new way for Xbox Series X|S console owners to join in the celebration, rolling out a new Xbox Dynamic Background ...

To celebrate five decades of innovation, the company is introducing new dynamic backgrounds, profile themes ... featuring classic icons like the old Windows cursor, a floppy disk, and Clippy. These ...

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Are you still running Windows 8.1? Microsoft ended extended support for that version back on January 10, 2023. That means those of you stuck with the old operating system have been out of the loop ...

A fixture since the very first versions of Windows ... the 2001 "XP" edition were presented with a vision of lush, sun-dappled hills under a vivid blue sky. For many who grew up using computers in the ...

These guides will help you find your way around several generations of Microsoft’s Office apps for Windows — and Windows itself. Need to get up to speed on the latest features in Excel?