Microsoft Windows 11 operating system articles
Windows Toolbox, a popular Windows 11 script used to add the Google Play Store to the Android Subsystem, is covertly infecting users’ systems with malicious scripts, Chrome extensions, and other malware. When Microsoft announced the introduction of a feature that allows users to run Android …
Fellow author Jim Canfield touched on the issue of manufacturer’s bloatware in a recent article, Preinstalled Crapware. In this article, I’m going to take that a step further and show you how you can easily get rid of unwanted bloatware. Ever since Windows 8, Microsoft …
The expectation is that if you purchase a brand new Windows 10 laptop with good specs it will be upgradeable to Windows 11. However, that isn’t necessarily so — read on to learn why. Many retailers are currently advertising some nice laptops at tempting prices …
New Windows 11 Watermark On this site and others, there have been several comments and articles about using a workaround to install Windows 11 on unsupported devices. I am surprised at how many people were able to achieve this without any major hitches. If you …
Windows 10 and Windows 11 include a built-in Administrator account that, by default, is hidden and disabled for security reasons. All these types of accounts — Local (user), Administrator (user), and built-in Administrator — provide the user with certain levels of privileges. A Local account …
Following up on my recent articles, Five Reasons Why Windows 11 Sucks and Windows 11 – How To Bypass TPM, I’ve successfully installed Windows 11 on several machines, some of which were definitely not compatible with the shiny new OS and one that definitely was, …
Thousands, if not millions of articles have been written about Windows 11, not least because its arrival came out of the blue and surprised practically everybody who owns a PC or writes about them. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a big Windows fan, having also …
Many of you would probably be aware that, since the very beginning, a Microsoft account has been required to install Windows 11 Home. Now, with its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22557 (on the Dev channel) Microsoft has applied the same requirement for Windows …
Microsoft Defender Preview Adds New Security Recently released to Windows Insiders, and available in the Windows Store for Windows 10 and 11 even though it has not been officially released is Microsoft Defender Preview. Unlike the Microsoft Defender (formerly known as Windows Defender) already on …
Most have grown accustomed to Command Prompt and, more recently, PowerShell. Windows 11 introduces a new alternative called Windows Terminal. Windows Terminal is built into Windows 11 but is also available for Windows 10 as a Microsoft Store app. What Is Windows Terminal “Windows Terminal …
Since Microsoft decided to render the “F8” method of accessing Safe Mode practically useless, accessing Safe Mode in Windows 10/11 has become a bit of a rigmarole and perhaps a tad convoluted for less experienced users. Here then is a little portable freeware utility that …
New OS vs New Computer In a recent article I read by our own Jim Hiller, The Truth Behind Windows 11, he asks a compelling question about Windows 11 and asks readers for their thoughts. In reading some of the comments it reminded me of …
It’s no secret that Microsoft deprecated quite a few options/settings in Windows 11 and users have not been happy with the results. One of the most complained about missing options is the ability to access Task Manager via the Taskbar’s right-click context menu. However, considering …
EasyRE for Windows 11 (Home edition) is currently available for free, for a limited time. EasyRE (Easy Recovery Essentials) for Windows 11 is a comprehensive repair and recovery tool produced by NeoSmart Technologies. NeoSmart Technologies is well-known for its popular EasyBCD boot manager software and …
