Every year, without fail, I run into at least five or six instances where I need to reinstall Windows 11, either on my PC ...

Blu-ray discs remain one of the few ways to keep high-quality home movies on physical media you control. Windows 11 barely ...

Yeo Kheng Meng] has a problem: he likes Windows 98, but he also likes his 2020 ThinkPad, which only has an xHCI USB ...

This one tool made USB flashing obsolete for me.

The following is a story about how I once upgraded my PORTABOOK to Windows 11, but eventually returned it to Windows 10, ...

When your PC's operating system gets corrupted, or if an update fails, or a drive gets damaged, you need to be ready—or be prepared to spend a lot of time trying to get it back up running. Thankfully, ...

The most plausible source is an OEM or hardware partner that received final media early so they could ship PCs on launch day.

Microsoft has played whack-a-mole with workarounds users have found to avoid a Microsoft account in the Windows setup application over the years. In 2025, it snapped shut a popular loophole in the ...

Whether you're setting up a new computer or wiping an old one, having a bootable Windows 11 drive on hand is an important part of getting the job done. Microsoft's official Windows 11 Media Creation ...

A Windows 11 user has discovered that the mandatory account requirement in Windows 11 can be bypassed using a simple trick, allowing Windows to be set up with a local account only. Here’s how.

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He has loved computers since he got the Lenovo G570 in 2012. Abhishek holds a master's degree in computer applications and began his writing career in 2018. He loves writing how-to articles, listicles ...