Setting up a Windows PC often involves installing a collection of “essential” utilities. These usually include everyday tools that either aren’t available by default, or simply not up to the mark. For ...

Microsoft wants to stop force-installing Windows feature updates on managed PCs. The company is now adding a new option to help IT admins and sysadmins to choose how they want to deploy such updates.

Windows Update can be a pain. Rebooting for updates is one thing — but a forced reboot for updates that shut down your running applications when you’re trying to get work done? Now, that’s obnoxious.

I thought Microsoft threatened that Windows 10 users enrolled in extended support would only get security updates, but no other 'features' or updates. I rejoiced - that's exactly what I wanted. But ...

The end is here—at least, it is for Windows 10. Microsoft officially stopped supporting the decade-old operating system on October 14, 2025. There's one hiccup, though: Even though Windows 11 is a ...