Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. “Reset and recovery operations on some Windows versions might fail,” ...

Bad news! The Asus Armoury Crate app, which comes preinstalled on many of the company’s gaming desktops, laptops, and ROG Ally X gaming handhelds, includes a severe flaw that could give hackers full ...

Officially, Microsoft will stop providing new security updates for Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, a little over a decade after its initial release. It’s a stick that Microsoft is using to push ...

When you finish your PC build and manage to successfully boot it, you're still not quite ready to get to your tasks. There's ...

Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries automatically ...

These changes follow a rough patch for Windows updates. Just months ago, users reported SSD failures and sluggish performance ...

CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR BRIAN ROCHE EXPLAINS. AS WE’VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MICROSOFT ENDED ALL SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL UPDATES FOR WINDOWS 10 ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH. THAT MEANS NO SOFTWARE UPDATES, ...

For the almost 40 years that I’ve written about personal tech, I’ve given consistent advice to folks who ask whether and when they should upgrade their software — particularly device operating systems ...

Alongside this, each software program has multiple background processes running to ensure my kit functions correctly. It ...

When it comes to phones, most software is updated through a unified process. With an iPhone, you get all your operating system updates from Apple and all your individual app updates from the App Store ...