Back in the day, most window installations went something like this: Set, level, square, nail, spray foam, rinse, repeat. But there are a few more steps these days, and not all of them have to do with ...

First, we are going to change the boot order as without doing so, the computer will boot from an empty hard drive or another source. So this step ensures that the computer boots from the installation ...

If you cannot install Windows on a new build or newly configured-configured hardware because of drivers, this post will show how to fix the problem. Whichever driver you select during installation or ...

For a certain kind of computer buyer, the first thing you always did with a new laptop or desktop from a company like Dell, HP, Acer, or Asus wasn’t to open the box and start using it. Instead, you ...

PCs, for a long time, had a bloatware problem. The major PC manufacturers—Dell, Asus, Acer, and the like—had a bad habit of including "free trials" of software like Norton AntiVirus on new devices.

Rufus is an open-source program that creates bootable USB sticks for Windows installation and more. Compared to Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool, Rufus offers many more options for configuration setup.

Above and beyond the benefits of a fresh do-over, clean installing Windows 11 improves security, exposes new features, and more. With the Windows 10 end of support date arriving on October 14, ...

Windows 11’s latest cumulative update is not a routine housekeeping patch, it closes critical security holes and stabilizes ...

This past week Microsoft released the Patch Tuesday updates for August 2025 on Windows 10 (KB5063709 / KB5063877 / KB5063871 / KB5063889) and for Windows 11 (KB5063878, KB5063875). Aside from that, ...