Usually, you'd activate Windows 11 (or 10) using the Settings app to enter the product key. However, if you're in an enterprise environment and you have a specific type of activation key, you can also ...

Restarting the Windows Server Backup Service requires you to stop the Service and then start it. If the Service is stopped and not running, you will have to just start it. Let us see how to start and ...

At times, you might want to prevent users from changing the theme in Windows 11/10 computers. If so, you can use the Registry Editor and the Local Group Policy Editor to block other users from ...

The latest available Patch Tuesday (August 2025) updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10 have made quite an impact literally. There were reports of NVMe SSDs running into potentially fatal issues, which ...

Microsoft's latest August 2025 security update is wreaking havoc on non-admin users across several versions of Windows 10 and 11, preventing app installations from occurring in certain cases.

A phishing campaign delivering a new strain of malware, MostereRAT, has been uncovered by cybersecurity researchers. The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) targets Microsoft Windows systems and gives ...

Is a Recent Windows Update Responsible for SSD Failures? Microsoft Has an Answer Your email has been sent Some Windows 11 users are blaming a recent patch for causing data corruption and hardware ...

Tensions seem to be at an all-time high for Windows 10 users, especially for those who can't upgrade to Windows 11 pending its predecessor's end-of-life status, which is slated to take place in just a ...

In a nutshell: Tiny11 builds of Windows 10 and Windows 11 are already known for their extremely compact size. Power users can now use the latest version to create even smaller, more streamlined images ...

In a nutshell: Mozilla has announced another support extension for Firefox on older operating systems, including Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, and 10.14 ...

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Cyber criminals have stolen user data from the manufacturer of the Plex media server. Plex Incorporated informed its customers of this by email. The attackers had accessed a “limited subset” of data ...