Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, left, and Bill Gates with an array of personal computers in the early 1980s. Microsoft’s decision to make software, rather than produce a PC of its own, defined its ...

A plaque on the Microsoft campus commemorates the launch of BASIC for the Altair, the company’s first product. Click to enlarge. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The extraordinary pace of Microsoft’s ...

Windows 11 hasn't seen the growth numbers Microsoft was probably hoping it would, but it still makes up nearly 20% of Windows installs, according to AdDuplex. Although there have been a lot of ...

Beware the BitLocker startup loop after Windows 10 update. Update, May 18, 2025: This story, originally published May 17, has now been updated with a statement from Microsoft regarding the Windows 10 ...

Most startup apps slow Windows down, but a couple are actually worth keeping. Here are the only ones I let run at boot.

Launching a browser can sometimes be painful if it takes too much time to become useable. It is something that can happen with any browser. Keeping this in mind, Microsoft Edge comes with a Startup ...

The recently released Windows 11 Dev and Beta builds introduced some welcome changes and improvements. However, those preview builds are not flawless and have a pretty long list of known issues. One ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft published a new support page with tips for Windows users who want to boot up their operating system more quickly. The tips mainly center around optimizing startup apps, ...

Windows 10 has a new update as part of Microsoft's extended support scheme, but there are reports of this latest release ...

Microsoft Teams is Microsoft’s platform for business-oriented communication via chat, audio calls, and video calls. The service is part of Microsoft 365 and often comes already integrated with work ...

If you’re stuck in Diagnostic Startup mode on your Windows 11/10 PC with an error message saying your PIN isn’t available, we will show you how to troubleshoot ...