Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. We are at a rare moment in Microsoft history, when the company that defined the modern PC is supporting a single version of its flagship operating ...

Just days after Microsoft killed security updates for 500 million Windows 10 users, there’s bad news for Windows 11 users as well. A new, mandatory security update is a “total disaster” and an ...

October marks the final official Patch Tuesday for Windows 10. This month's update included a record 173 security fixes. All the new and improved features were reserved for Windows 11. Microsoft has ...

Today, Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows 11 25H2, also known as Windows 11 2025 Update. Windows 11 25H2 is a minor update, and it shares the same platform release as Windows 11 ...

It’s no secret that Microsoft is ending official support for Windows 10 in October. The tech giant has been chomping at the bit to get users to upgrade to Windows 11, and even allows Windows 10 users ...

The Windows 11 25H2 update shouldn’t take very long to install, since its features were delivered in previous downloads. The Windows 11 25H2 update shouldn’t take very long to install, since its ...

Windows offers several built-in ways to take screenshots. Sure, you can just hit the Prt Scrn button on your keyboard to capture your entire screen, but if you want to screenshot a portion of your ...

Microsoft stops support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025 (though you can extend this for a year). Keen gamers make up one group of Windows 10 diehards, but the latest report from Steam shows they are ...

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 ...

Windows 11 is now more widely used than Windows 10, nearly four years after its release. Windows 11 is now more widely used than Windows 10, nearly four years after its release. is a senior editor and ...

In brief: Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 this October despite its enduring popularity and the fact that hundreds of millions of usable PCs don't support Windows 11. The company recently ...

What was Microsoft’s best Windows operating system of all time? If you’re like us, you have…opinions. Even if you’re not the type to parse through all of the little details that separated Windows 98 ...