Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including long-anticipated taskbar fixes in Windows 11, ...

I haven't used any in years, yet they are eating into system resources.

Windows 11 is decent by itself, but if you use these apps, your PC will be infinitely better as a productivity tool.

Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the Internet river for quite a while, including stints at MSNBC.com, MSN, Bing, MoneyTalksNews, Tipico and more. He admits to being ...

Windows 11 shutdown issues caught many users off guard after a routine January 2026 security update, triggering widespread PC troubleshooting across affected systems. Instead of powering off, impacted ...

Volume Bar is a simple yet effective volume control tool for Windows, offering an intuitive interface to adjust sound levels easily. Volume Bar is a lightweight and intuitive volume control software ...

Microsoft is investigating reports that some Windows 11 devices are failing to boot with "UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME" errors after installing the January 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates. The issue ...

In the long run, not migrating to Windows 11 is vastly more expensive, in terms of both introduced risk and opportunity cost. Microsoft will end Windows 10 support on Oct. 14. The operating system ...

Modern Windows PCs slowly lose speed as apps pile up, updates stack in the background, and settings remain untouched for years. Even newer systems can feel sluggish when startup tasks, temporary files ...

Microsoft recently started offering users of modern SSDs an option to significantly increase their drive speeds. Specifically, this involves a performance boost for NVMe drives. NVMe stands for ...

Facepalm: Microsoft markets Windows 11 as the fastest and most secure version of the operating system, but users often complain about it being slow, bloated, and buggy. A new speed test now suggests ...