Windows 11

Windows 11
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Since its debut in 2021, Windows 11 has grown both in market share and in functionality. The dominant desktop operating system for PCs now has built-in AI, along with a host of powerful features.

Below, we help you make the most of Windows 11 with helpful tutorials, breaking news and in-depth analysis.

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How to Install and Log In to Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account By default, Windows 11 requires you to have or create an account.
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Linux or Landfill? End of Windows 10 Leaves PC Charities with Tough Choice Non-profits that refurbish PCs and give them to the needy have a dilemma when it comes to Windows 11-ineligible computers. Should they give clients an insecure Windows 10 OS, turn to Linux or throw perfectly-good computers away?
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Microsoft launches Cloud‑Initiated Driver Recovery for remote rollback of faulty updates

By Mark Tyson published

Microsoft introduces Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, an important Windows reliability change designed to minimize buggy driver mayhem.

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Microsoft staunchly defends its new "Low Latency Profile" for Windows 11 that boosts CPU clocks for faster load times

By Hassam Nasir published

The quest to fix Windows 11 is a bumpy one.

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Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11

By Mark Tyson published

A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.

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Best Laptops 2026: Our benchmarked picks for productivity, portability, and battery life

By Andrew E. Freedman last updated

We test dozens of laptops a year for their performance, screen quality, and battery life, to find the best laptops right now across Windows, macOS, Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm notebooks.

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Microsoft now recommends 32GB of RAM as the future-proof 'no worries' config for gaming

By Hassam Nasir published

32 GB is no longer being considered as overkill.

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CPU Benchmarks and Hierarchy 2026: CPU Rankings

By Jake Roach last updated

All of today's desktop CPU benchmarks compared, including Intel's 13th-Gen Core series and AMD's Ryzen Zen 4 and Threadripper.

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Microsoft issues emergency update for Windows 11

By Kunal Khullar published

The latest Windows 11 emergency update tackles widespread install errors and replaces the problematic KB5079391 rollout.

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Latest Windows 11 update is broken, refuses to install

By Hassam Nasir published

The update came with missing or corrupted files.

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Microsoft says Windows update isn't to blame for Galaxy Book4 laptops losing access to C: drive

By Hassam Nasir published

Windows Update is not the culprit.

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Microsoft blocks registry trick that unlocked performance-boosting native NVMe driver on Windows 11

By Luke James published

Microsoft has blocked the registry trick that allowed Windows 11 users to enable a native NVMe driver on their PCs. However, third-party tools can still help with a workaround.

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