Windows 11

Don't Add Microsoft Account
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.
Old laptops
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?
Windows 11
How to get windows 11 for free (or less than $15) Need an OS for your PC build? Microsoft charges a whopping $139 for Windows 11 Home. Here's how to get Windows free or at least cheap.

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Microsoft's vision of "AI-native" Windows is becoming real, update introduces agents that pilfer through your files

By Hassam Nasir Published

Microsoft states that agents read files in an isolated runtime

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Top Microsoft exec's boast about Windows 'evolving into an agentic OS' provokes furious backlash over AI

By Mark Tyson Published

Microsoft Windows president faces withering criticism in response to boasts that 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'

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Microsoft announces first test build for Windows 11 26H1, aimed at 'specific silicon'

By Hassam Nasir Published

It's available for testing right now.

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Windows security update triggers BitLocker recovery in some systems

By Jowi Morales Published

A Windows security update had some systems unexpectedly asking for BitLocker passwords.

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Windows 10 laptop sitting on a desk in a dark room.
Developer warns users that fake download site is hosting Windows 11 upgrade bypass tool

By Kunal Khullar Published

Following Windows 10’s end-of-life, Flyoobe has grown in popularity for enabling safe Windows 11 upgrades on unsupported systems - but you must only download it via the official GitHub source.

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Windows 11 takedown
Windows 11 videos demoing account and hardware requirements bypass purged from YouTube creator's channel

By Jowi Morales Published

A YouTube creator accuses Microsoft of being behind the action and rants about Google’s use of AI.

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Windows Recovery Environment concept
Windows 11's October update just broke the Windows Recovery Environment

By Hassam Nasir Published

Another week, another OS-breaking bug.

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Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets 'conversational' input to complement your mouse and keyboard

By Andrew E. Freedman Published

Microsoft is going deep on AI with Windows 11, making voice a third input aside the keyboard and mouse with new wake words and additional features.

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Commodore OS Vision 3.0
Commodore needles Microsoft over end of Windows 10, tries to lure disgruntled users to its Linux-based OS Vision 3.0

By Mark Tyson Published

Hesitating about the move to Windows 11? Part of you wants to upgrade to Commodore OS Vision 3.0.

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Windows 10 to 11
How to upgrade to Windows 11 — make your update as painless as possible now windows 10 support has ended

By Les Pounder last updated

All it took was 75 minutes for a painless migration

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