The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

Depending on how you count them, there have been 15 major versions of Windows, with Microsoft's inconsistent naming scheme resulting in the current version of Windows being Windows 11—go figure. A lot ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. So, this is alarming and new. It turns out the “looming security ...

Clearing the Windows Update cache is like giving your PC a fresh start. Over time, cached update files can become corrupted or outdated, causing errors, stuck updates, and performance issues. Removing ...

Update, April 30, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the hotpatching security update service for Windows Server 2025 users, as well as ...

Run Windows Update Troubleshooter Clear Windows Update cache Run Windows Update in Clean Boot State Manually install the update Reinstall Windows 11 using Windows Update Before you proceed, restart ...

Microsoft’s big annual Windows 11 update has ended up being a massive headache for numerous users, with new problems constantly cropping up and getting in the way of otherwise useful changes and ...

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...