Windows Yes, if you already use a local account on Windows 10, you can upgrade to Windows 11 without having to link your Microsoft account, and here's how.

Windows 1.0 officially released to the public 40 years ago today (November 20), and despite its age, still has some common similarities with what users can expect from the operating system today.

When you purchase a new Windows PC, it typically comes preloaded with various apps, such as maintenance tools, antivirus software, or even games. The catch is that, even after uninstalling some of ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

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 ...

Windows continues to be the most widely used operating system in the world, powering over a billion devices from personal laptops and desktops to workstations and enterprise machines. It is the ...

Editor's take: Microsoft has spent years trying to phase out the traditional Windows Control Panel. Since Windows 10, the company has pushed users toward a modernized settings interface, but the ...

For many, MIDI means SoundBlaster cards, chiptunes, and WAD files played to the sound of a killer synth score. But Microsoft Windows has begun previewing MIDI 2.0, the first update to the MIDI ...

Alongside MGS2 from the Master Collection, Konami has released Metal Gear Solid 3 Master Collection Vol. 1 update 2.00 on consoles today! Those on current-gen, you’ll see this as download version ...