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Struggling with cluttered themes or stuck customizations in Windows 11? Discover step-by-step instructions on how to reset ...

There’s also a small but welcome personalization update. Windows 11 now supports .webp images as desktop backgrounds. You can ...

When you get a new Windows computer, it's important to tweak a few things before you start doing anything productive with it. From personalization and optimization to storage management and data ...

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

With the recent rollout of the optional update KB5036980 for Windows 11 versions 23H2 and 22H2, Microsoft has introduced a new feature that embeds ads for various programs and services on the ...

Windows 11 has brought about a wide range of improvements over its predecessor — from the personalized Widgets to the convenient Snap Layouts to the updated look of most of its system apps. Despite ...

While Windows 11 provides a good enough out of the box experience—atrocious new taskbar aside—it handles so much better after tweaking just a handful of settings to make it feel more like the Windows ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Windows operating systems collect extensive data through various background processes, often without explicit user awareness.

Windows 11 KB5074157 rolls out to the Beta Channel with modern account UI, faster Copilot prompts, and support for WebP ...