Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Let me state the obvious right up front: it's ...

Complaining about Windows 11 is a popular sport among tech enthusiasts on the Internet, whether you’re publicly switching to Linux, publishing guides about the dozens of things you need to do to make ...

Windows 11 surpasses 1 billion users worldwide, reaching the milestone faster than Windows 10 and marking a major adoption achievement.

That was the reaction of a reader who successfully upgraded a 12-year-old PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 after being repeatedly blocked by the compatibility checker in Microsoft's Windows 11 Setup ...

Microsoft is set to officially retire Windows 10 on Oct. 14, ending the operating system's security and feature updates. Though that's sad news for the hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users out ...

In my three-plus decades of watching Microsoft, I've seen the company do some truly dumb things. The transition from Windows 10 to Windows 11 deserves a spot at the top of the list. What's most ...

Earlier this year, Microsoft officially yanked the cord on Windows 10, ending support for an operating system that had been superseded by Windows 11 four years earlier. But the tech giant’s ...

Microsoft has been reminding users about the upcoming end of support for Windows 10 that is inbound in less than four months. In the reminder, Microsoft has highlighted ways to deal with the event, ...

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 ...

If you bought a new PC with Windows 11 Home, you can start using it right away. But if you need advanced features, Windows 11 Home might not be enough. That’s where Windows 11 Pro comes in. Windows 11 ...