Whatever happened to the free Windows 10 upgrade offer?For seven years after Microsoft’s free upgrade offer officially ended, people were still reporting successful Windows 10 upgrades from older machines. But the party's finally over.December 21, 2022 by Ed Bott in Windows 10
Chrome gets memory and energy saver modes for Windows, MacOS and ChromeOSGoogle's Chrome browser is getting new settings to make it less of a resource hog on multiple platforms.December 9, 2022 by Liam Tung in Google
Microsoft tests Windows VPN notification, taskbar search updatesMicrosoft continues tweaking the search experience on the Windows Taskbar. Is a search button, box or no icon better?November 30, 2022 by Liam Tung in Enterprise Software
Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux just hit a major milestoneAnd now Windows 10 users with Windows Subsystem for Linux can use Linux GUI apps.November 23, 2022 by Liam Tung in Enterprise Software
Next Windows 10/11 Patch Tuesday fixes Microsoft's botched vulnerable driver blocklistMicrosoft addresses an issue preventing Windows 10's vulnerable driver blocklist from being updated with new vulnerable drivers.October 27, 2022 by Liam Tung in Windows
You reset your Windows PC and ended up with Home edition. Here's how to get your Pro upgrade backWhen you reset a PC that originally shipped with Windows 10 or Windows 11 Home edition, the activation process might restore that edition. Fortunately, it's easy to restore your Pro upgrade.October 20, 2022 by Ed Bott in Windows
Microsoft starts rolling out the annual Windows 10 feature update, Windows 10 22H2Microsoft is making Windows 10 22H2, its annual feature update, available to mainstream users on select devices starting today, October 18.October 18, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows 10
Why can't I get Windows 11 22H2 yet?Microsoft has acknowledged a handful of Windows 11 22H2 blockers, but customers are finding more "safeguard holds" and working to let others know about them.October 4, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows 11
Windows 11 22H2: How to get Microsoft's latest OS update and what's coming nextMicrosoft's first annual Windows 11 feature update starts rolling out Sept. 20. But what happens next, both later this year and beyond? We've got at least some answers to those questions.September 20, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows 11
Microsoft is shutting down its 'Olympia Corp.' Windows Insider enterprise test bedMicrosoft is shutting down next month one of its programs that looked to help seed Windows in the enterprise.August 16, 2022 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows 11
New Windows 10 21H2 build improves ransomware protection and language managementMicrosoft has released a preview of Windows 10 21H2 to the Release Preview channel, but hasn't announced anything new for the upcoming Windows 10 22H2.August 16, 2022 by Liam Tung in Windows 10
How much RAM does your Windows 10 PC need?Is there a case for having more than 16GB of RAM in a Windows 10 PC? Sure there is, but the bang for the buck trails off.July 29, 2022 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware