If you've encountered a problem with a Windows upgrade, you know how maddeningly unhelpful Windows error messages can be. These are my favorite troubleshooting tricks.

Microsoft wants you to use online accounts in Windows 11, yes, but they're not as mandatory as you might think.

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It’s imperative to point out that Device encryption is different from BitLocker drive encryption. All Windows Home editions support only the former, whereas every other edition supports both security ...

Yesterday, Microsoft released the KB5041585 cumulative update for Windows 11 that brought some important changes. Unlike the KB5041580 patch for Windows 10, which basically only fixes problems, this ...

One day, you might lose your laptop. It could be stolen or it could be misplaced. But if you’re reading this right now and ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you’re running Windows 11 Pro, you could be costing your SSD almost 50 percent of its ...

After the introduction of Windows 11 24H2, both Windows Pro and Home versions will have encryption enabled automatically. However, if you do not want to use a BitLocker PIN to start their system, we ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro is down to just $12.97 (reg. $199) — pay once and enjoy lifetime access to Microsoft’s most advanced OS ...

Earlier this month, we covered an issue about a "65000" BitLocker encryption error message which was affecting both Windows 11 as well as Windows 10 PCs. And while ...

Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled. Clean installs of Windows 11 version 24H2 now have BitLocker device encryption enabled.

Microsoft’s BitLocker software encryption of for SSDs, which is activated by default in Windows 11 Pro, causes a massive reduction in the performance of storage drives. TomsHardware conducted ...