Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...

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Microsoft has unexpectedly removed the last remaining method for activating Windows without an internet connection.

Microsoft Office 2021, which was released back in October 2021 and is the predecessor to the now-current Office 2024, will ...

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Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

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Windows 11 SE, Microsoft’s education-first OS for K–8 classrooms, will reach end of support in 2026, forcing schools to ...

To access the pages and options available in Windows Update Settings, open the Settings app using Win+I hotkey, and click on the Windows Update category available on the bottom left section. On the ...

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Here’s what you need to know about the latest updates to Windows 11 as they’re released from Microsoft. Now updated for KB5072033, released on Dec. 9, 2025. A Windows launch isn’t the end a process — ...