Microsoft's default settings for Windows 11 are filled with tiny annoyances, including unnecessary taskbar icons and unwanted apps. Here's how to declutter your new setup and maximize your security ...

Windows gets a lot of flak from users for having more bloat than macOS or Linux, and rightfully so. The term "bloatware" is synonymous with a fresh Windows install, to the point that there are custom ...

It's no secret that Microsoft's drive to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic" AI-focused OS has been controversial, but being de facto market leader does not mean users won't push back, and a handy ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...

Pre-installed software, often called bloatware, can clutter your Windows 11 experience from the moment you first turn on a new PC. These unwanted applications consume valuable disk space, use up ...

It’s that time of year again—temperatures are dropping, leaves are changing color, and Microsoft is gradually rolling out another major yearly update to Windows 11. The Windows 11 25H2 update is ...

Cortana was Microsoft’s voice assistant designed to compete with Siri and Alexa, but it has now been officially discontinued. Despite this, it still appears on many Windows 11 systems, consuming ...

Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud storage service built into Windows 11 that automatically syncs your files with the cloud. While useful for some, it often runs in the background, consumes bandwidth, and ...

Last week, Microsoft announced a wave of updates that make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC — with Copilot as the center of the experience. With that, Windows users could expect three main changes: ...

The problem first surfaced on Microsoft's own support forums and quickly spread to Stack Overflow and Server Fault after the October 2025 cumulative update (KB5066835) landed, which appears to have ...