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Encryption can protect your data from crooks, but if you don't have a recovery key stored securely, it can also keep you out ...

When historians look back at the PC industry in 2025, they’ll probably remember a time of intense turmoil. Between wildly ...

Drive encryption on Windows is still technically a "business" feature, but if you have Windows 11 Pro, you can fully encrypt your drive using BitLocker. Your TPM is supposed to handle the decryption ...

Top picks for gamers - Guilty as charged gaming hoarder, Stuart Pritchard, heads down the route of additional hard drives to help solve his self-made storage issues ...

This post explains how to find your computer’s username and password in Windows 11. Usernames and passwords are assigned to users when they first set up their Windows account. They are the unique ...

If you’ve only just adopted Windows 11, one of the things that will jump out at you is the placement of the Start button on the desktop. It’s now towards the middle of the screen. I actually like it ...

In Windows 11/10, your computer automatically connects to known Wi-Fi networks based on their priority. If you want to set a preferred Wi-Fi network—ensuring your PC always connects to it when in the ...

Passkeys are becoming increasingly common and, thankfully, easier to use. 1Password can now be set as your default passkey manager in Windows 11. Other password manager apps should follow closely.

Microsoft is once again emphasizing that passwords are a thing of the past, while passkeys represent the future of secure, ...

Windows 11 Microsoft's current Windows lead Pavan Davuluri has tweeted that the future of Windows will be one that evolves into an agentic OS, but has received significant pushback online. Windows 11 ...