The Start Menu is a central part of the Windows experience, giving you quick access to your apps and settings. If the default layout in Windows 11 doesn’t quite match your preferences, there are ways ...

Whether you need to open apps, view recently used files, or shut down your PC, the Start menu is an essential part of the ...

A former Windows developer reveals why Windows was dragging around 30 MB of completely useless data for many years. The data ...

New entrants are added “based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage” ...

Tracks added to the list are judged to be "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress, ...

The boot-up chime for Microsoft Windows 95 is being preserved in the Library of Congress, the National Recording Registry ...

The Library of Congress announced this year’s 25 selections to add into its National Recording Registry. Although often ...

Normally, you’d run Microsoft’s PC Health Check Tool to see if your computer can handle Windows 11, but that tool is designed for Windows 10 and won’t work in Windows 8.1.

To help you out, here’s when the next Double XP weekend will start, so you don’t miss out. Double XP also provides a great opportunity to level up fast and progress through the Prestige system ...

Windows XP shipped with a version measuring just 800 by 600 pixels. Anywho, Inside History has a series of follow up images taken from the same vantage point in 2006, 2020, 2024 and 2025.

As Windows 10 approaches its end of support on October 14, 2025, you’re probably thinking about what’s next. Good news: buying a brand-new device isn’t your only option. If your current PC meets the ...

The best Windows laptops run an impressive gamut, from Qualcomm-powered workhorses that refuse to die to dual-display stunners and subtle gaming stations. (Some of them, dare we say, will tempt ...