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From 27 March BBC account holders across the UK will start to receive an online questionnaire to help identify what they want from the BBC now, and what they want from it in the future ...

It's worth giving Windows a good tidy-up from time to time to dust off the system and restore its old speed. No problem with ...

Luckily, setting up Windows 10 in a VM isn't particularly difficult. Note: While this guide uses VirtualBox, it is not the only free VM software available. VMWare Workstation Player is another ...

If you have tried to install Google Chrome only to be met with ... yesterday with widespread reports on Reddit and other social media platforms, and it appears to stem from a bug on Google ...

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 ...

Several Reddit users said they couldn't install Chrome on their Windows PCs. We can confirm that we also had the same problem. I and a colleague from Laptop Mag attempted to install Google Chrome ...

Microsoft has just released the March 2025 optional updates for Windows 11 version 23H2 and the Enterprise and Education Editions of the version 22H2 of the OS. While this month’s optional ...

This guide will provide a step-by-step installation process for the Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 to help restore these missing functionalities. Windows Media Player Video codecs (H.264, MPEG-4, ...

Every installation of Windows 11 includes a ... The Media Player app in Windows 11 is not the same as Windows Media Player, which has been part of Windows for more than three decades and is ...

There’s no need to stick with Windows’ preloaded applications. These time-tested apps are all free — and open source, too.