Ever feel like someone's watching you through your laptop? If your device is acting strange, it might not be paranoia. Thankfully, there are some simple ways to spot hidden monitoring software and ...

Software that comes with a computer, tablet or smartphone. The operating system is the primary pre-installed software component. However, there may be several pre-installed applications as well, in ...

Knowing who installed or removed software on your Windows computer can be helpful at times. Maybe you are trying to troubleshoot an issue, enforcing security policies, or just curious. However, ...

Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have a built-in command line tool called WinGet that provides a way for you to find, install, upgrade, and remove software and updates. This tool is broadly useful in ...

Some users are receiving an error message while performing the tasks that require the use of Function keys. Some Function keys on laptops (from F1 to F12) can perform ...

Picture the ultimate replacement for the Windows Store app. Let’s imagine it allows for installing nearly any Windows application; no clicking through software installation wizards; automatically ...

Installing apps from the internet can be dangerous, but a package manager can reduce a lot of that risk — and Windows has one ...

Being able to quickly identify what software is installed on your servers has value for a host of reasons. Managing software licensing costs and entitlements, planning upgrade budgets, identifying ...

More than 4,000 Google Play apps silently collect a list of all other installed apps in a data grab that allows developers and advertisers to build detailed profiles of users, a recently published ...

Software updates fix bugs, increase security and improve performance. However, even knowing this, many employees delay the dreaded update, thereby putting your organization at risk. No matter how busy ...

I just got a new Lenovo x230. Lenovo seems to have pre-installed significant amounts of software (See the pic below). Some I obviously want to remove like the Norton Internet Secuirity Suite but with ...