Microsoft says the ESU program is "not intended as a long-term solution but rather as a temporary bridge to stay secure while one migrates to a newer, supported platform."  Windows security ...

The European Commission proposes weakening encryption for the public while maintaining strong cryptography for state actors.

TL;DR: Right now, it’s only $55 to get Microsoft Office Pro and Windows 11 Pro for life. This year, Microsoft raised the ...

If you back up both your data and your encryption key, your files should remain safely accessible to you (and only you). Open ...

A Reddit user ended up losing 3TB of games and backups after reinstalling Windows 11 because the operating system was lagging. Turns out, the BitLocker security was enabled by default after Microsoft ...

Microsoft has released an emergency update to fix the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE), which became unusable on systems ...

Microsoft fixes sprotect.sys driver issue that froze Windows 11 24H2 devices, lifting the update block for affected users.

The clock is ticking for Windows 10 and Microsoft is reminding PC users to upgrade before they lose files, email and other personal data, according to notification on the Microsoft website. The ...

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The most recent security innovation by Microsoft allows you to generate passkeys on Windows 11, which do not use passwords at all. This technology is a revolutionary authentication tool that involves ...

Hundreds of readers have completed upgrades using ZDNET's help. In general, they report the upgrade is easy, with few issues. For those who had problems, there were typically simple fixes. Microsoft's ...

A free tool is seeing increased adoption among users who want to install Windows 11 on devices that don't technically meet Microsoft's official hardware requirements. Called Flyoobe (previously ...