These free, open-source tools will make your Windows PC more powerful and give you a serious productivity boost.

WindowSill is a new Windows app that promises a taskbar-like command bar for power users, offering them a versatile set of useful utilities.

Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users across all supported Windows versions. This ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue caused by the August 2025 security updates, which triggers unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation problems for non-admin users on all ...

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The value of this mini PC is hard to overstate. For starters, it packs an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U processor that’s only three years old and still fast enough to handle modern apps with responsive smoothness ...

The new Outlook app for Windows has been the target of all kinds of criticism over the last year, not least because it lacks many of the features that were already mainstays in the older classic ...

Microsoft has removed the one-time fees for its store, and developers no longer need a credit card. Microsoft has removed the one-time fees for its store, and developers no longer need a credit card.

Microsoft has been on something of a rollercoaster with its properties over the past few weeks. As you may remember, the company recently announced its plans to retire the Mobile Plans app on February ...

ExplorerPatcher brings back the old Windows 10 Start menu that’s straightforward and actually useful. And if you were one of those people who liked live tiles, good news, you can have those back as ...

If you're constantly setting up new PCs with Windows 11, this tool can get you started much more quickly. But it takes some time to set up.

In a nutshell: Mozilla has announced another support extension for Firefox on older operating systems, including Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.13 High Sierra, and 10.14 ...