Here's my essential Windows 11 update safety checklist, along with instructions on how to recover your PC if anything goes ...

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, which meanscomputers that can't run Windows 11 will be left without security updates, bug fixes, or technical support. While upgrading ...

The Windows 11 non-security feature preview update for February just landed, and it's the first in a while that includes a ...

Microsoft has released the KB5065429 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, with fourteen fixes or changes, including fixes for unexpected UAC prompts and severe lag and stuttering ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. This update mistake has finally been fixed. Updated on Nov. 5 with ...

Microsoft’s first Windows 11 security update of 2026 caused two nasty failures, some PCs couldn’t finish a shutdown, and some users couldn’t sign in over Remote Desktop. Microsoft has now shipped ...

Act now — before it's too late. Microsoft has just issued a mandatory security update for all Windows 10 users, and this one comes with a new warning. Microsoft has now confirmed the next one of these ...

In June 2025, Microsoft announced that, in June 2026, it would begin deprecating Secure Boot certificates of Windows systems ...

Windows Update error 0x80240069 has been occurring recently when installing KB5063878 using enterprise tools like WSUS or SCCM, but it works fine when using Windows ...

In sharp contrast with its approach to privacy, Windows 11 security is in a good place, with no major enshittification issues.