Editor's take: The list of deprecated features in the Windows ecosystem continues to grow, even as millions still rely on them daily. Occasionally, Microsoft has to tap the brakes on its phase-out ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the availability of a new "Vulnerable and Malicious Driver Reporting Center," which lets anyone direct Microsoft's attention toward drivers with suspect behaviors. The ...

Recently, Microsoft has been the target of some criticism for its unclear naming of many drivers for Windows 11. For example, you might find drivers on your system with names like “Microsoft ...

The January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 address a battery issue on devices with a Neural Processing Unit, and ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced some progress in enabling organizations to have better control over Windows client driver and firmware installations. Those controls are now just becoming publicly ...

Microsoft Vice President of OS Security and Enterprise David Weston tweeted about the new Windows security option on March 27. The feature will be enabled by default on Windows 10 in S Mode, as well ...

A driver is a small piece of software that helps your PC communicate with a certain piece of hardware, like your mouse, keyboard, or printer. Every once in a while, though, those drivers may require ...

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Microsoft has decided that a number of old modem drivers pose a security risk and thus disabled them entirely.

Recently, Microsoft started pasting cautionary banners almost everywhere on its website about the upcoming end of support for Windows 10. The company wants users to upgrade to Windows 11 and it does ...

The January update for Windows 11 has broken numerous modems for security reasons. Users aren't happy about it. Here's what ...

IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) is an internet protocol used for communication between the client devices (such as computers, mobile phones, etc.) and the printers via an IPP port. In Windows ...