This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

Windows 11 hides a maze of settings behind the modern Settings app and the older Control Panel, which can turn simple tweaks ...

Empty seats define President Xi’s rule, as China’s political elite faces a relentless purge.

Focused tools that refuse feature creep.

A fake ad-blocking browser extension is deliberately crashing Chrome and Edge to trick users into running malware on their own PCs.

Amid Europe’s harshest winter in years, Ukrainian soldiers are adapting with heated gear, snow camouflage, and field improvisation to stay hidden from drones.

IT admins will be busy this month patching Microsoft software and apps, but not nearly as busy as they were in January.

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including long-anticipated taskbar fixes in Windows 11, ...