To get around this, you can revoke camera, location, or microphone permissions for such apps. Head to Settings > Privacy & ...

The small symbols that light up in the Windows taskbar are not just decoration, they are often the only warning that your ...

Here we go again. Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be any more areas of Windows 11 vacant enough to squeeze an ad into, Micorost finds a way. The company has now begun testing placing ads ...

Windows 11 is great — it’s worth upgrading to from Windows 10. But as with every version of Windows, it’s at its best when you make some tweaks to it. Beyond making Windows 11 look like Windows 10, or ...

A lightweight free utility gives Windows users an easy way to review and control system-level privacy settings without digging into the registry. Recently, I stumbled onto a free utility called O&O ...

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

Microsoft introduced a lot of new features and appearance changes with Windows 11. It tweaked the taskbar and brought the Start menu to the center, which Windows users didn’t appreciate. Thankfully, ...

Think you know Windows 11? Hidden deep in Settings are strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you've probably never stumbled across—until now.

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

TL;DR: Windows 11 build 26200.5742 continues the gradual migration of legacy Control Panel features to the Settings app. In this preview release, Microsoft has shifted across some time and ...

How to use the new Focus Assist and Notifications settings in Windows 11 22H2 Your email has been sent Windows 11 22H2 enhances and tweaks Focus Assist and Notifications features to make them easier ...