Microsoft is shifting focus to fixing Windows 11 performance and reliability after months of buggy updates, boot failures, and growing user frustration.

Inside the company, engineering teams have been pulled into a "swarming" effort to stabilize Windows 11's core behavior – a shift that acknowledges how far the ...

Microsoft has linked recent reports of Windows 11 boot failures after installing the January 2026 updates to previously failed attempts to install the December 2025 security update, which left systems ...

Engineers are now focusing on performance, reliability, and the overall Windows experience. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over ...

Now that Windows 10 is no longer supported, it's become a more attractive target for hackers. That doesn't mean you need to upgrade right away—here's how to stay protected.

Microsoft loves to promote Windows 11 25H2's AI features and other improvements, but can it game faster than Windows 10? We tested 14 modern titles to ...

If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came ...

Windows 10 has a new update as part of Microsoft's extended support It reportedly breaks StartIsBack, a popular customization app The December patch also apparently causes issues with multiple ...

From October 14, 2025, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 10 with new features, troubleshooting aids, or security updates. That's because Microsoft follows a ten-year lifecycle support policy ...

Some Windows users are in a quandary. Since Windows 10 ceased to receive support from Oct. 14, the only way to avoid moving to Windows 11 (if the hardware allowed), was to sign up to Extended Security ...