Windows enthusiasts have been stripping the operating system down to its bare minimum for years. Now, a user known as "Xeno" on X has reduced one ...

A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very ...

Windows Vista introduced a graphical feature called Flip 3D for switching between open applications. The feature was located on the Taskbar. Flip 3D displays your open windows in a stack and allows ...

Microsoft has started testing a new feature that prompts Windows 11 users to run a memory scan when logging in after a blue ...

Windows Insiders are getting early access to an upcoming Windows 11 feature that is intended to improve system reliability by ...

The moment, captured above, was from Gates' keynote at the then-major COMDEX trade show a few months before Windows 98's ...

The new feature is on the Insider track for now, but will roll out to the wider Windows 11 install base in a future update.

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

There are multiple ways to try any Linux distribution on Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers. However, Hyper-V is the native virtual machine app that you can use to install Linux Ubuntu on your PC. As ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

Not every notebook has a touch screen, but try one, and you'll be a tap-and-swipe convert. Here's what to know about touch-panel technology, plus the best touch-screen laptops you can buy, based on ...

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