Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

Black flag down: Microsoft has closed an activation loophole that was widely used by software pirates to run Windows and Office without a legitimate license. The group behind the activation tool has ...

Support for Windows 10 22H2 officially ended earlier this week on October 14th, and one day later, on October 15th, registration for Extended Security Updates (ESU) was finally activated. This means ...

The Windows 11 media creation tool is no longer working. And today marks the last day of support for Windows 10. There are other methods to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to 11. Talk about bad timing.

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

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New warning for Windows users. Update: Republished on April 17 with Microsoft’s confirmation that ineligible PCs are mistakenly upgrading to Windows 11 and news that it’s not only Windows 10 that will ...

To fix the issue with Restart on your PC, uninstall the recently installed programs, and pirated programs, scan for malware, disable antivirus, and uninstall it if it is the cause. Make sure you run ...

A group of developers who call themselves Massgrave have successfully hacked Microsoft's activation tools for Windows and Office. The collective has uploaded a set of PowerShell scripts to their ...