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How (and why) to boot Windows 11 from a USB flash drive

Booting from a USB stick is very helpful for many purposes. However, many factors have to be right for the boot to work ...

Microsoft: WMIC will be removed after Windows 11 25H2 upgrade

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool will be removed after upgrading ...

Windows 11 upgrade failed? These are my 4 most powerful troubleshooting secrets

If you've encountered a problem with a Windows upgrade, you know how maddeningly unhelpful Windows error messages can be. These are my favorite troubleshooting tricks.

This tiny version of Windows 11 fits into just 2.29 GB and is 'extremely aggressive' in removing bloat such as Xbox, Solitaire and Defender

C ramming the entire Windows OS into an extremely small file is a favourite pastime of NTDev, and we love to see a master at work. This time, they've crammed Windows 11 into just 2.29 GB of storage ...

How to check your PC's full specifications on Windows 10

Here are the five best ways to find out the technical specifications of your computer on Windows 10. On Windows 10, checking ...
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Windows lives on the C: drive, and the reason it's not called A: or B: goes back to the 1970s

In the era of floppy disks and early operating systems like CP/M and MS-DOS, A: and B: were reserved for floppy disk drives, ...

Can't upgrade your Windows 10 PC? You have 5 options - and just weeks to act

Microsoft will end support for its most popular operating system in less than 30 days. Here's what you should do with your Windows 10 PCs that fail Microsoft's Windows 11 compatibility tests - before ...