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Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...

Microsoft’s Copilot can now pull text out of a Word document and drop it into PowerPoint as a ready-to-edit slide — a small-seeming change with outsized implications for productivity, licensing, and IT planning, especially for organizations still on Windows 10 and watching Microsoft’s support...

Microsoft has set a hard cutoff for Windows 10: free mainstream support and monthly security updates stop on October 14, 2025, but a one‑year safety net — the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — gives eligible Windows 10 users a bridge until October 13, 2026. Background /...

Microsoft’s Copilot has quietly crossed a threshold: it can now turn sections of a Word document into fully formed PowerPoint slides — not as a rough sketch, but as editable, presentation-ready slides that include layouts, speaker notes, and suggested imagery. This is a practical, day-to-day...

Create and Schedule System Image Backups and File History in Windows 10/11 Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 30-45 minutes This tutorial shows how to create a full system image and set up File History in Windows 10/11, and how to schedule automated system-image backups using built‑in...

Microsoft’s Copilot is getting quietly practical: you can now turn a Word document into a ready-to-edit PowerPoint slide in seconds — and for anyone still running Windows 10 there’s a second, much louder message: upgrade planning is no longer optional. This dual moment — an incremental but...

Is there any way to continue using old computers with Windows on them? I have got a really old computer that is suitable for Windows 98 and a computer that's got Windows 7 hardward and one that's got Windows 10. I keep being told that they are outdate and I am not intelligent enough to get them...

The countdown to October 14, 2025 is real: when Microsoft stops shipping security updates and technical support for Windows 10, millions of functioning machines will face a binary choice—move to Windows 11, pay for temporary extended security, or run a different operating system entirely—and for...

Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 — October 14, 2025 — is no longer a distant calendar note: it’s a hard deadline that forces millions of users to choose between upgrading to Windows 11, buying time with Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU), or accepting growing...

Microsoft’s support clock for Windows 10 has a hard stop: after October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer issue routine security or feature updates for Windows 10, and millions of PCs will face a growing security and compatibility risk unless owners act — by upgrading to Windows 11, enrolling...

If you’re staring at a Windows 10 machine that won’t upgrade to Windows 11 — and facing Microsoft’s October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — the old reasons for avoiding Linux are collapsing faster than ever. What was once true only in the server room or among hobbyist tinkerers is now an...

Microsoft has confirmed that its August 12, 2025 cumulative updates — most notably KB5063878 for Windows 11 (OS Build 26100.4946) and companion packages for Windows 10 and Windows Server — introduced a UAC-related regression that prevents many non‑administrator users from performing routine...

Enable and Manage BitLocker Drive Encryption in Windows 10/11 (TPM & Recovery Keys) Difficulty: Intermediate | Time Required: 20-30 minutes Introduction BitLocker encrypts your drive so that data on your PC is protected if the device is lost, stolen, or someone tries to access it by removing the...

If you’ve been holding off on leaving Windows 10 because of long‑standing Linux myths, now is the moment to clear the air: the common objections—about gaming, familiarity, stability, choice overload, and aesthetics—don’t hold up the way they used to, and for many Windows 10 users facing...

Sony appears to be widening its PC support for PlayStation audio gear: a newly reported PlayStation Link PC Driver for Windows — said to support the PULSE Elite headset and PULSE Explore earbuds — would let PC users update firmware and tune audio without needing a PS5, while September’s...

Modern PC shooters are raising the bar: several recent AAA titles now refuse to run on Windows 10 unless Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 are enabled, forcing many players to move from legacy BIOS/MBR setups to a UEFI/GPT configuration before they can even launch the game. Background / Overview The...

Octos arrives as one of the cleanest, most developer-friendly entries in the live wallpaper scene: an open‑source engine that turns your Windows 10 or 11 desktop into a fully interactive HTML/CSS/JS canvas, ships with an explicit JavaScript API for native features, and is already available as...

Windows users facing the October deadline for Windows 10 support are being offered a realistic, battle-tested alternative in Zorin OS — a Dublin-born Linux distribution that promises to keep older PCs secure, fast and usable for years to come, and which the Irish Times frames as a timely option...

Microsoft’s latest “Make windows better” brief in Computeractive — published on 27 August 2025 — lands at a difficult moment for Windows users: the countdown to Windows 10 end-of-support is counting down, Windows 11’s AI-driven features are rolling out at scale, and a fresh set of recovery and...