How to improve Windows 11 security using Administrator Protection — shielding your PC with a switch buried in its settings

On Windows 11, you can now enable Administrator Protection to improve security while elevating commands or applications, and ...

Windows 10 just hit end of life — here's how to get a year of security updates for free

Open Settings by clicking the Start menu and selecting the gear icon. Navigate to System, About and scroll down to see your ...
PC World

New Windows 11 PC? Confirm this special security protection is active

Windows Security is not the same across Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft’s built-in security suite protects against online and offline threats in both operating systems, but Windows 11 gets extra ...
Redmond Magazine

Easy Ransomware Protection for Data Stored Locally, Part 2: Enabling Defense

Enable and configure Windows 11's Controlled Folder Access to add a layer of protection against ransomware targeting locally stored data. In the first part of this series, I talked about how the ...

10 open-source Windows apps I can't live without - and they're all free

If Windows is your OS of choice, consider these open-source apps. There are tons of open-source apps for just about any task. These are all free to install and use on Windows. I've been using ...