Microsoft released a new Windows Insider build of Windows 11 to its experimental Dev Channel today, with a fairly extensive ...

The offline Windows 11 install looks like it could officially be a thing of the past. Microsoft is officially shutting the ...

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If you're setting up a new Windows computer, you're supposed to use a Microsoft account. But if you want to rebel, a local account has always been an alternative option, though Microsoft has ...

Two weeks ago, Microsoft switched the build number sequencing for the Dev channel in the Windows Insider ... Is this is a new book? A new edition? Do I make a Copilot+ PC book and/or add-on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst.

Microsoft makes it difficult to set up Windows without a Microsoft account, but it's still possible if you know the right tricks. Here's how to get it done in Windows 10 and 11.

Small and unimportant details are just as big a deal as significant game-breaking issues, and Microsoft often makes some ...

Share on Flipboard (opens in a new window) Credit: Microsoft Microsoft really wants you to make a Microsoft account as part of installing Windows, but you don't have to. After it removed the ...

Microsoft is no longer playing around when it comes to requiring every Windows 11 device ... in with a Microsoft account to get through the initialization process of a new PC.