As PCMag's resident data journalist, I practically live in Microsoft Excel. I've learned that it's capable of far more than I ...

Tired of Microsoft pushing ads throughout Windows 11? Here are the settings you can tweak to turn them off and reclaim some ...

Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in the latest recap. Patch Tuesday updates, bugs, Start menu reworks, Recall ...

What broke the Start Menu search in the first place? The culprit, quite ironically, was an update that was meant to make things better. It was a server-side Bing update designed to improve search ...

Microsoft has pushed a server-side fix for a known issue that broke the Windows Start Menu search feature on some Windows 11 23H2 devices. In a Windows release health update (WI1273488) seen by ...

Microsoft has deployed a server-side fix to address Start Menu search issues in Windows 11 23H2, following reports of blank or broken results affecting some users. The issue, tracked under WI1273488, ...

This change is reportedly being pushed by Scott Hanselman, a Microsoft veteran of over two decades who currently serves as Vice President and Member of Technical Staff. If it goes through, it would ...

Sometimes when something breaks in Windows, I skip the Settings app and go straight to Command Prompt. Five built-in commands handle the bulk of common problems - repairing corrupted system files, ...

Many Windows 11 users run into everyday problems: apps freeze, settings get changed accidentally, printers stop responding, or new features feel unfamiliar. When issues appear, getting help quickly ...

Microsoft's latest redesign of the Start menu on Windows 11 has landed exactly the way most major interface changes do, with a wave of mixed opinions. A long Reddit thread titled "Thoughts on the new ...

Windows 11 launched in 2021, bringing updates to your PC that focused on new Microsoft features and a lot of Copilot AI through continuous upgrades. While Windows 11 has been criticized as being a ...

I don’t believe the Windows 11 Start Menu should be an all-access hub. I treat mine as a curated space for only the essentials; however, the “Recommended” and “All” sections in the Start Menu just ...