PCWorld highlights Winhance, a free open-source tool that simplifies removing Windows 11’s bloatware, ads, and unwanted ...

These distros are easy to install, include the right apps, skip the bloat and ads, and automatically detect your hardware.

An operating system that's truly mine.

Microsoft advises uninstalling Windows 11 January update KB5074109 due to issues. Outlook Classic users with POP/PST files in cloud folders face major app issues Uninstalling the update is a temporary ...

The hardest hit appear to be users of Outlook Classic who rely on POP email accounts or local PST files, particularly those stored in cloud folders such as OneDrive. For these users, Outlook may hang, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Windows update is now causing "havoc." Microsoft’s “nightmare” January update continues to ...

Microsoft is finally letting some users remove Copilot from Windows, but the fine print makes it clear this is not the clean break many people were hoping for. After pushing Copilot deep into Windows ...

Windows gets a lot of flak from users for having more bloat than macOS or Linux, and rightfully so. The term "bloatware" is synonymous with a fresh Windows install, to the point that there are custom ...

It's no secret that Microsoft's drive to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic" AI-focused OS has been controversial, but being de facto market leader does not mean users won't push back, and a handy ...

There are lots of things that have gone viral, for all sorts of different reasons. The latest viral craze struck after a developer released a tool to strip Windows of its AI capabilities, and X is ...

There is perhaps nothing that has plagued the electronics consumer quite as much as bloatware. It’s omnipresent in most modern operating systems and products, whether it’s extra stuff on Android ...