It's a trap! There are some great deals on used and refurbished desktops and laptops that are still running Windows 10. Don't do it.

You mightn't think it, but the Windows 11 Recovery Environment is genuinely powerful.

If you are a long-time Neowin reader, chances are you may be amongst those Windows users who had noticed a curious behavior: holding the Shift key while restarting doesn’t trigger a full cold reboot; ...

It has happened to all of us: You press the power button on your PC to start your day, go make a cup of coffee, come back, and see that it's still booting up. This can be really frustrating and can ...

If you’ve ever had a bad Windows update or a system corruption, you’ll know it can be paralyzing for your OS, or operating system and render it useless. That’s why you need to create a restore point ...

You'll need a computer or a virtual machine running Windows 8 (x86 or x64). The current code compiles against the final release of Windows 8, which is currently ...

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For years, Windows users have wrestled with a stubborn problem: when a PC breaks after an update or driver change, recovery often becomes a nightmare. You’re either ...

Point-in-time restore brings Windows back to a previous state. Cloud rebuild reinstalls Windows from the cloud. Both will be accessible through Microsoft Intune in early 2026. Have you ever ...

The Recovery Partition does not have a drive letter. Therefore, it is not visible in the File Explorer. You can view it in the Disk Management app. However, some users found the Recovery Partition ...

While Windows has changed a lot over the years, some of its classic tools have stood the test of time. From performance monitoring to quick system tweaks, these built-in utilities are as useful as ...