Windows 11 hides a maze of settings behind the modern Settings app and the older Control Panel, which can turn simple tweaks ...

Microsoft introduces new app permission prompts in Windows 11 to protect users from unwanted changes and software installs.

Microsoft announces significantly stricter security measures for Windows – which are at least questionable to ...

Note: This is an early peek at a chapter from my next book, De-Enshittify Windows 11. This book will be available for ...

One of the more interesting security features to be introduced in Windows 11 22H2 is Smart App Control. As the name implies, Smart App Control is a tool that is designed to keep dangerous apps (such ...

Windows 11 KB5074105 adds a UAC prompt for Storage settings, but Settings can’t clean Windows Update files anymore.

Many apps that work on Windows 11/10 need to control the Radio in order to function properly. Therefore, Microsoft has given you, the user, control over this feature. You can choose which app you want ...

Windows 11's next act? Lock it down by default and make every app ask nicely first, tightening control, boosting transparency, and curbing unwanted changes.

Let’s go through each step one by one. Another way to do it using the File Explorer or Run Command box. Simply open File Explorer or Run Command box, type the following path in the address bar of File ...

When Windows 10 launched, its new Settings app was slated to eventually take over for the Windows Control Panel—and yet that conglomeration of settings is still well alive and kicking. Talk of its ...