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There are situations where you may want to temporarily disable Windows' built-in security feature. I'll show you how to do it safely.

As this update is mandatory, it will automatically install and prompt you to restart your device when it is complete. After installing this update, Windows 10 will be updated to build 19045.6691, and ...

Microsoft has stealthily switched on critical Widnows security protection. You don’t have to wait until next week for the monthly Patch Tuesday rollout for this Windows surprise: Microsoft has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft has a “security disaster” on its hands — the scale of which ...

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Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

Bluetooth on your laptop or desktop PC can be extremely handy for connecting devices in a heartbeat. But when the Bluetooth toggle refuses to show up on your taskbar it can be very annoying, forcing ...

Microsoft today pushed updates to fix at least 56 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This final Patch Tuesday of 2025 tackles one zero-day bug that is already ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

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