If you're bored of the usual Windows apps that you can find on the Microsoft Store, here are some essential apps for Windows ...

AlomWare Toolbox is a Windows "super app" that can replace everything I just listed and then some, at least in theory. It's a ...

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PowerToys is a free and open-source app that lets you customize the behavior of your Windows PC. While it packs dozens of tools and utilities, you can use these if you’re just getting started: ...

System maintenance on Windows shouldn’t be a chore or feel complicated. Discover how PC Manager handles everything from one centralized dashboard.

It’s not the coolest phrase in the world to utter, but here goes: I love Windows. Maybe you do too. Maybe you don’t, but you’re forced to use it for work. Whatever the case, for all its positives, ...

Windows PowerToys 0.62.0 adds three new utilities to the Windows power user toolkit Your email has been sent Image: Mark Kaelin/TechRepublic. Three new tools have been added to the extensive and ...

Around 1983, I started using a program called Sidekick, which was a bundle of handy utilities that popped up as a “TSR” (terminate and stay resident) program within MS-DOS. What was cool about it is ...

When Windows boots up, a lot of things happen, including the loading of a lot of processes and applications. If any of these processes get stuck, Windows will either fail to load or load very slowly.

Microsoft updated the open-source Windows 10 PowerToys toolset with new utilities for quickly switching between windows, for previewing files in Windows Explorer, and for batch resizing images from ...

Windows 8 isn’t for everyone. If you’re mostly a desktop PC user comfortable with Windows 7, upgrading to Windows 8 is probably not worthwhile. If you’re a mobile user who needs easy access to the ...

The year is drawing to a close, so there’s a very good chance that you now find yourself staring straight down the gaping maw of Windows 8. Maybe someone gave you a new Windows tablet or PC as a gift.