Turn off ads, pop-ups, and widgets that slow you down. Here are the Windows 11 settings I disable right after setup.

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is out this week, and it offers an interesting mobile feature aimed not at Windows Phone, but at Android: mirrored Android notifications. The idea is that when a ...

In Windows 11/10, Windows Backup notifies end-users to configure Windows Backup. Notifications like Backup in progress can appear in the Action Center after seven days without configuring Windows ...

Notifications in Windows 10 can be a great tool, like flashing quick social updates, work-related messages, email alerts, reminders, and more. But they can be a pain as well, popping up during video ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...