PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. One complaint about Windows 11, especially for ...

At times, the information Windows Defender or Windows Security displays is quite difficult to understand. If you use this security shield on your computer and want to comprehend all the information ...

Microsoft adds HMAC protection to CLFS in Windows 11 25H2 and Server 2025, improving security while increasing disk and I/O ...

When an unexpected problem occurs in a Windows environment, the first step in resolving that problem is usually to gather information. After all, you need to know what happened before you can fix it.

The log-on/log-off category of the Windows security log gives you the ability to monitor all attempts to access the local computer. In this article I’ll examine each log-on type in greater detail and ...

The Windows system consists of thousands of files. Many of them have strange names, others have extensions that most users have never seen before. Normally you do not need to worry about these files.