If you've encountered a problem with a Windows upgrade, you know how maddeningly unhelpful Windows error messages can be. These are my favorite troubleshooting tricks.

Windows Update error 0x80240069 has been occurring recently when installing KB5063878 using enterprise tools like WSUS or SCCM, but it works fine when using Windows ...

In case you are experiencing hard disk logic errors in your Windows PC and need hard disk repair software, this page shows six disk repair solutions to save you from data loss, including free hard ...

The dwm.exe process is the Desktop Window Manager, which is responsible for the visual effects and user interface in Windows. If your Event Viewer’s log says that dwm.exe is the faulting application, ...

The first time I saw the “Duplicate without user-selected canonical” error in Google Search Console, I gulped. “Oh, no. Please, not this.” Then I saw it again ...

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused Windows upgrades to fail with 0x8007007F errors on some Windows 11 and Windows Server systems. Although this issue impacts both Windows client and ...

Microsoft has released emergency Windows out-of-band updates to resolve a known issue breaking reset and recovery operations after installing the August 2025 Windows security updates. As the company ...

Microsoft is urging Windows 11 users to ignore error messages that appear following the installation of the July 2025 preview update and the August 2025 security ...

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Cloudy Tactics: In another effort to steer Windows customers toward Azure, Microsoft is offering a new tool that converts virtual machines between two formats. The goal is to help organizations stay ...

As much as I love Linux, there are always one or two apps that I simply have to run under Windows for whatever reason. Sure, you can use wine, Crossover Office, or run Windows in a virtual machine, ...

Parallels Desktop is one of the best ways to virtualize Windows and Linux on modern Macs, and it just received its first major update of 2026. Parallels Desktop 26 is now available to download, with ...