You can change notification sounds for emails and calendar events directly within the new Outlook app for Windows. In classic Outlook, you can choose whether to play a sound when a new email arrives.

You can edit the hosts file with any text editor. There are a variety available, but both Windows 10 and 11 come with Notepad ...

With Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 this October, many people are racing to upgrade. Catherine, a longtime HP desktop user, shared her concerns with us: "I need to purchase a new/updated ...

There are two states of the Recycle Bin – one is the Recycle Bin with deleted items, and the other is the empty Recycle Bin. Both states of Recycle Bin have a different set of icons. In this post, we ...

Only half will upgrade OS or device, one quarter refuse to switch from Windows 10 UK customers can get one year’s free ESU, but it won’t be automatic Consumers can also get help reducing e-waste when ...

In 2025, Microsoft unveiled significant enhancements to the Windows 11 Settings app, incorporating design upgrades and around 16 new features, while bridging the gap with the Control Panel—ushering in ...

Huge numbers of people stand to be affected when support is withdrawn: based on a nationally representative survey carried out in September 2025, Which? estimates that 21 million people* still own and ...

Four years after the launch of Windows 11, Microsoft is finally ending support for Windows 10, but what does that mean? Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering ...

The era of Windows 10 support ends on Oct. 14. After more than a decade, Microsoft is prioritizing updates for the most current OS, Windows 11, and stopping security updates for Windows 10. If ...

AutoHotkey (AHK) is a free and simple yet powerful Windows scripting language. It doesn’t get a lot of press these days, but ...