The workaround here is pretty simple, thanks to Microsoft. They have now made apps like Notepad, Wordpad, and Paint Optional features on Windows. This means they can be uninstalled and reinstalled ...

The Microsoft Defender app is free to download from the Windows Store, although you are required to have a Microsoft 365 pack for it, the plans are priced variedly. Do I need an antivirus if I ...

VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for ...

Microsoft has released a new set of Windows 11-based virtual machines you can download from the official website for free. "Windows 11 development environment," or WDE, as the name implies ...

So if you have a new laptop or PC you’re looking to install all the basic Microsoft apps onto, don’t bother with the monthly ...

Microsoft has started testing AI-powered Notepad text rewriting and Paint image generation tools four decades after the two ...

Microsoft has revealed that the official branding ... and 2019 are not affected - an administrator would still need to download a preview build to get started. The Canary Channel build of Windows ...

Microsoft deprecated a lot of Windows features in 2023. One of them was WordPad, the default rich ... of solid text editors for Windows, both free and premium. Microsoft naturally wants you ...

With the new update, Microsoft is fixing that last point, at the very least. Microsoft has slowly been improving the handheld experience for Windows 11 with features like Compact Mode for the Xbox ...

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away, and never has that been more true than with the latest version of Windows now rolling out to users’ PCs. Last month, the software giant began dispatching an ...

Microsoft quietly revealed yesterday that it has completed the development of Windows Server 2025, its latest LTSC Server ...

Here's how to get Microsoft 365 for free. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series ...