There’s a lot to think about when choosing new windows for your home, ranging from the design and frame material, through to the practicalities involved in opening and closing each unit, maintenance ...

Yesterday I explained the existence of Windows Explorer (which is not the same as Internet Explorer, mind you), the Windows file manager that many a novice user has found mysterious, confusing, and ...

The lion’s share of attention about the Windows 7 beta has been on consumer features. The new taskbar with its jumplists, mouse-hover features, easy navigation and the more controllable user account ...

Windows RT is a version of Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system that has been tailored specifically for tablets and notebooks powered by ARM processors. The new OS represents a massive ...

For most people who regularly download stuff off the internet, opening the files is something that should be approached with great caution. Viruses can seep into all kinds of packages, and if the user ...

I was all set to put this “Windows Explorer Explained” series to rest for a while, but then reader Martin wrote in with a question that comes up a lot: in Windows 7, how do you reveal the hidden file ...

Six Windows 7 versions, to be precise. But most users only need to decide between two versions. Microsoft has said that 80 percent of users will be deploying Windows 7 Home Premium (consumers) or ...

At the Microsoft TechEd conference in Auckland recently, I got a chance to sit down with George Moore - GM for the Windows Live Developer Platform. He is of course based in Redmond, but was over in NZ ...

When Microsoft announced Windows 10 S, along with a small army laptops aimed at education and business markets, it wasn't exactly surprising. Microsoft was on a quest to reclaim lost market share from ...

Microsoft has spilled the beans on just how Windows 8 will run on mobile devices with ARM chips in them. In short: pretty much like your PC. ARM processors have a simpler architecture than traditional ...