A new recovery feature lets you choose trusted friends or family members to verify your identity if you're locked out of your Google account.

You can sign into Google Drive using the same username and password as Gmail, YouTube, and all other Google apps.

The only way to delete your Google Hangouts account is to delete your Google account, but you can set it so no one can call ...

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Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you ever forgot or lost your Windows password? (That is, besides cursing fate.) In the old days, you could usually get back into the PC through other ...

From the cog icon in the upper right side of Gmail's dashboard, click 'See All Settings.' Select Filters and Blocked ...

The Windows setup process has generally required an Internet connection and Microsoft account sign-in since the Windows 11 ...

As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a ...

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Update September 25, 14:58 EDT: In a follow-up statement after the article was published, Microsoft told BleepingComputer that EEA customers will only be able to get free Windows 10 extended security ...

While free VPNs exist, paid services generally offer better speeds, more server choices, and stronger privacy policies.